U-M creates most intense laser in the universe
Rest assured, we’ve seen some wicked frickin’ lasers in our day, but apparently, even the two-kilowatt rendition that heats coffee in mere seconds can’t hold a candle ray of light to HERCULES. (…)
Archive for February 17, 2008
China Bans Horror Movies!!! - WTF?
China has added ghosts, monsters and other things that go bump in the night to its list of banned video and audio content in an intensified crackdown ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Worldwide Hunt To Solve The Mystery Of Gamma-ray Bursts
UK space scientist Emeritus Professor Alan Wells discussed the breadth of international collaborations in new discoveries about gamma ray bursts obtained from the Swift satellite and coordinated observations from a global network of ground based telescopes at the AAAS annual meeting in Boston.
Why scientists love games consoles
Leading scientists are turning to the extraordinary power of games consoles to do their sums and simulate everything from colliding black holes to the effects of drugs.
PRQ Fire Takes Down Several Torrent Sites
A fire at Swedish hosting company PRQ, owned by two of the founders of The Pirate Bay, brought down numerous torrent sites earlier today. Whilst it didn’t take out The PirateBay’s site, it did take down several of their ancillary activities, as well as other BitTorrent sites hosted there.
Youtube Crowned World’s 2nd Most Popular Website
According to data at Alexa.com which ranks websites according to their visitor traffic, Web 2.0 video sharing site Youtube.com has now overtaken Google.com as the world’s second most visited website. Is this proof that video search marketing has come of age and is becoming a threat to traditional online search?
Facebook can ruin your life. And so can MySpace, Bebo…
People will post just about anything on social networking sites. And the information can be used against them. Suddenly, those saucy pictures and intimate confessions on social networking sites can be taken down and used in evidence against you in ways never dreamed of.
Warning: 18 Bizarre Glitches & Exploits in Brawl
Nintendo’s newest Smash title hasn’t even hit North American shores yet, but that hasn’t stopped importers from already discovering a ton of glitches and exploits. Here are 18 bizarre glitches & exploits you can use right when the game comes out to dominate your friends and aggravate your enemies.
Great Prank - Hacker at Utrecht Central Station
He hacks the jumbo screen at the station to announce train cancellations and prank bystanders
Precision clock traps atoms in light to keep time
U.S. physicists have made a clock so accurate it will neither gain nor lose even a second in more than 200 million years, a finding sure to please even the most punctually minded.
Jack Thompson challenged by Brian Crecente (Kotaku)
Jack Thompson twisted the recent NIU tradgedy to promote himself… unfortunately for him though we’re not all gullible idiots. read this to see why he’s a douche and always will be.
The War on Video Games explained [Comic]
“I don’t get this whole thing with video games”
