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Entries for October, 2010

UK Police To Get Facebook Lessons

jhernik writes “The police are to receive training on how to use Facebook and Twitter to catch people committing serious crimes. The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) will overhaul its training modules to include sessions on the social networking sites for detectives. ‘This programme is a vital part of the career pathway for detectives and [...]

EZTV Droid Manages Your TV Torrents from Your Android Phone [Downloads]

Makr Carry Goods Case for iPad

If you like your leather goods to have a slightly more rustic look, you’ll want to see the iPad Case from Makr.  All products from Makr are handmade by a small group of artisans, so all items are made in limited numbers. This iPad case is a simple envelope-style case made from a single piece of [...]

How Much Math Do We Really Need?

Pickens writes “G.V. Ramanathan, a professor emeritus of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, writes in the Washington Post that although a lot of effort and money has been spent to make mathematics seem essential, unlike literature, history, politics and music, math has little relevance to everybody’s daily life. [...]

Test Your Wits: Play Alu’s Revenge

Stacked stones continue to fall as you use your quick wits and speedy strategy to open the tomb and reveal the jewels inside similar to the popular game Collapse online. Original post by timothy

Top 5 Real-life Haunted Houses

Carnivals and amusement parks create haunted houses to give you a good scare during Halloween. But what if the scares lasted for centuries — and your house was the frightening attraction? Original post by timothy

“River Monsters” Videos

Jeremy Wade finally gets the fish he is after: the elusive piraiba catfish! Built like a shark, this bizarre fish has an unearthly growl and a reputation for eating people. Watch this video from Animal Planet’s “River Monsters.” Original post by timothy

What is computing power?

When people speak of supercomputers, they often talk about how powerful the machines are. But just what is computing power, and what makes one type of machine more powerful than another? Original post by timothy

Apple sues Motorola, further escalating cellphone wars

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc sued rival Motorola Inc, claiming the Droid smartphone maker infringes on three iPhone patents. Original post by Whitson Gordon

Hard Candy Cases Offers Yet Another Stylus Option

If you are still searching for the perfect capacitive stylus for your iPad or other touch screen device, I have another one for you to consider. It’s the Candy Pen iPad Stylus from Hard Candy Cases. This stylus has a chromed finish with two caps that reveal a capacitive stylus on one end and a [...]