One of the most popular sites on the internet, Digg.com has made a business mistake the level of which has not been experienced since New Coke — the core functionality of allowing users to “digg up” the site’s stories was removed. They’ve since announced a reversal to this decision but for a few days, at [...]

Sure, folks expected a nod for Avatar, but District 9 has also been nominated for Best Picture in this year’s Academy Awards. Science fiction is rarely honoured, so that alone is worth noting, but this last year we were granted access to lots of sci-fi cinema for a change. What about this year’s top 3 sci [...]

The most popular story on BBC News right now asks, “What Happened to Global Warming ?” It’s a great question.  The story explains that the last decade has been pretty chilly: For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures… And our climate models did not forecast it, even though [...]

Spoiler alert: There’s big red goo that you really shouldn’t know about, and lots more below.  So there, you’ve been warned. After seeing this flick in IMAX last night, I knew I felt uneasy (and it wasn’t just the random chunk of dirt being projected onto the huge screen) but I had to sleep on [...]

Sirius and XM satellite radio subscribers know that having a bevvy of triple-A talk radio and music channels available on-the-run is a revolution, especially for “road warriors” who live in their vehicles. And, of course, it also delivers vital round-the-clock entertainment to the “infirmed”. Talk is great, but compared to FM public broadcast radio, the [...]