A form of matter called Bose-Einstein condensate, which first was created in a laboratory in 1995, has been tinkered with until it caused miniature explosions that resemble exploding stars called supernovae, according to a new study
The Washington Post has a go at explaining the widespread belief in New Age rubbish and other examples of science’s mything links
The United Steelworkers of America and an international rights group sued Coca-Cola Friday, alleging trade unionists at plants that bottle the company’s soft drinks in Colombia are systematically intimidated, kidnapped and killed
Earlier this month, Bruce Blair, president of the Centre for Defence Information, a non-profit military research organisation based in Washington, DC, wrote that Russian nuclear scientists last year found a bug in Microsoft’s SQL Server database software that threatened the security not only of Russian nuclear weapons materials, but also of US nuclear materials
Telstra BigPond broadband usernames and passwords have been breached, following a Trojan attack that affected at least sixty nine users over the weekend
An interesting look at the misinformation that can be spread by someone with blatant industry connections and access to the media
Michael King, the Newtown solicitor who plans to mount a class action against Telstra over the failure of its high speed ADSL Internet service, is getting calls from up to 50 interested parties a day
The days of the perfect peanut butter sandwich may be here.
Pre-sliced peanut butter is on its way to US store shelves in test markets, food researchers from Oklahoma State University said Monday.
The new form of peanut butter, which will come in individually wrapped plastic sheets, is the product of more than three years of intense research, and 500 different formulas
Interactive voice-response systems are torture. Why do businesses insist on using a technology that alienate their customers so much?
Indian engineers have developed a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the Internet. The Simputer reads web pages aloud in native languages, making it possible to reach the 50% of Indians who cannot read. Not that they can afford the $300 cost alone — the Simputer is designed to be used by a number of people, each one with a smart card that stores information and customises e-mail and browsing software
A fire sparked by a train derailment in a tunnel in downtown Baltimore raged for a second day Thursday, and its impact rippled onto the Internet. The fire, which has caused power outages in the area, has also brought segments of WorldCom’s UUNet Internet network to a grinding halt, affecting customers along the Eastern corridor — which finally explains why so many sites were down last week
The armed Russian who posted the following ad on the Net advertising his services was deadly serious: Will help retire from life, possibly without patient’s consent
. Unfortunately for the would-be assassin, the only people interested in his offer were the police
The White House has dodged a denial-of-service attack launched by the Code Red
computer virus by shifting to a different numerical web address, according to security experts
ICANN, the Internet’s controlling body, is trying to assert its dominance by warning of the dangers of alternative domains. A policy document says the advantages of a single source, or root, for domain names well outweighs demands to change it. If opened up, it would mean some addresses on the Net could not be found by others
For decades, we’ve been living in a fast-food world. Suddenly, everywhere you look, there’s McTrouble. Could it be that we’re finally overcoming our addiction to saturated fat and cardboard chips, to Happy Meals and nursery décor? Could the burger era really be coming to an end at last?
Commercial Alert, a consumer group founded by the legendary Ralph Nader, has complained to the US Federal Trade Commission that many search engines are engaged in deceptive advertising. The group alleges the engines instead of using objective search formulas are selling top spots in their search results to the highest bidder without telling users. Engines named in the complaint are MSN, Netscape, Directhit, HotBot, Lycos, Altavista, LookSmart and iWon
An Australian organisation which donates computers to disadvantaged kids has criticised Microsoft Australia for its alleged lack of charity
An Australian scientist has won the concrete world’s most prestigious award for his work in turning industrial waste into a useful component of concrete for building and construction
Hoping to prevent an outbreak of violent protest at the G8 meeting in Genoa, Italy, Friends of the Earth Europe are laying down some ground rules
Human rights activists put out a call to hackers here to help get the word out about their cause — not by having them deface sites, but by creating applications that can help the organisations manage data. Greg Walton, a freelance human rights researcher, spoke to hackers at the Def Con conference in support of the Hacktivismo project, an attempt to create an anonymous, private way of getting human rights information across the Internet while protecting the identities of those who report the abuses
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