The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world center of the computer industry. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Tasks that once took days can be completed in seconds, while traditions and skills that emerged over centuries have been made all but redundant.

The internet is no respecter of reputations: innocent people have seen their lives ruined by viral clips distributed on the same World Wide Web used by activists to highlight injustices and bring down oppressive regimes picked by soreen 2 months ago

From Google to youtube, from craigslist to flickr - how some of today's biggest sites looked back in the early days of their existence.

*New sites added since This picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Like a jazzy sports car that has never had its oil changed, the underlying protocols of the Internet have remained largely unchanged since it came into being in the mid-1980s. The Internet can be surprisingly fragile at times and is vulnerable to attack. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Someday, instead of typing your text message on a cramped iPhone keyboard, neuroscientist Michael Linderman says you’ll be scrawling your thoughts in the air. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

A number of iPhones that reportedly "exploded" in France were not due to the battery overheating as had been suggested, Apple has said, launches iGnore™ picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Using the logic that everything can be recycled into something new, Japanese underwear manufacturer Wacol recently launched a bra recycling campaign. The collected bras were processed and recycled into solid fuel. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

In the Nevada Desert, the US Federal government has spent the last 22 years hollowing out the inside of a mountain – but the whole project has been a complete waste of time. In a staggeringly expensive about turn, the Yucca Mountain project is about to be canned. picked by kakana 3 months ago

The age of remote-control warfare isn't coming--it's here, and not even the Air Force, which made it happen, is entirely prepared. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

I'll come right out and say it: Star Wars has a badly-designed universe; so poorly-designed, in fact, that one can say that a significant goal of all those Star Wars novels is to rationalize and mitigate the bad design choices of the movies. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

As more and more people carry out their lives online, there's less being stored away in dusty attics for loved ones to discover and hang onto. Letters have become e-mails; diaries have morphed into blogs; photo albums have turned virtual and come with tags.. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

A Brooklyn man can't sleep at night knowing that the bizarre inter-gadget relationship between his Sony Erickson PDA and his Maytag Magic Chef stove might leave him burned. Last Monday Andrei Melnikov discovered that his cellphone was turning on his stove when he got a call in the kitchen. *Calling the Maytag man?* picked by suebe 3 months ago

...they finally beat that world record speed with a run of 131mph – but because the FIA wasn’t present, it’s not yet official. picked by topofall 3 months ago

Inventor Michael Robert Dacre has died testing a prototype. picked by topofall 3 months ago

Hintze said the mission is worthwhile because 40 years after Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin stepped onto the surface of the moon, it remains an "excellent research platform for the exploration of space," and an "archive of the solar system." picked by kakana 3 months ago

The latest entrant is a human extraction bot, designed to do the heroic fireman thing without risking the lives of any actual, uh, men.
*w/video* picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

At today's rates of compression, you could download the entire 3 billion digits of your DNA onto about four CDs. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Early humans crossed a threshold around 75,000 years ago, when they started painting symbols, carving patterns and making jewelry. A new study found they also began to use fire to make tools around that time. picked by muppet 3 months ago

A driverless taxi has been unveiled which could make traffic jams, petrol fumes and crowded buses a thing of the past.

The futuristic pod has no driver, and no opinionated chatter to accompany your journey, but instead a button set in the wall with the word 'start' written beside it. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

By the time you read this story, the Internet may be obsolete. Okay, maybe not. But you never know. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

The Microsoft chieftain has been known to turn his nose up at the way Google targets ads on its Gmail service, accusing his bete noire of reading your email. Google does in fact read your email - or at least, Google machines do - and there's nothing you can do about it. Short of using Hotmail. But a citizen blogger has noticed a roundabout way of fooling Google into disabling Gmail's targeted ads picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman was today unveiling a design that he believes will be an everyday product within 20 years. The 40-year-old said the technology was already available, it just needed the will to put it all together. picked by kakana 3 months ago

General Motors Corp. said its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius.
Edit: Check out the charger picked by suebe 3 months ago