Google’s mapping service just introduced a new feature called “Street View,” offering detailed photos of addresses in San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami. While the company might not be breaking any privacy laws, the service raises concerns that need to be addressed.
The photographs are not live and were taken from a device [...]

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The Independent reports that “Scientists have set a new record in sending information through thin air using the revolutionary technology of quantum teleportation – although Mr Spock may have to wait a little longer for a Scotty to beam him up with it….Tiny packets or particles of light, photons, were used to teleport information between [...]

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From Cnet:
The European Union’s second highest court is expected to rule on September 17 whether the European Commission was right in 2004 to find that Microsoft violated antitrust laws, sources familiar with the matter said.
September 17 is the final working day before the retirement of Court of First Instance President Bo Vesterdorf, who is presiding [...]

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Well, except for the part that contains his apolipoprotein E gene, which predisposes a person toward Alzheimer’s disease. Maybe he thinks he will get the disease. I saw him on Charlie Rose a few months ago and he said, “Right Now, I think I want to live to be 90. I think [...]

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UK aging expert Professor Peter Piper recently spoke out against what he believes is a major health problem. It seems that the sodium benzoate used to preserve soft drinks may also be responsible for DNA damage. When Piper applied the chemical to yeast cells, it damaged an important area of DNA in the [...]

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