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| Control nuclear weapons or risk new Hiroshima Posted: 21 Oct 2008 09:10 PM CDT THE world was headed for another Hiroshima or worse because of the risk of miscalculation or accident, the head of Kevin Rudd's new Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament said yesterday. Gareth Evans, the commission's co-chair, said inadequate controls applied to at least 16,000 atomic warheads actively deployed around the world. |
| Tell Kraft New Product Is Gross, Get Coupon For Same Product Posted: 21 Oct 2008 09:00 PM CDT I received an email back appologizing and saying that they have indeed changed their recipe in many of their salad dressings. The lady also said she was going to send me a reimbursement in the mail to reimburse me for the bottle that I purchased. |
| Rich Cheat More On Taxes, New Study Shows Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:40 PM CDT A new study based on unpublished Internal Revenue Service data shows the rich are different when it comes to paying taxes: They hide more of their income. The main reason for the income-related cheating disparity: Higher income folks receive more of their income from sources that are easier to hide, including self-employment earnings. |
| ASUS dominating netbooks--touchscreen on the horizon Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT ASUS is the clear leader in the netbook category. The company has big plans for continued innovation |
| Optical Encryption Called Capable of 100G Bps Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT Researchers have created an optical network component that they say can encrypt data traveling at 100G bps (bits per second), far outpacing current electronic encryption technologies. |
| McCain campaign won't let organizer speak to CNN Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT CNN Host Rick Sanchez said he was "mystified" by a last minute decision by the McCain campaign to pull a Muslim grassroots organizer from appearing on his show. |
| Everything You Need To Know About Your PC's Processor Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT Light a candle and bake a cake, then pop down to the shop to pick up a hilarious card – your CPU has just turned 30! While its best years aren't behind it quite yet, it could do with cheering up. In 1978, Intel released its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086. Although it was the cheaper, cut down 8-bit version – the 8088 – that made it into the |
| 9 Must Have OpenOffice Extensions Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT Like Firefox, OpenOffice also comes with extensions that you can use to improve its functionality. Here, we have tested all the extensions and sorted out those that are useful for everyday use. Some of them are for general use while some are only meant for Writer, Calc or Impress. |
| World Map of Top Social Networks Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT This world map courtesy Oxyweb should help you visualize the popularity of various social networks across different parts of the globe. |
| There was once this girl (COMIC) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT ...a girl who had dreams... |
| Planets Thought Dead Might Be Habitable Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT Some extrasolar planets that one might assume are too cold to host life could in fact be made habitable by a squishing effect from their stars, a new study found. |
| Saved By...8 Annoying Ads on Television Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT Trying to relax yesterday to a Sunday afternoon of football, I discovered that the worst hits weren't on the field. Every timeout, touchdown or turnover seemed to lead to a new commercial by Toyota touting their new zero percent APR program on their vehicles: "Saaaaaaaved byyyyyy zeeeeeeroooooo. Saaaaaaaved byyyyyy zeeeeeeroooooo." The ad features |
| What Should The Next Version of Ubuntu Bring Us Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT We're just a few days away from the Ubuntu 8.10 launch on the 30th, but it doesn't look that impressive at first glance. Of course, it's a mature operating system and changes are usually incremental – but was there more that could be done? |
| Online Businesses Subject to Local Laws....Everywhere Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT A judge in Kentucky seized the Web addresses of more than 140 Internet-gambling sites last week, the latest example of how local governments can affect online businesses with physical operations beyond their jurisdictions. It is common to think of the Internet as a global network that transcends geography, but that's changing. |
| AP: Palin children traveled on state funds Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business. |
| A Generous Collection of Awesome Wall Paintings Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT Yesterday I was surfing the web and I ended up on a site called Keepdrafting, where I saw some very interesting works from a talented artist called Augustine Kofie. I was amazed by his work and I thought it would be awesome to share with you. He has incredible paintings, wall paintings, illustrations, installations, and videos. As I said his work |
| 40 Essential Tools and Resources to Visualize Data Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT One of the most frequent questions I get is, "What software do you use to visualize data?" A lot of people are excited to play with their data, but don't know how to go about doing it or even start. Here are the tools I use or have used and resources that I own or found helpful for data visualization – starting with organizing the data, to graphs |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT VGChartz staff choose their top 10 Playstation 3 games. |
| MPAA to EFF on RealDVD lawsuit: you're living in the past Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:50 PM CDT The MPAA thinks that the EFF is being "disingenuous and wrongheaded" in its comments about the MPAA's lawsuit to stop RealDVD. The organization says that the EFF is living in the past and needs to get with the program when it comes to dealing with copyright infringement. The EFF tells Ars otherwise. |
| All-Chrome Mercedes McLaren SLR! Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:40 PM CDT Obnoxiously over the top is an understated way to describe this Mercedes McLaren SLR dressed head to toe in chrome (including chrome-tinted glass) as it causes a scene outside the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. Although this driver has a license plate number so high we'd assume it belonged to a pauper, we know it takes some serious scratch to buy a |
| Robotic ants building homes on Mars Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:30 PM CDT Recent discoveries of water and Earth-like soil on Mars have set imaginations running wild that human beings may one day colonise the Red Planet. However, the first inhabitants might not be human in form at all, but rather swarms of tiny robots. |
| 33 Famous People Who Have Been Homeless Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:20 PM CDT Every day, we walk past people in the streets without having the slightest clue that they are homeless because they do not fit the stereotypical image. Hillary Swank, Halle Berry, Jim Carrey... You must know some more? |
| OS X Snow Leopard: It’s all about Speed Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT There is a certain kind of excitement behind this release as it may be one of the first applications that truly reveal how good modern hardware really is. That is in a stark contrast to Windows 7, which shapes up to be a maintenance release for Vista to clean up the interface, add a few features and correct some mistakes Microsoft made with Vista |
| Pirate Bay Celebrates Microsoft’s Global Anti-Piracy Day Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:51 PM CDT Today, Microsoft announced Global Anti-Piracy Day, to draw attention to the ever growing piracy problem. While Microsoft itself celebrates October 21st by launching anti-piracy enforcement actions in 49 countries, The Pirate Bay does so by linking to counterfeit Microsoft products on their frontpage - in every country in the world. |
| India Moon probe ready for launch Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:40 PM CDT India is counting down to the launch of its first mission to the Moon. On Wednesday, the unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft will blast off from a launch pad in Andhra Pradesh to embark on a two-year mission of exploration. |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:30 PM CDT With the overall economy slumping, the tech industry is taking its fair share of hits |
| Can Open Source Hardware Work? Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT Every open source project begins with an itch that needs scratching. Linux was launched when Torvalds decided he didn't like the operating systems available to him. However, can open source work on Hardware? |
| Copper Thieves Leave Youth Sports Scrambling for Field Time Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:00 PM CDT The atypical arrangement was caused by thieves who had ripped out copper wiring from light poles at nearby Henderson Park field, causing about $6,000 in damage, displacing teams that practiced under the lights and making the TYSA players the latest victims of a nationwide epidemic. |
| OpenOffice.org 3.0 scores strong first week Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:50 PM CDT OpenOffice.org 3.0 was downloaded 3 million times in its first week, with about 80% of the downloads by Windows users, an official with the group said in a blog post on Monday |
| Ars reviews the 2008 MacBook Pro, Part II: performance Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:50 PM CDT In Part II of our two-part investigation of the new MacBook Pro, we examine how Apple's new notebook performs as a Windows and Mac gaming machine. We also investigate overall performance and battery life. |
| 10 Very Good Reasons Why You Should Grow A Beard (pics) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT Not that you'd need 10 reasons to grow an awesomely giant beard, but whatever. =) |
| She waited 19 hours in Dallas hospital, still got billed Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT A woman who never saw a doctor even though she waited 19 hours with an injury to her right leg in Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department has received a bill from the hospital for $162. |
| FedEx Doubles Its Solar Power Production Internationally Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:10 PM CDT FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, broke ground on its first and largest international solar energy facility on Monday. The facility near the Cologne, Germany airport will house 16,000 square meters of solar panels. |
| Daily Show Travels to Wasilla, AK to Understand Real America Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:10 PM CDT After a few days in Wasilla, Jason Jones understands what real America is all about. |
| Italy Museum Says da Vinci Writings Gather No Mold Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT Curators of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus said Tuesday that fears the collection of drawings and writings had been infiltrated by mold are groundless. |
| Cuddly Russian Aliens and One Human Minute On The Big Screen Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT Crazy cartooned aliens take Alice on a hoverboard ride in the new Russian adaptation of Kir Bulychev's novels, bringing back the scifi love for kids that has been severely lacking for some time. Also, take a look at a few stills from 1, the Stanislaw Lem One Human Minute-inspired movie. |
| Apple’s Next Act: Changing PC Buying Habits Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT With all the presidential campaign talk about American exceptionalism, it might be easy to forget that we do a pretty unexceptional job at some things — like shopping for computers. |
| Massive Star: Over 200 Times the Size of the Sun [PIC] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT How massive can a normal star be? One star in the open cluster Pismis 24 is over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it a record holder. This star is the brightest object located just to the top of the gas front in this image. Stars are forming in the associated emission nebula NGC 6357, several here are illuminating a spectacular cocoon. |
| The Internet and the Death Of Rovian Politics Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT McCain is running a textbook Rovian race: fear-based, smear-based, anything goes. But it isn't working. The glitch in the well-oiled machine? The Internet. "We are witnessing the end of Rovian politics," Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google told me. And YouTube, which Google bought in 2006 for $1.65 billion, is one of the causes of its demise. |
| Yielding to Conservationists, eBay Will Ban Ivory Sales Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:00 PM CDT According to International Fund for Animal Welfare reports, online auction sites have become a magnet for trading in items derived from endangered species. |
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