The Associated Press reports that Max P. Sanders, 19 is charged with a felony for attempting to auction off his vote in the upcoming presidential election on eBay. From the article: Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote, said John Aiken, a spokesman for the office. There are peopl more
Fri Jul 04 12:21pm PDT
Bryan writes Xian-Jin Li s purported proof of the Riemann Hypothesis (reported on recently) has been rebuked by Fields Medalist Terence Tao. Fortunately, Dr. Li s proof fails alongside a respectable graveyard of previous attempts. Relatedly, jim.shilliday writes The proof cites and appears to be ba more
Fri Jul 04 11:29am PDT
An anonymous reader writes eBay s has lost its fight to ban all payment methods except PayPal. When Paypal originally announced the scheme it was to be global, but they began with a dry run in Australia to test the reaction of government and consumer authorities. In the public slanging match that f more
Thu Jul 03 07:24pm PDT
Has the upcoming post-apocalyptic action-RPG been refused classification in Australia due to drug use? more
Thu Jul 03 11:21am PDT
Dark Sector developer to aid 2K Marin and 2K Australia with adapting 2K Boston's deep-sea shooter for Sony's console. more
Thu Jul 03 01:51am PDT
Microsoft confirms North American street date for Rare's Xbox 360-exclusive party favor breeding sim; UK gamers to receive title Sept. 5. more
Thu Jul 03 08:00am 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