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 pr... Read more...
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 co... Read more...
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 fed... Read more...
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 U... Read more...
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 BeatKhem... Read more...
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 voic... Read more...
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. ... Read more...
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... Read more...
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 ... Read more...