Video of the Day: Turning nuclear science into music What do you get when you bring together nuclear physicists, a DJ and one media artist for a project? Why, a radioactive orchestra of course! This collaboration began to teach young folks about science. Here, algorithms ...

  Luke Skywalker's robotic hand is finally a reality   A couple of years ago, Bebionic gave us a peek at what the future of prosthetic limbs might look like. Now the company has improved the device's design and function and the result is simply astounding. &nb...

File sharers who download torrents from services such as The Pirate Bay can expect to find their IP address logged by copyright enforcers within three hours, according to a new study by computer scientists. Researchers at the UK's University of Birmingham reached the finding at the end of a two...

The bid to have Kim Dotcom extradited to the United States suffered a significant setback today. US authorities had insisted there was no need for them to reveal the evidence they hold against the Megaupload founder. But today a New Zealand judge upheld an earlier decision and ordered the US to ...

Now Facebook wants to put adverts in your NEWSFEED Will allow ANY firm to advertise on newsfeeds for the first time Social networking giant already testing new scheme with 'tiny' number of users Could eventually be forced on all users of the site Comes as employees are to be allowed to sel...

 Virgin Media Blocks File-Sharing Site After Receiving Court Order After holding out on a Hollywood request to block a file-sharing site, Virgin Media has finally been forced to comply. The UK ISP said it would only block the Newzbin2 Usenet indexing site if ordered to do so by a court. No...

 Google Starts Punishing “Pirate” Sites In Search Results Google announced today that it will lower the search engine rankings of websites that receive a high number of DMCA takedown requests, independent of whether the linked content is lawful or not. The algorithm chang...

OSX Pad HD Turns Your iPad into a Mac Tablet   iPad: OS X Pad is a new theme that can make your iPad look and operate like an actual Mac. If you prefer traditional desktop paradigms to those of iOS, all you need is the Dreamboard app and a few minutes to install. As you can see in the vide...

 Are Demonoid Users at Risk?  the user data was not encrypted? Can the authorities see what people have downloaded?     The raid on Demonoid’s servers and the reports that a criminal investigation has been started against the site is causing some panic among the site...

Efficiency Tests Delay U.S. “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme The much-discussed U.S. six strikes anti-piracy scheme has been delayed until later this year. The main question on people’s minds is why. Is it because of the SOPA and PIPA revolts? Are the Internet providers having...