The world’s most high-profile file-sharing website the Pirate Bay faces a new volley of legal action from Hollywood studios. Read more…
Archive for July, 2009
Broadband users are still not getting the speeds they are paying for, claims the largest survey of its kind by Ofcom. Read more…
A team of robots designed to deal with the risks posed by gas cylinders at fire scenes has been demonstrated in London. Read more…
Truckers who text while driving are 23 times more likely to crash or get into a near-wreck than an undistracted driver, while car drivers face the greatest danger when dialing their cell phones, a transportation study found. Read more…
Drivers looking for fuel efficiency and performance may cheer Ford’s efforts, but for Mustang fans who demand a burbling V8, fuel economy takes a back seat to tradition. Read more…
After the release of a miserable June jobs report, President Obama stood with a group of green company CEOs and told reporters that “men and women like these will help lead us out of this recession and into a better future.” Read more…
Seen in the mirrored helmet visor of astronaut Christopher Cassidy is astronaut Tom Marshburn on the STS-127 mission’s fourth spacewalk. The two teamed… Read more…
A recent asteroid collision on Jupiter is an eerie reminder that earth can get walloped too. Read more…
The space shuttle Endeavour and its 7-astronaut crew will undock from the ISS on Tuesday. Read more…
Gravity is everywhere in space, even in so-called zero-gravity. Read more…