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- Minister of Truth: Meet Britain's Top Data Cop
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT
2010-03-11T05:00:00Z - The U.K. Statistics Authority's Richard Alldritt is an expert in how governments fudge the numbers. He and his math-police squad are rooting out the truth, whether it's to reveal the real gender pay gap or the actual rate of knife crime.
- March 11, 1985: ConnNet Lets the Public Jack In, X.25 Style
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT
2010-03-11T05:00:00Z - A Connecticut telephone company starts the first local, public packet-switching network. It paves the way for the always-on internet access we know today.
- Classic Videogames Mutate in 'Game Over' Art Show
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT
2010-03-11T01:00:00Z - Street Fighter gets bendy. Ms. Pac-Man hops a tandem bike. And plenty of other classic characters get similarly strange treatments in Giant Robot's videogame-inspired exhibit.
- Classmates.com's Facebook Mimicking Prompts Privacy Suit
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:30:00 GMT
2010-03-10T23:30:00Z - Angry users sue Classmates.com after it decides to make previously private data public, just as Facebook did in December. Will its defense be, "I learned it from watching you, Zuck?"
- Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side' Eclipses Concept Album Classics
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:00 GMT
2010-03-10T22:52:00Z - With its heady mix of heavy themes and technology, The Dark Side of the Moon remains the best concept album ever, even 37 years after its release. Plus: 10 more concept albums in Dark Side's shadow that deserve a slice of the spotlight.
- 'Galactica: Sabotage' Creator Discusses Her Brilliant Beastie Boys Sci-Fi Mashup
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:00 GMT
2010-03-10T21:58:00Z - A YouTube artist whips up a precise, shot-for-shot re-creation of Spike Jonze's amazing music video using clips from the late, great Battlestar Galactica.
- European Parliament Rips Global IP Accord
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:56:00 GMT
2010-03-10T20:56:00Z - European Parliament is coming out in opposition to a U.S.-backed intellectual property treaty accord, and is demanding the treaty's secret text become public.
- Google Launches Web Store for Cloud-Based Apps
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:30:00 GMT
2010-03-10T20:30:00Z - App stores aren't just for mobile phones anymore. Google has launched a store that lets Google Apps customers add third-party browser-based apps to their existing stack of Google's productivity tools.
- Apple Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on iTunes
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:19:00 GMT
2010-03-10T20:19:00Z - The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple’s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before.
- Google's Schmidt: China Negotiations Should End 'Soon'
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 GMT
2010-03-10T20:07:00Z - Google is actively negotiating with China over web censorship according to CEO Eric Schmidt.
- No-Fly List Includes the Dead
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:00 GMT
2010-03-10T19:40:00Z - Even though people might be dying to get off the government's no-fly list, it includes names of the dead on purpose. Following the "Underwear Bomber" incident Christmas day the list has ballooned.
- Playlist: Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and a Tribute to Mark Linkous
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:28:00 GMT
2010-03-10T19:28:00Z - Hear a track from Dark Night of the Soul, a collaboration between the late Sparklehorse leader, David Lynch and Danger Mouse. Also on the podcast: more music from The Ferocious Few, Flying Lotus and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.
- Big Designers Find Satisfaction in Small Games
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:26:00 GMT
2010-03-10T19:26:00Z - Moving away from high-budget blockbusters to scaled-down treasures built by small teams proves enticing to veteran videogame developers. Part of the appeal: A nostalgic remembrance of the early days of game development.
- Brain Scans Depict Damage From Gulf War Syndrome
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:00 GMT
2010-03-10T19:17:00Z - A massive effort to understand Gulf War Syndrome finds physiological differences in the brains of healthy veterans and those suffering from Gulf War Syndrome.
- Half-Cocked? Hermaphrochickens Challenge Gender Identity
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT
2010-03-10T19:00:00Z - Funky chickens that are half male and half female reveal a different biological system for gender determination.
- Multitasking Earbuds Stress Great Design, Not Sound
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:50:00 GMT
2010-03-10T18:50:00Z - Cool looking and inexpensive, the Remix earbud from VMODA doesn't quite deliver solid sound quality.
- iPad Could See 50 Tablet Rivals This Year
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:00 GMT
2010-03-10T18:20:00Z - Microprocessor company ARM says there will be more than 50 new tablets launching worldwide to compete with the iPad.
- MotoCzysz Puts the Sizzle in Electric Motorcycles
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:00 GMT
2010-03-10T18:07:00Z - Strange name. Sexy bike. And it's headed for the racetrack.
- Mach 6 Cruise Missile, Ready for Prime Time?
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:42:00 GMT
2010-03-10T16:42:00Z - This spring, the Air Force was preparing for a groundbreaking test of the X-51 WaveRider, a hypersonic cruise missile that would reach speeds of up to Mach 6. But it looks like the WaveRider’s debut flight will have to wait while some technical issues are addressed.
- 10 Movies That Should Never, Ever Be Converted to 3D
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:00 GMT
2010-03-10T15:39:00Z - Why, really, did the 3D movie trend start? Does anybody remember, before the trend began, thinking 'You know the problem with movies? They’re too two-dimensional?' Anyway, some work, and some don't and some would be bad ideas. Here are 10 that should never be attempted.
- Call Me Google. (And Call Me, Google)
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:23:00 GMT
2010-03-10T14:23:00Z - Google's announcement that it intends to build and test super fast fiber-optic broadband networks in a few communities around the US has a few communities in the US pulling out all the stops to be selected with some attention-getting stunts that scream to the search giant "Pick me! Pick ME!"
- Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:01:00 GMT
2010-03-10T05:01:00Z - With a click of a mouse, cyclists can get the quickest, and flattest, route between Point A and Point B.
- March 10, 2000: Pop Goes the Nasdaq!
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT
2010-03-10T05:00:00Z - The Nasdaq begins its spectacular collapse, signaling the end of the dot-com boom.
- Veil Lifts on Apple's Secret Plan to Control Universe
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT
2010-03-10T01:00:00Z - The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe.
- Texters Should Park the Car, Take the Bus
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT
2010-03-10T01:00:00Z - Taking public transit wouldn't just decrease our carbon footprint — it'd also end all that fiddling with the phone while driving, an insanely dangerous problem.
- Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT
2010-03-10T01:00:00Z - Huge projects that would store wind energy by compressing air in abandoned mines and porous sandstone are gaining steam in the Midwest.
- 10 Years After: A Look Back at the Dot-Com Boom and Bust
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT
2010-03-10T01:00:00Z - The Nasdaq peaked at 5,049 on March 10, 2000, then it promptly nosedived and hasn't come near that level since. Here’s a look at the era that launched — and crushed — a million dreams.
- Review: Science Trips Out on Music in 'The Heart Is a Drum Machine'
- Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:00 GMT
2010-03-09T22:32:00Z - Through interviews with a brainy crop of musicians and scientists, a new documentary probes the connection between body, mind and music.
- Broadcast Video From Your Mobile
- Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT
2010-03-09T22:30:00Z - You're carrying around a video camera in your pocket (it's that thing attached to your mobile phone) so be prepared and learn how to start streaming video to the web at a moment's notice.
- Oldest Known Flying 'Car' Up for Auction
- Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:00 GMT
2010-03-09T22:15:00Z - It's from 1934, and it doesn't look like a car, and it doesn't look like it would fly.
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- Documents can establish liability, ex-Toyota lawyer says
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:33 EST - When in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his $4 million severance package.
- Three tornadoes hit Arkansas
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:30:33 EST - Parts of Arkansas were under a tornado watch until early Thursday after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes, critically injuring two people.
- Background check missed prison stint
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:04 EST - A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal record, even though he apparently served five years in prison.
- Who is alleged 'Jihad Jane'?
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:05 EST - Colleen LaRose, the U.S. woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted suicide in 2005, police said.
- Chief justice: Obama speech 'troubling'
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:05:08 EST - Simmering tension spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at the State of the Union address "very troubling."
- Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from elections
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:11:26 EST - Myanmar's ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.
- CDC: Most with herpes don't know it
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:42:29 EST - As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.
- Workers trained to hack Defense Dept.
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:27:39 EST - The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks.
- Passenger admits disrupting flight
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:04:19 EST - A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight crew.
- N.Y. state loses 2nd top cop in 2 weeks
- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:14 EST - New York state's top police official announced Wednesday he was quitting, the second acting superintendent to step down in as many weeks.