Some people are saying that a 10th Planet has been discovered.
Astronomers have discovered an object in our solar system that is larger than Pluto. They are calling it the 10th planet, but already that claim is contested.
It is the first time an object so big has been found in our solar system since the discovery […]
Microsoft’s new Google Maps rip-off “Virtual Earth” seems to be missing a photo of Apple Computer’s campus.
As software rivals, Microsoft wants to wipe Apple Computer off the map. With Microsoft’s new Web service for satellite photographs, did the world’s largest software company find a way to do exactly that?
Internet sleuths discovered that anyone using Microsoft’s […]
M$ is watching you to see if you’re stealing from them.
Anyone downloading updates for Windows XP will be required to check that their operating system is genuine.
Microsoft said that more than a third of its software is counterfeit, which it says costs it billions of dollars of lost income.
With Windows accounting for 90% of operating […]
And they’re willing to waste Taxpayer’s Money to investigate Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the now famous Hot Coffee mod. Clearly Republicans have too much free time between their Church’s weekly (or more) brainwashing sessions.
Just after 7 pm on Capitol Hill today, the House of Representatives voted 355 to 21 to support a Federal […]
Backup Software is the latest subject for um…security probes.
Particularly troubling are holes in backup software made by Computer Associates International Inc. (CA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Veritas Software Corp. (VRTS.O: Quote, Profile, Research), which together account for nearly one-third of the backup-software market, said Ed Skoudis, founder of the security company Intelguardians. “If you think […]
Butterflies have provided an interesting clue into how evolutionary “reinforcement” works.
Why one species branches into two is a question that has haunted evolutionary biologists since Darwin.
Given our planet’s rich biodiversity, “speciation” clearly happens regularly, but scientists cannot quite pinpoint the driving forces behind it.
Now, researchers studying a family of butterflies think they have witnessed […]
So I saw The Devil’s Rejects yesterday with a friend and while I liked it I realised something about it just today that’s interesting.
First off Rob’s directing style is great and there are a lot of ideas and moments in the film that make it worth seeing. The opening shootout has some fun ideas in […]
Remember the old shows on PBS you’d watch when you were home sick (this was pre-VCR and pre-Internet days kiddies) from school (and I mean honestly sick) in between The Price Is Right episodes? Well the The Price Is Right episodes before all the sexual harassment stuff and when super-hottie Holly Hallstrom was still on […]
Windows Vista (aka Longhorn) is nearly upon us, sorta.
The software vendor also said it would release a first beta or test version of the software on 3 August this year. The final product is scheduled for release by late 2006.
Windows Vista will be Microsoft’s first full featured operating system for 64 bit client computers. A […]
Christian Catacombs may have more interesting origins.
The Roman catacombs are intricate labyrinths of burial chambers that were built roughly between the third and fifth century AD. They are considered among the most important relics of early Christianity.
But a recent study of a Jewish catacomb in the same vicinity finds that it was started a […]