A Colorado court case could set a precedent on whether the right to remain silent extends to encrypted files. The Justice Department wants a federal judge to rule that defendant Ramon Fricosu must decrypt a laptop that prosecutors believe has evidence showing her guilt in an alleged mortgage scam. Fricosu’s lawyers say doing so could […]
In the latest in a series of unconvincing announcements, Microsoft is claiming Windows XP really will die in 2014. All those previous announcements were just for show, but this time the company really means it. Honest. Microsoft’s Stephen Rose has issued a statement that is, perhaps unwittingly, extremely telling about the company’s history over the […]
There are so many interesting bits of space stuff floating about the Innerwebz this week! Planets and moons and asteroids (with moons?!), oh my. Here’s brief rundown of each with links to in-depth articles if you’re of the space geek set. Our Eighth Planet is so Grown-Up! Tomorrow, June 12, we celebrate Neptune’s first birthday. […]
I suspect few among us can say we haven’t been a little bit naughty when visiting an Apple store: leaving an iPad logged into the Microsoft homepage, starting an inappropriate YouTube clip before leaving, or waiting until a local TV news presenter left the store mistakenly still signed in to Twitter and posting juvenile messages […]
A study suggests childhood autism in the Netherlands is more common in a area with a high proportion of IT workers. The figures suggest there’s more to it than coincidence, though how correlation translates to causation is still open to question. The key figures come from research by Simon Baron-Cohen (cousins, before you ask) of […]
“Facebook juror” Joanne Fraill will be making her next set of friends at the state penitentiary. Well, at a British prison at least. Yes, the woman we wrote about on Tuesday who was serving on a jury in a drugs case and had contacted an acquitted defendant while deliberation about her co-defendants was ongoing has […]
If you meet a new friend and decide to get chatting on Facebook, it’s usually not a problem. If you’re a juror and your new buddy is the defendant, it’s a problem. Two British women have become the first in the country to be prosecuted and convicted of contempt of court for online actions. Juror […]
A British local authority has been forced to admit it does not currently have plans to deal with a zombie invasion. The admission came after a man signing the letter as “Concerned Citizen” made a request to Leicester City Council under freedom of information laws. He asked ” Can you please let us know what […]
Researchers at CERN have revolutionized the ability to isolate and hold onto antimatter, a move which could transform our ability to study the issue. It was only last year that researchers being able to trap anti-matter and hold onto it for 0.2 seconds was considered a literally epic win. Now the staff of the ALPHA […]
A team of geoscientists have discovered a breed of tiny worms living around a mile below the surface of the earth. It’s already sparking speculation that this could show another way life might be able to exist on other planets. The Halicephalobus mephisto worm was discovered in a South African gold mine. It’s barely one-fiftieth […]