Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly

Scratch another one off the list of "things only humans can do". This is not even a full artificial "intelligence"; it just learns how to compute data and algorithyms to fly a remote control helicopter, beaming instructions by radio signal 20 times a second. However, that...

Barack "Trickster" Obama

To hear it from supporters of Obama you would think he was a new type of politician; even post-partisan. But the problem with supporters is that you don't get the whole truth and nothing but. Instead, you get an idealized version of a vision and this version is more idealized...

Tips and Tricks to Improve Computer Speed

"A Little Bit of My HistoryThe very first time I have my hands on computer was almost 18 years back or so. It was an Apple computer given by my uncle who thought that I might be interested in it. The computer had no hard drive but with two 5 and a half inches floppy drive....

7 Medical Myths

1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day: The researchers who conducted the study could find no clinical evidence to support this notion. But they did dig up an article from the November 2002 American Journal of Physiology that documented the lack of evidence behind this...

Keep an Eye on Your Router: It May Lead You On a Wrong Way!

"If you thought that malware has made an obsession out of Windows-based operating systems only, you're wrong. A new type of criminal attack is committed to take over one of the most common hardwarein a computer network: the router. According to the latest security reports, a...

Teen caller tricks White House

You gotta laugh at this one. From Reuters: REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A teen-ager says he convinced the White House he was Iceland's president and managed to schedule a call with George W. Bush but was found out before he got to talk to the U.S. president. "My call was...

Treats no Tricks on New York's Chocolate Week website...Now Live

If you want to find out the details of what's on offer in stores, online and in restaurants around the Big Apple for New York first ever Chocolate Week, check the Program Page on Chocolate Week NY, their newly launched website.  I think the London Chocolate Week site is...

Mugabe Targets Zimbabwe Mines

Apparently not grasping the concept of inflation, Zimbabwe's president threatened the mining industry:"Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe threatened on Wednesday to seize mining firms and other companies if they persist with "dirty tricks" and keep raising prices in the face of...