The Reports of Google's Acquisition of Valve are Greatly Exaggerated

Valve Software, the game maker responsible for Half Life and the stream of spiritual successors such as Half Life 2 and Portal, and the Steam distribution system seems to be in the sights of Google's acquisition...

"Passengers Not Allowed to Leave Fated Plane" in Madrid Carnage

  It is being claimed today that a passenger, Ruben Santana Mateo, who wanted to leave the fated plane in which 153 people died after it caught fire on the runway had been refused permission to...

Pilot reported faulty valve before Madrid plane crash

(Click here to see our coverage from yesterday.)It has been revealed today that the pilots of the plane the crashed in Madrid yesterday, killing around 153 people, had reported a faulty valve on board the...

U.S. sub leaked radioactive water, possibly for months

"Water with trace amounts of radioactivity may have leaked for months from a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine as it traveled around the Pacific to ports in Guam, Japan and Hawaii, Navy officials told CNN on...

Gas Pump Glitch: Ignored and Expensive

No stranger to bugs, my ears perked up as I read this. Maybe it was just a random twitch, but still..."Just imagine paying for gas you don't get. Some alert consumers have noticed it over the years: A pump that...

Things that make you feel super-special

" At the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., last week, more than 1,900 exhibitors showed new and innovative products. Here are some of the new products that attendees found interesting.     TurboChef, a do-it-all single oven, cooks up to...

Clogged valve cause of NYC steam pipe explosion

Remember back in the summer when that steam pipe exploded in Manhattan. ConEd has finally released the findings of the investigation; the steam pipe was clogged. See here for NowPublic coverage from that day...

Thursday Morning Remix (%u201DImpossible%u201D Edition)

A typical Thursday morning, over there at Chartreuse (Beta). Full of interesting linkage.

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