Snydeq writes "For the past several months, Microsoft has engaged in an far-reaching public mea culpa about Vista, holding a series of press interviews to explain how the company's Vista mistakes changed the evolvement process of Windows 7. Chief among these changes was the purposefulness to 'define...

Hyades1 writes "Gizmodo reports that Verizon is sending out notification letters infested with virtually-indecipherable legalese. In their sneaky, underhanded way, they're informing you that you have 45 days to opt out of their plan to share your somatic roget's ii: the new thesaurusmain entry:intim...

Hugh Pickens writes "The US and the UK are trying to refurbish the aging W76 warheads that tip Trident missiles to prolong their life and ensure they are safe and reliable but plans have been put on hold because US scientists have forgotten how to manufacture a mysterious but very hazardous constitu...

The mail, as I have said, brings wonders. And one of those is Laura Childs, whose work I have only read because she got in touch through the blog and sent me things. Most recently (and not so recently at that) she sent along uncorrected proofs for Oolong Dead. as the title makes readily apparent, th...

V!NCENT writes with an excerpt from a new build-up by Microsoft: "As web sites evolved into dynamic web applications composing content from various web sites, browsers have become multi-principal general expenses environments with effects shared among mutually distrusting web site principals. Nevert...

Matt_dk sends in a quote from a story at NASA: "The first gamma-ray burst to be seen in high-resolution from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space parabolic reflector is one for the record books. The blast had the greatest total energy, the fastest motions and the highest-energy initial emissions ever seen. ...

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has struck down as unconstitutional a California statute purporting to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In a 30-page decision (PDF), in Video ms-dos Dealers syndicate v. Schwarzenegger, the federal app...

Frdmfghtr writes "According to a boxee blog entry, Hulu will no longer be supported. From the post: 'two weeks ago Hulu called and told us their content partners were asking them to remove Hulu from boxee. we tried (many times) to plead the case for keeping Hulu on boxee, but on Friday of this week,...

First-person shooters comprise one of the most well-developed video game genres in existence. The number of high-quality games and franchises in effect demands that any new entry must have an interesting concept and a rock-solid engine. Otherwise, it will quickly get buried under an avalanche of awa...

Rob Lazzurs writes "The second 'Google phone' has been announced. While this does from the first look seem like a nice device, I know I would miss the keyboard. However, I would expect given the issues with the first device, the inquire on most G1 users lips will be 'Is the battery life any better?'...