A series of photos of hummingbird eggs and hatchlings. Note the toothpick used as an indicator of the teeny scale of the nest and eggs
Shane Atkinson, a New Zealander who sent millions of junk emails out every day has shut his business after his personal details were posted on the web
Mike Todd, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, has claimed that some police officers are so inept at interviewing suspects that viewers of television dramas such as Inspector Morse and The Bill would have a better chance of solving crimes
The Australian Computer Society believes the trend toward offshore outsourcing in the high value IT services market could cost Australia 40,000 computer jobs and billions of dollars in lost economic benefit by 2015
Spray-on computers the size of a grain of sand are set to transform information technology. Scientists are already working with Edinburgh hospitals to spray nanocomputers on coronary patients to monitor their hearts unobtrusively and wirelessly. The technology should be ready within four years and these spray-on nanocomputers should be at work in hospitals, schools and shops in less than ten years
A growing amount of research supports the idea that DNA could be the basis of a staggeringly powerful new generation of computers. An initial foray into the field has produced the first game-playing DNA computer — an enzyme-powered tic-tac-toe machine that cannot be beaten. While the lads in the Physics department at Cambridge University believe that erasable electrostatic lithography could be used to make a quantum computer based on arrays of quantum dots
Debate on the retransmission of free-to-air TV channels on the new digital Foxtel system has escalated, with Foxtel applying to the competition regulator for clearance under its third-line forcing provisions
Coke and Pepsi, recently accused of having dangerous quantities of pesticides in their Indian products, are challenging a ban on their drinks in government buildings. Lawsuits must be a cheaper option than pulling their finger out and removing the pesticides
A Saudi Arabian telecommunications company has accused Lucent Technologies and Switzerland-based ACEC of paying more than $15 million in bribes to the minister in charge of the country’s telephone agency
General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and Isuzu Motors have agreed to drop the lawsuit that has delayed California’s clean-air program
Foxtel has turned up the heat on networks Seven, Ten and the ABC to ink a digital retransmission deal after SBS yesterday its place on Foxtel’s digital service
No refrigeration, no subways, no smooth traffic flow, no air conditioning — well, at least the Internet worked
Need combine your love of fish with your love of computers? The aquarium case mod may be the thing for you. But if you have a history of killing your goldfish, maybe Thinkgeek’s plastic fishie kit may be more appropriate. Or you could go for an ant farm
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto have come up with a novel, inexpensive, stereoscopic technique for generating 3D displays from cellophane and a laptop computer screen
Tasty treats for your vegetarian, vegan and dairy intolerant friends. I have found that home made ice cream is a treat best reserved for yourself — unless you like being constantly badgered to make it for your friends and family.
The stuff you need:
1 x 400ml can of coconut milk
30g whole wheat flour
55g raw cane sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
What to do with your gathered ingredients:
- Put coconut milk, flour and sugar into a blender and blend thoroughly
- Transfer to a saucepan and heat gently until slightly thickened and simmering
- Remove from heat, cool and chill thoroughly
- Stir the vanilla essence into the mixture
- Put mixture into the freezer and stir every 15-20 minutes until frozen
Enjoy your ice cream.
Armed with inexpensive, mass-produced gems, two startups are launching an assault on the De Beers cartel and are stepping into the realm of the computer as diamonds show amazing potential as a superior semiconductor
HBOS, one of the largest UK banks is to introduce random lie detector analysis of insurance claims according to this article from the Edinburgh Evening News. The three month trial will see calls from its 1.5 million policy holders randomly subjected to voice stress analysis. Those flagged up will then receive a set of questions designed to expose potential fraudsters
Julian Dibbell has quit his day job to sell items from Ultima Online in the real world, hopefully making a living on which to support his wife and daughter
The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against GoInternet.net, charging that it hawks Web presence over the phone and then assesses its targets on their phone bill without their authorisation
Every once in a while a set of fraternal twin eggs merge into one embryo and the resulting person has two sets of DNA. It is possible for a Chimera to have different sets of DNA in different body parts, which can cause complication for body identification, DNA typing for organ transplants, crime investigation, etc. Researchers have no idea how common this is, but suppose that it is a reasonable percentage of all fraternal twin pregnancies, which would mean millions world-wide
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