The Royal Society of Chemistry decided to investigate after a member of the public asked for an explanation of the science behind the James Bond cocktail. They are researching why martinis which are shaken not stirred are colder and have a different taste
Adobe has begun shipping its newest version of Photoshop, updating the well-regarded image editing software by adding a painting engine with many customisation options and new file-management functions
According to Kenya’s Internet Service Providers Association, Africa is being forced by Western companies to pay the full cost of connecting to world-wide networks. And this extra cost is partly to blame for slowing the spread of the internet in Africa and helping sustain the digital divide
Today CompuServe launched CompuServe 7.0 with Netscape as the underlying browser. CompuServe started testing Komodo, a Gecko-based client, last year, and is now experimenting with Gecko-based AOL clients. CompuServe’s 3 million-member user base is seen as a testbed before turning AOL’s 34 million members into Netscape users later this year
A Georgia Tech student who almost flunked his intro to comp sci course for just discussing his homework with someone else. Note that no one, including the faculty, accused him of actually copying any code from anyone. However, the honour code
at Georgia Tech forbids its introductory computer science students from seeking any help from other students on their homework
. The faculty recorded part of his violation on the forms as He was trying to learn it
Fleishman-Hillard, a prominent public relations firm based in St Louis, had to apologise last week to the editor of a large e-mail list after one of Fleishman’s computer administrators angered some of the Internet’s most vigilant defenders
Microsoft has blamed confusion over forthcoming changes to its licensing model for sparking a revolt among enterprise customers, who are threatening to throw out Windows operating systems and applications for cheaper alternatives
British MPs have branded Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a war criminal
in the House of Commons. Many have voiced their anger over his troops’ invasions of Palestinian territory. The comments come as reports emerging from Jenin suggest many civilians may have been killed by Israeli troops in the refugee camp
Police officers who were chasing a man after a traffic stop got an unlikely assist from a skunk, who sprayed the suspect in the face
Peer-to-peer networks are arousing optimism in the fight against spam but according to the Australian Coalition against Unsolicited Bulk Email they may actually contribute to the problem
IBM’s 10,000 Australian staff are in the process of being moved over to Linux for file and print serving, as part of a cost-efficiency drive that has been in the pipeline since last year
European environment ministers are expressing outrage at the US rejection of the Kyoto Protocol. They have been criticising the retarded monkey boy‘s stance on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, at G8 talks in Canada. Some accused the US of political manoeuvres to preserve the energy-burning American lifestyle
In A Case of Musicogenic Epilepsy Induced by Listening to an American Pop Music
, the
authors report: A 23-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to the musicogenic epilepsy. She had four generalised tonic clonic seizures at 18 and 19 years old. Since 19, she had had complex partial seizures lasting for about 20 seconds which was easily evoked by listening to an American pops particularly Dreamlover
song by Mariah Carey
IBM and Microsoft have been quietly busy behind the scenes for the last two years building a toll booth that could position the two companies to collect royalties on most if not all Internet traffic
Almost a year ago, Richard Neville wrote a provocative analysis of the dark side
of Uncle Sam — a nation, he argued, hell-bent on furthering its own interests at any cost. Now, in the wake of 11 September, America has cast itself as a global crusader against terror, above the law, above criticism. But is it really on the side of the angels in a new kind
of war, Neville asks — and could it have responded to the crisis in a way more in keeping with its own high ideals?
An Aluminium Foil Deflector Beanie is a type of headwear that can shield your brain from most electromagnetic psychotronic mind control carriers
Known as non-volatile memory, a high-speed, high-capacity memory technology could eliminate the need to reboot a computer. It could cut the cost of PCs by allowing makers to replace their current random access memory and hard drive with a single component with no moving parts. It has been patented by a team at the University of Houston and licensed by the Sharp corporation
Windows XP has functionality built-in to the Search Companion module that allows Microsoft to log users internet searches. Information collected includes user IP address, search term and related information. A cookie is also set
Babies are being fitted with electronic tags that warn hospital staff if anyone tries to abduct them. Parents and adults authorised to handle the child wear corresponding tags which don’t trigger alarms. Health officials in the UK are monitoring the success of trials of the invention in a German hospital
In an apparent response to criticism of its handling of a threatening letter from a Church of Scientology lawyer, the popular search engine Google has begun to make so-called takedown
letters public. DMCA-censored pages are now two clicks and a cut-and-paste away from the regular search results
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