Third Time Lucky in Apple Fart Saga

As we noted last week, Apple’s vetting procedure for its iPhone app store is mysterious to say the least. While the decisions have involved everything from technical to licensing issues, the company appears to be particularly inconsistent on matters of taste. It rejected an official South Park app which would have delivered clips of the […]

Microsoft’s Strange New Vision of the Future

Microsoft has just released two strange new videos envisioning the future of user interfaces. Check them out below. XUI, which stands for experience-user-interface in theory is the next evolution of computer-human interaction from natural user interfaces (NUI) like Microsoft Surface which itself is an evolution from graphics user interfaces (GUI) like Windows. [Via TechEblog]

Track the Swine Flu Outbreaks on Google Maps

By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Want to track the swine flu outbreaks on your desktop?  A chap named “niman” has created a nifty Google Map of all the swine flu activity…ON EARTH! View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map Key: Pink markers are suspect Purple markers are confirmed Deaths lack a dot in marker […]

Science is Sexy: What is Swine (H1N1) Flu? How Does an Animal Disease Spread to a Human Host?

Have you been watching the news at all recently?  If so, you’ve probably heard the term “Swine Flu” or “H1N1 Flu” bouncing around a lot.  While most people come down with the normal human flu at some point, it’s not really a danger to anyone but the very young and the very old.  Why is […]