• Gadgets

    Pentium Prosecution

    By Stuart Fox Posted on 5.13.2009 21 Comments

    Since 2001, the European Union's (EU) anti-trust regulators have investigated complaints that chip maker Intel engaged in anti-competitive practices. They accused Intel of of paying retailers not to sell computers with AMD chips, and for using its position as the number-one chip manufacturer to muscle around competition. Today, the EU handed down the decision in the form of a $1.4 billion fine, the largest in European history.

    5.14.2009 at 09:54am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    Yes james2 the 'Europeans' did this to bash America, nothing to do with fair trade as the above post points out. I hate Yanks with your mentality, so does the rest of the world. It wouldn't surprise me if the majority of your own country does as well.

  • Technology

    Why the Fighter Plane Failed

    By Posted on 12.10.2008 27 Comments

    An explosion shook the San Diego neighborhood of University City yesterday afternoon when a U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed into a house. The pilot of the plane safely ejected, but a mother, child, and grandmother died when the plane hit their home, and another child is still missing.

    12.10.2008 at 11:14am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    What a ridiculously vague article, he might as well say: A survey shows Ford's tires burst erratically. Therefore the man that hit that child at the crossing the other day was probably due to that. Speculative crap, not want you want to read on PopSci.

  • Science

    The First Few Minutes After Death

    By Sam Barrett Posted on 10.31.2008 23 Comments

    After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon. A new project aims to determine whether the experience is a physiological event or evidence that the human consciousness is far more complicated than we ever believed.

    11.3.2008 at 09:42am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    You can have this "out of body experience" on mushrooms if you try hard enough :) I know I've done it!

  • The Environment

    (Re)Building a Better Town

    By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes Posted on 9.8.2008 18 Comments

    On May 4, 2007, a two-mile-wide F5 tornado destroyed 95 percent of Greensburg, Kansas, leaving two thirds of the town’s 1,500 inhabitants homeless. Many thought the town was finished. But in fact, the townspeople decided to rebuild using the greenest, most forward-thinking materials and construction methods possible.

    9.4.2008 at 02:46am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    Wow and behold if they ever re-build their homes out of bricks, blocks & mortar. Doesn't the south of America ever learn, or do they just like re-building there homes every 10 years?

  • Technology

    A Star Is Born. Well, a Lot of Stars

    By Posted on 7.11.2008 4 Comments

    Considering the birth rate, astronomers might have named this the Rabbit Galaxy. According to a new paper in today’s issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, researchers have discovered a galaxy that birthed stars 400 times faster than our Milky Way, overturning previously held ideas about the formation of giant galaxies

    7.15.2008 at 10:13am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    I love how there are no comments on this topic. This stuff is about as close as we can get to a reason for our very existence in this universe and no-one cares, probably because no-one understands it. I certainly don't. What day of the week did God create that one then? lol

  • Science

    Technologies That Could Save the Economy

    By Posted on 5.29.2008 3 Comments

    Faith in the U.S. economy is dwindling these days, but a number of future-focused scientists and engineers say we shouldn't give up hope, since technology could resuscitate our flagging business world.

    5.30.2008 at 04:10am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    Energy companies are multinational business's (usually originating in Europe) who are floated on the stock exchange. The profits they make are split to investors worldwide. 'Disposable income' is spend in your local stores boosting the economy of the US instead of the rest of the world.

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    GTA IV: Perfect Isn't Perfect

    By Posted on 5.7.2008 9 Comments

    You heard the hype, you read the astonishing array of perfect-score online reviews. So you bought a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, sat down to play and . . . what's going on here? How can a perfect game be ticking you off? I'm not saying that GTA IV is less than amazing, but it most definitely is less than perfect, particularly if you're not one of the professional gamers writing those frothing-at-the-mouth-with-delight reviews. Some of the most basic elements in the game are just plain aggravating.

    5.8.2008 at 05:20am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    Surely the 10 out of 10 business means its the best the console/s can produce within their parameters. If any of you know the ins and outs of a Xbox or PS3 better that the people who made this game "cough Steve" then you are surely obliged to comment other than that I agree with the chappy above, you are just crap at it.

  • Technology

    Reports of Impending Doom Greatly Exaggerated

    By Posted on 4.21.2008 3 Comments

    A German newspaper reported last week that 13-year-old Nico Marquardt corrected a few glitches in NASA's estimates regarding the chances of a certain asteroid colliding with Earth. NASA concluded that the Apophis space rock has only a 1 in 45,000 chance of knocking into us, but this school-kid announced that the space agency had missed a few zeros, suggesting that the probability is closer to 1 in 450. And while quite a few news reports backed him up, even claiming that NASA agreed Marquardt was correct, the space agency is sticking to its estimates.

    4.23.2008 at 08:17am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    If he's right NASA will probably employ him anyway

  • Technology

    Jumping into Action

    By Posted on 4.16.2008 8 Comments

    Last April, we dissected the worlds most advanced fighter jet, the F-35B Lightning II, in the pages of our annual How It Works issue. Now military contractor Lockheed Martin is firing up the jets 40,000-pound-thrust engine (the most powerful ever built for a fighter jet) in preparation for flight tests. The jet can soar at supersonic speeds (1,000 mph) and deflect radar signals, but by the end of the month, pilots are expected to show off its most highly anticipated feature: the ability to stop mid-flight and touch down virtually anywhere.

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    4.17.2008 at 06:48am - Comment by jamesbrett12

    Isn't this the plane that lost to the FA22 Raptor for the main USAF contract??? The Navy playing second fiddle to the Air Force again. haha



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