Antarctic Robots: Don't Get Lost Out There

Like a human science team, this crowd of robots can not only split up a task list, but argue over who does what. No word on if they can grow beards, but I'd add that as a feature request.Aside from obvious...

The New "Summer Job" - Working in a Virtual World

The summer has already started for many students and the job search is on. Most people think of employment in a traditional sense - tangible and in person. For the few that are involved with online virtual worlds, money making doesn't need to happen in the flesh. You, me, and...

Press Release: Sanjay Jha joins NowPublic as South Asia Bureau Chief

"Sanjay Jha has been appointed South Asia Bureau Chief at NowPublic. He will be based in Delhi, where he would be reporting on Indian and South Asian affairs. NowPublic is a participatory news network that...

The Web 2.0 economy hangs in limbo

It was only a matter of time before the Web 2.0 community started to feel the burn of the US recession. This comes at a particularly bad time. as many newer Web 2.0 companies are still trying to figure out how to...

Overclock The Voltage Of Your Core 2 Duo

So you’re all set and ready to go to overclock your Core 2 Duo processor, but you’ve come to find out that your motherboard just isn’t up to snuff. You can easily bump your voltage up from using...

Nerdic: The Language that Isn't

While interesting, the article below misconstrues the concept of a language. Indeed, tech-based jargon continues to grow more prevalent as more and more people grown more comfortable with gadgetry, but two things...

Taking Google App Engine for a test drive

"Today I took the Google App Engine for a test drive, and within 30 minutes, my application was live for the world to see, at no cost, and without the usual set-up woes. This post will outline the simple steps I took to launch an application on the Google App Engine."

A Year After Virginia Tech, Students Hope to Carry Guns on Campus

The one-year anniversary of the tragic school shootings at Virginia Tech takes place this Wednesday, April 16th, and a group of students at the university is lobbying to be allowed to carry concealed weapons on...

Threatening graffiti close schools in Chicago

School administrators are increasingly facing tough decisions whenever these types of threats are publicized. In Chicago on Monday, schools at all levels--college, high school, and elementary--were closed due to a threatening message scrawled in a university bathroom. ...

Film reminiscent of Virginia Tech to be released this weekend

'Dark Matter' was supposed to be released at about this time last year, but then the Virginia Tech massacre happened and producers pulled the plug. The film is now ready to be released.Although 'Dark Matter' is...

Va. Tech Shooting Victim Families Agree to $11M Settlement

The VA Tech victims' families look ready to accept a settlement deal with the school."Most families of the Virginia Tech massacre victims have agreed in principle to accept an $11 million settlement in exchange...

Va. Tech Families Reach $11M Settlement

Families of the Virginia Tech shooting victims have reached a tentative $11 million settlement deal with the state of Virginia, however, it is unclear whether this differs from an earlier state proposal made last...

Post Mortem Posts - Is Yours Ready

Online relationships can be fleeting, or they can be long standing. Sometimes they can just end abruptly, without a word of explanation, without reason and without a word of farewell.Those of us who post...

‘The Grid’ Destined to Change the Language

News broke over the weekend of a new entity in cyberspace — something called “The Grid” — that’s likely to render today’s internet obsolete. After reading articles like this one and this one..  I thought about how this superfast web...

Foreclosures come to McMansion country

This shouldn't be news to anyone who's been following the US markets over the last 2 years but it looks like we'll all be able to pick up a well priced flatscreen on ebay sometime in the near future.  "Poor...

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