Six degrees of separation theory is correct

The six (or seven) degrees of separation no longer appears to be a myth now it's been proven by Microsoft in a study of 30 billion text messages, but I guess the chaps at Facebook already know this. It's quite a thought that you can be connected anyone else on the planet so...

Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs

"Electricity revives Bali coral reefs By JOSEPH COLEMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER photo A reporter inspects corals growing on a metal structures submerged by conservationists and fed by electrical cables linked to the shoreline, in Pemuteran bay, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday,...

GOP Wants Your ISP to Spy on You

Remember, once a state gives itself "emergency powers", it never gives them up. History bears this out. With that in mind, do you really want strangers looking over your shoulder while you work and play online, all in the name of nebulous "security"?"All Internet service...

Iraqi Arrest Warrant Revives a Sunni Cleric's Fortunes

"Harith al-Dari was in danger of drifting into obscurity until the Iraqi government ordered his arrest. Now he could emerge as the leader of Iraq's Sunnis. Harith al-Dari is a wanted man — and the warrant for his arrest is the best thing that could have happened to him....

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control

"A long-simmering dispute over whether the U.S. government has too much control over the Internet's underpinnings will heat up again next week at a United Nations summit in Greece.Starting this weekend, about 1,200 diplomats and technology ministers will gather at a hotel in...

Hamas deal revives hopes for peace - ABC Online

" PRINT FRIENDLY EMAIL STORY Reporter: Conor Duffy ELEANOR HALL: The announcement by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, that a deal has been struck to replace the recently elected Hamas-led Government with a new government of national unity has revived hopes for peace...