Canadian DMCA Coming This Spring

C'mon Canada, you can do better...""The Canadian government is reportedly ready to introduce copyright reform legislation this spring, provided that no election is called. The new bill would move Canada far closer...

RFID Shield: Stop Reading My Bra

As more and more companies express interest in RFID (Radio Frequency ID tags), more and more people are expressing concern over privacy issues. One such person had taken action..."A group of Dutch researchers at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, led by PhD student Melanie...

Intel to ship faster Penryn chips in 2007

"Ahead of new mobile Core 2 Duos expected in May, Intel on Wednesday announced that it will begin producing its next-generation Penryn family of processors in the second half of this year and outlined its new Nehalem chip architecture expected in 2008. The six new "Penryn"...

The 250,000 families with a spy in the bins

The first official trials of pay-as-you-throw rubbish technology have started, paving the way for wheelie bin taxes.

Semiconductor Policy Released. Billions of Dollars to Flow into India.

India is an acclaimed leader in chip design, with more than 100 Fab-less companies in operation. However, India never had a Chip Foundry making it fully dependent on imports. Chip Foundries require very large...

The Price of E-Voting Secrets: 82 Bucks

It's frightening how simple these machines are, and how breathtakingly easy it is to bend them to your will. It's articles such as this that cement my belief that we should all upgrade to paper ballots."For a mere $82 a computer scientist and electronic voting critic managed...

Oven chips can save a life?

Fab blog about the press releases one editor receives...

Health Benefits of Soy Candles

"Soy is everywhere these days, including in your milk, chips, nuts, and even burgers adding health benefits through and through, now it seems soy is also in your candles. Soy candles are a new and emerging type of candle the offers great benefits to those candle heads in the...

The #1 Weight Loss Secret

"My friend Molly called me today and said, "I just ate a blueberry muffin the size of my cat. And then I decided that since I haven't let myself eat such things in a long time, I needed to add yummy side dishes of potato chips and chocolate." After an appropriate amount of...

Reading Dissident Web Sites

POLL ---- Who should be prevented from reading, or allowed to read, dissident web sites?

Orwell Today

"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."

Blue chips slip on GE concerns, retailers

"Blue-chip stocks edged lower on Friday after shares of conglomerate General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE - news) sank on concerns its costs are rising faster than revenues in some of its businesses. In addition, a negative brokerage recommendation affecting Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD...

AMD's CTO says Intel messed up

"There used to be an easy way to tell time in the processor business: Advanced Micro Devices would have three bad years and one good year, and Intel would have one bad year and three good years. Strategic changes...

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