Tag Archives: Sci/Tech

From Kansas to Philadelphia to the Marshall Islands, via National Public Radio and a pop concert.

Park City anti-spam company prognosticates via the arcane magic of statistical analysis.

Similar to the age-old concept of making a mix tape for a buddy, these playlists give other online listeners who have paid the service provider fees the opportunity to listen to hours upon hours of music.

How long does it take to evaluate a website? As little as 50 milliseconds, or one-twentieth of a second, according to a new study by Canadian researchers published in the journal Behaviour and Information Technology. And not only is a judgment made about the appeal of a site with amazing …

Now that blogs are ubiquitous — the effort to keep track of their vast and ever-expanding numbers reminds me of when McDonald’s gave up trying to keep public count of their burger sales and just went with “billions and billions served” on their marquees — the competiton for eyeballs is …

... in which a question posed two years ago is suddenly and unexpectedly solved, with further revelations to follow.

It makes me wonder how many people are now needlessly suffering from pain that is eminently manageable.

A birthing plan that is a political statement, chasing Starbucks on Fair Trade, a history of typewriters, and more ...

Welcome to the Blogcritics Sci/Tech open comments page! You have opinions, and you use technology (or you wouldn’t be reading this). I’ll bet you’ve even got a few tech items in your home or office that either delight or exasperate you. Are you a science buff? Computer geek? Frustrated end …

(The bus)...may have represented a generation's dream of freedom and self-expression, but some dreams end up being nightmares.