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Google’s Glitch for “Islam is…”

For all that has been said about the advances in the capacity of Internet search engines to aid in research, a recently discovered...

James Heiser January 19, 2010

Obama Names Schmidt Chief of Cybersecurity

Steven J. DuBord December 24, 2009

President Barack Obama on December 22 named Howard Schmidt, an Internet security expert with experience in both the private sector and government, as...

Private Space Flight Nearing Launch

James Heiser December 11, 2009

As NASA’s manned space efforts falter in the face of the looming conclusion of the shuttle program and by a finding of the...

CERN Atom Smasher Sets New Record

Bruce Walker December 2, 2009

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has developed the fastest proton accelerator in the history of science — the Hadron Collider, which...

FTC Enacts Stifling Rules for Bloggers

Steven J. DuBord November 11, 2009

Bloggers who review products online are about to be hit with onerous new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations supposedly designed to foster transparency....

“Smart Grids” & Monitoring Your Power Use

James Heiser October 28, 2009

As Americans continue to wonder what happened to the $787 billion in stimulus money and the economic recovered our leaders said would arrive...

FCC Moves Ahead With Net Neutrality

Steven J. DuBord October 27, 2009

As of October 22, the five members of the Federal Communications Commission have officially agreed by vote to launch the net neutrality rule-making...

Energy Dept. Funds Speculative Science

James Heiser October 26, 2009

Have you been watching the nation’s economy continue to unravel and wondering where all of that stimulus money went? Another $400 million of...

Augustine Committee Issues Final Report on Manned Space Program

James Heiser October 23, 2009

Six weeks after the release of the committee’s preliminary report, the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee has released its final report. The...

Cassini Mission to Saturn Continues to Make Discoveries

James Heiser October 21, 2009

Launched in 1997, the Cassini probe to Saturn completed its initial four-year mission in June 2008. The trip from Earth to Saturn took...

NASA Prepares to Launch New Rocket for Manned Space Program

James Heiser October 20, 2009

With the release of the full report by the Augustine Committee only days away, NASA is making preparations to test a rocket vital...

Internet CEOs Back Net Neutrality

Steven J. DuBord October 19, 2009

Two dozen chief executives from Internet-based companies dealing with e-commerce, social networking, search engines, and more have signed an October 19 letter to...

FCC Chairman Warns of Wireless Crisis

Steven J. DuBord October 9, 2009

New Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski addressed CTIA-The Wireless Association at the industry trade group’s 2009 convention on October 7. Genachowski told...