Remembrance of Things Pastor

"I think that Barack Obama's presidential campaign has been fatally damaged by the revelations of the extreme statements of his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. A couple of examples:"The government gives them [African Americans] the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike...

Ron Paul Builds Campaign on the Web

If unscientific online polls were a determining factor, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas would easily be a top tier candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. But they aren't -- and he isn't. Despite coming in first place in a post-debate poll on MSNBC and in other...

Hack-pocalypse for Proprietary DVD Formats

It was really only a matter of time, but I kind of thought it would take the hacker community a bit more of it."Arnezami, a hacker on the Doom9 forum, has published a crack for extracting the "processing key" from a high-def DVD player. This key can be used to gain access to...

Beijing builds on foreign footings

From the dust and dirt of north Beijing, China's new national stadium rises spectacularly. A tangle of steel and concrete, China - and the world - have never seen anything like it. The imagery used to describe it is Chinese - it conjures up lattice work or bowls of noodles...

Military Builds Robotic Insects

"Israel is developing a robot the size of a hornet to attack terrorists. And although the prototype will not fly for three years, killer Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs, are much closer than that. British Special Forces already use 6-inch MAV aircraft called WASPs for...