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Herbert Thompson seems like just another smart academic software developer who loves formulas and geeking out. But he’s also stolen the identities of several casual acquaintances. In fact in one case he gained access to a bank account in seven shockingly simple steps. And he used no special programming tricks, just common sense. Thompson stole [...]

Greenspeed from Greenspeed on Vimeo. A student club at Boise State University has set a speed record for a vegetable-oil powered vehicle, using a mixture of cottonseed and sunflower oil for fuel. In a 1998 S-10 pickup, the team of students bested the former record standard of 109 mph two consecutive days in a row The club, [...]

The U.S. government had a convicted federal prisoner pose as a businessman running illegal online pharmacies as part of an investigation into Google’s advertising practices.Google 00 millionto settle the investigation.The Wall Street Journal talked to David Whitaker, a convicted fraudster and federal prisoner who helped the Department of Justice in its investigation, as well as federal [...]

A powerful telescope affording a view of the universe unmatched by most ground-based observatories gazed onto distant galaxies for the first time Monday from deep in Chile‘s Atacama desert. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a joint project between Canada, Chile, the European Union, Japan, Taiwan and the United States, officially opened for astronomers after a [...]

Fresh off the critically acclaimed, The Roots ”Undun” album, The Legendary Roots Crew affiliate and Money Making Jam Boys member, Greg Porn, releases his first song from his upcoming project, “American Junky“.  The song is entitled “The World Is Yours” and is produced by Ali Bey of BeatKhemist.  Greg Porn recently shot the video for “The World Is Yours“, so be on the lookout for [...]

The New York Daily News is in hot water with its Twitter followers. Early Friday (January 20), the newspaper published an article that exemplifies Jay-Z’s “Glory” track, a song dedicated to his newborn daughter, as a long-awaited anthem for Black leaders and family advocates. The piece voices the author’s optimistic opinion on how the Blue [...]

WAITING TO INHALE examines the heated debate surrounding marijuana and its use as medicine in the United States. As patients demand laws to protect their right to use medical marijuana, opponents claim their argument is just a smokescreen for a different agenda- to legalize the drug altogether. How did America go from Reefer Madness mania [...]

Google VP and Internet evangelist Dr. Vinton Cerf writes in the New York Times that Internet access isn’t a right – it’s just a tool towards enabling free speech. Dr. Vinton Cerf, a Google VP and its chief Internet evangelist, took to the pages of the New York Times late last week with a opinion [...]

SOPA Emergency IP list: So if these *ss-f*cks in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201 # News bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131 aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252 # Social media reddit.com 72.247.244.88 imgur.com 173.231.140.219 google.com 74.125.157.99 youtube.com 74.125.65.91 yahoo.com 98.137.149.56 hotmail.com 65.55.72.135 bing.com [...]

I write about a lot of things and lately I have been writing heavy but today I actually don’t want to write about one particular topic. I just want to free write and reflect on a few things in my life, if you don’t mind. One of my earliest memories as a human being/child was [...]

Up and coming comedian Evan Polk (@EvanPolk) presents…Hilarium the newest monthly comedy series at Philly’s legendary Laff House. On January 25, 2012 prepared to be doubled over in laughter during the first installment of the series as Richie Redding (@RichieRedding), Dave Temple (@IMDaveTemple), and more reveal their life‘s stories and inner-most thoughts, pure hilarium! Music provided by DJ Ricochet (@DJRicochet03) Hilarium Comedy [...]

Every year over 21 million shipping pallets end up in a landfill. Used worldwide to ship goods of all kinds in mass quantities, a Brooklyn-based design firm looked past the intended use of a pallet and saw a versatile, recyclable, sustainable and inexpensive building material that could be used to address another issue: improving housing [...]