Tag Archives: Sci/Tech

Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly "top ten" posts.

All preschool, all the time – our almost-2 year old will likely burst with programming-induced joy. PBS announced this week the launch of a new 24/7 preschool channel, called PBS KIDS Sprout, available on digital cable and satellite, and a companion website, which are “dedicated to offering little ones safe, …

Now, however, Magnatune customers can legally distribute up to three copies of uncompressed music.

The Chinese government, feeling threatened by the flow and exchange of information among its 100 million Internet users, announced yesterday the imposition of new regulations intended to limit access to news and commentary not pre-approved by the government’s Propaganda Department. The new rules will allow only the posting of “healthy …

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (that's of the UK) is offering free access over the weekend.

Even as Hurricane Rita loomed before the Gulf Coast, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin told a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation yesterday that the nation’s emergency responders require a mobile, wireless system that enables them to communicate with one another in times …

The BBC show Horizon tackles a ripping good scientific controversy tonight: were the astonishingly small, 18,000 year-old adult human remains found on the isolated Indonesian island of Flores last year a previously unknown species of human, Homo floresiensis, or were they the benighted remains of a modern human with the …

Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly "top ten" posts.

Most of the music is terrible, which is encouraging.

A hearty congratuations to Shaun Daily upon reaching the first anniversary of his news and commentary webcast show SUBJECT 2 DISCUSSION! Tonight’s anniversary show airs at 6pm PST, 9pm EST LIVE on LVROCKS.COM – guests this week will be Joe Gandelman from The Moderate Voice in the first hour, and …