In recent news, a web log became the primary piece of evidence in convicting Jin Lin, 23, of first degree murder.
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Blogs Help Catch Criminals
New Scientist: 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense
New Scientist is reporting on “13 things that don’t make sense,” an interesting list of topics and explanations to say the least.
Evolution Video Game
The creator of the hugely popular Sims game is working on an ambitious title in which you can truly be God.
Infected with “Violence”
Witnessing gun violence can double the likelihood of a teenager committing serious violence in the following two years, suggests a new study by US researchers.
“Patient Zero” Worm finding Technique could help Law Enforcement
The computer used to kick-start a global worm outbreak in March 2004 has been traced using crucial kinks in its code.
Gender Bending Plastic
“Gender-bending” chemicals mimicking the female hormone oestrogen can disrupt the development of baby boys, suggests the first evidence linking certain chemicals in everyday plastics to effects in humans.
New Book to cause quite a stir in Biotech
Scientists working with embryonic stem cells or transgenic organisms are sometimes perceived as evil: modern-day Frankensteins meddling with the building blocks of life.
Weird: Hollywood Gets Greedy
They’re not engaged in Mortal Kombat yet, but you could definitely call it a Counter-Strike.
High Tech Sex Demo
Violet Blue is one of the best sex writers of our time. She’s also a geek, and that makes her a particular favorite of mine.
Who’s Top Gun Now?
The F-16s had come and gone, dropping a pair of 500-pound satellite-guided bombs on an insurgent safe house in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle. Now it was up to Major Shannon Rogers to see whether they had hit their target.
HP casts first stone at Microsoft
Though it’s still not in a perfect state, the rapid pace of development in numerous areas of Linux promises a bright future, nonetheless.
Big Brother Looks to Britain
The United States wants Britain’s proposed identity cards to have the same microchip and technology as the ones used on American documents.
