eldavojohn writes MIT s Technology Review has the scoop on the first annual Consumer Genetics Show starting today in Boston and it looks like the rage these days is genetic testing sans the middle-man physician. And it s getting more prevalent and more available: A number of companies offering dire more
Tue Jun 09 09:33am PDT
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Cosmos Magazine: Light pollution has caused one-fifth of the world s population — mostly in Europe, Britain and the US — to lose their ability to see the Milky Way in the night sky. The arc of the Milky Way seen from a truly dark locatio more
Tue Jun 09 08:40am PDT
Keldrin_1 writes The discovery of 24 security vulnerabilities may have contributed to the death of the chief of LxLabs. A flaw in the company s HyperVM software allowed data on 100,000 sites, all hosted by VAserv, to be destroyed. The HyperVM solution is popular with cheap web hosting services and more
Tue Jun 09 07:49am PDT
Sony and Capcom announce new PSP-3000 bundle for unspecified European countries. more
Tue Jun 09 01:44am PDT
Prototype heads post-E3 trickle of game releases down under. more
Mon Jun 08 04:42pm PDT
BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Content theft is here to stay and the big media companies are going to have to get used to it. more
Thu Nov 17 06:43am PST
BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- This week both CBS and NBC proposed a download and play system for commercial-free TV shows from their current network offerings. This followed a previous announcement by ABC. more
Wed Nov 09 09:45pm PST
BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- VCRs took off in part thanks to the idea of "time shifting" programs that were aired at inconvenient hours for viewers. more
Tue Nov 01 11:41pm PST