Scientists Find New Way To Generate Electricity

Coated carbon nanotubes could replace combustion engines and turbines

How Your Twitter Account Could Land You in Jail

On the afternoon of September 24, 2009, Pennsylvania State Troopers, their guns drawn, broke down the door of room 238 of the CareFree Inn on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. The crime? Tweeting with a deadly weapon.

Schools Use Webcams To Spy On Students At Home

A suburban Philadelphia school district used the webcams in school-issued laptops to spy on students at home

Internet Censorship Protest Shuts Down Australian Gov Website

Hackers protesting government censorship of the Internet have shut down several Australian government websites in a demonstration.

The FBI Wants To Log Everything You Do Online

The FBI is putting the pressure on ISPs to keep logs of what user do online, and then to keep these records for at least two years.

Superfast Bullet Trains Are Finally Coming to the U.S.

Bullet trains are coming. Planners are finally beginning to make headway on what will be the largest, most complicated infrastructure project ever attempted in the US.

Will Google’s Nexus One Unlock the Cell Phone Industry?

Googles new Nexus One will be sold unlocked, free to use at any cell phone carrier.

Desperate CA Police Turn Police Into Robo-Cops With New Head-Mounted Cams

A Cash strapped California police dept. wants $4 million to mount robo-cop camera tech to every officer.

HP Computers Are Racist

“HP web cam’s do not care about black people.”

AT&T survives Operation Chokehold

Blogger “Fake Steve Jobs” led a massive protest today against AT&T’s overpriced data fees.

Cali Teen Runs Up $22,000 Verizon Phone bill

The man says his Verizon Wireless bill soared after his son downloaded about 1.4 million kilobytes of data last month, without a data plan.