Twitter Survives Earthquake

When disaster strikes, utilites tend to fail. With mobile phones, this is particularly likely, as damage to infrastructure is also going to damage a few mobile phone antennae. In the case of yesterday's earthquake in Los Angeles, people had difficulty communicating via phone,...

Don't Get Yourself Fired: Can Generation Y Keep a Secret?

In collaboration with the Bored at Work Network, Brian Lehrer (WNYC) asked listeners to contribute answers to What’s the smartest thing your company is doing to cope with inflation? And what’s the dumbest? What actually got my attention as much as the topic was the...

Thompson finishes playing career

" Thompson finishes playing career Thompson made 551 club appearances in 17 years (Getty) Leeds United club captain Alan Thompson has announced his immediate...

Update: Universal Accident Occurred on Adam Sandler Movie Set

"Columbia Pictures is commenting on the accident that occurred this afternoon on the Universal lot -- the incident happened on the set of the upcoming ADAM SANDLER movie, 'You Don't Mess with the Zohan.' A Columbia Pictures spokesperson released a statement early Monday...

Superbugs kills 90,000/year in US

This is all over the news in the US today:"CHICAGO - More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.Deaths tied to...