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Wired News

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 14
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

• How to Spot the Future
  Wired lays out seven rules for identifying the trends, technologies, and ideas that will change the world.

• 8 Visionaries on How They Spot the Future
  Wired editors pick the brains of Paul Saffo, Esther Dyson, and Joi Ito (and five others) for insight into how to see the future.

• Crayon Dragon
  Beautiful little animated short by film student http://toniko-x.blogspot.com/\">Toniko Pantoja. Something nice to share with the mom in your life today.

• Top 10 Mothers in Science Fiction and Fantasy (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
  It used to be difficult to find genuinely good female characters in science fiction and fantasy. And even today, with plenty of excellent female characters to pick from, there still aren't that many that are also mothers. In honor of Mother's Day today, here are our picks for the ten best mother characters from science fiction and fantasy.

• Indonesia Is the Next Action-Flick Hot Zone
  The Raid: Redemption is proof that in Indonesia, filmmakers are ready to kick ass the old-fashioned way -- and create the action capital of the world.

• Girls Impress FIRST Championship With Project That Could Save Lives (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
  It's been widely reported that we've fallen far behind in STEM education, that our children just aren't proficient at math, science, technology,or engineering. Everyone from President Obama to William Bennett have lamented our situation. But to step inside the FIRST 2012 Championship in Saint Louis last week, you would never know it. Here, thousands of kids gathered to celebrate and compete in robotics and whether chatting to the competitors or overhearing conversations, it's very apparent that the state of STEM is well and good among FIRST attendees.

• Showtime: ZeroN from MIT Media Lab
  *Not just \"magnetism,\" but digitally controlled electromagnetism.
• So, who's gonna scale this up so that people can put on mesh suits and swoop around in mid-air, comic-book style?

via @golan

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 13
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

• Drug Doubles: What Actors Actually Toke, Smoke and Snort on Camera
  Cinematic substance abuse requires drug-free substitutes that look like the real thing. Here are some of Hollywood's most reliable drug doubles.

• 33 Geeky Insults You Can Use Almost Anywhere (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
  In general, geeks prefer to use brains rather than brawn, to get themselves out of a situation. So, their insults are often witty, literary and highly intelligent. But not always. Here are a few of our favorites.

You know, you are a classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain. ? The Doctor, Doctor Who

• The Inherent Difficulties of Software Art
  *Essay is twelve years old, could have been written yesterday.

http://rhizome.org/discuss/view/30023/

• Galileo-style Uranus Tour (2003)
  Spacecraft orbiting Jupiter and Saturn have revealed those worlds and their rings and moons in amazing detail. In 2003, space navigators looked at whether a spacecraft could give the compact Uranus system the same treatment. Space historian David S. F. Portree describes their proposed Uranus tour, which would have included more than 40 Uranus moon flybys in a little more than two years.

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 12
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills. a google a day, google, puzzles, search

• iPhone 4S and Lumia 900 Have Fun Answering 'Who's the Best Smartphone?'
  It looks like the iPhone 4S and Nokia Lumia 900 have some mutual respect for one another, according to tests users have conducted asking each phone what the best smartphone ever is.

• Ay Caramba! It's Lucha Libre!
  Our intrepid photographer visits Tijuana to see professional wrestling, Mexican style. So much win!

• Oracle Wins (Tiny) Battle in War With Google
  Oracle scored a victory on Friday in its ongoing battle with Google over the use of Java on the Android mobile operating system. But it was a very small victory.

• Timeline: How R?publique Squeaked Out a Kickstarter Success
  At 7:58 a.m. Pacific Friday morning, a game called R?publique (pronounced \"Republic\") finally reached its $500,000 funding goal on Kickstarter with only six hours to go after one of the most tumultuous month-long campaigns in Kickstarter history.

• Wallpaper That Protects You From Identity Theft
  There's that guy again, cruising down the block, scanning the airwaves for an open Wi-Fi network named \"LINKSYS\" or \"NETGEAR\" that the owner didn't bother to password-protect. Maybe he's just a freeloader. But what if he's an identity thief out to view your browsing history and ? gasp ? maybe even your bank statements! Wouldn't it be nice if you could both beautify your home and make your Wi-Fi network just disappear?

• Hollywood's Exploding Cars Take Art, Science -- and Mortars
  In Hollywood movies, the smallest fender bender can trigger an inferno. But in the real world, a car doesn't usually explode -- even if you drive it off a cliff or shoot the gas tank. Blowing up a vehicle is deceptively difficult.

• What to Expect From the Maps App if Apple Ditches Google Maps in iOS 6
  Apple will reportedly ditch Google's backend for the built-in Maps app in iOS 6, according to sources with 9to5Mac. So what will the changes mean for you?

• Linus Torvalds Invented Git, But He Pulls No Patches With GitHub
  Linus Torvalds keeps a copy of his Linux kernel project on GitHub, the wildly popular coder-hosting website. But there's a caveat. If you try to send him a patch or a bug-fix via GitHub, he'll tell you to take a hike.

• Romney's 'Bullygate' Prompts Question: When Do Pranks Go Too Far?
  How can you tell when a prank has gone too far and strayed into bullying territory? Are high jinks and teasing just a natural, innocuous part of life, or can poking fun at others do real, lasting harm?

• Jokes for Nerds: HTML9 Responsive Boilerstrap JS
  Web developer Louis Lazaris creates a pitch-perfect parody of today's jargon-laden world of web development.

• Study: Women, Teens Take Longer to Recover From Concussions
  High school and female athletes take longer than men to recover from concussions, suggesting age and gender must be considered when diagnosing and treating sports-related head trauma.

• Pentagon Issues Drone War Talking Points
  It's official: the U.S. drone war over Pakistan, Yemen and beyond really does exist. John Brennan, President Obama's principal counterterrorism adviser, disclosed the government's worst kept secret in a Washington speech last week. So now the Pentagon has to talk about it. Kind of.

• Why Flipping Through Paper-Like Pages Endures in the Digital World
  Whether developers recognize it or not, users still subconsciously desire some kind of visual feedback when flipping through multiple pages of content.

• Game|Life Podcast: Baby, We're Just Bad News
  We here at the Game|Life podcast advise you to listen to this episode while sitting down drinking a nice relaxing cup of chamomile tea and having a good cry.

• Court Upholds Google-NSA Relationship Secrecy
  A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the National Security Agency's decision to withhold from the public documents confirming or denying any relationship it has with Google concerning encryption and cybersecurity. If we removed all the legalese, the appellate court upheld the government's often-said contention that, \"if we told you, we'd have to kill you.\"

• More Americans Worried About Cybarmegeddon Than Terrorism, Study Finds
  A new study shows that more Americans want presidential candidates to talk about computer security than terrorism.

Computerworld News

• Update: Thompson is out as Yahoo CEO
  Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson plans to step down from his job in the wake of questions about whether he padded his resume, according to All Things D.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/Sl_hYO6jd6M\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO
  Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has left the company, Yahoo announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/AVepW7P15CM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO
  Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, who led the company for just four months, has left the company, the company announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/JzGmVHf5HXk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Senate to look at Mozilla's browser competition allegations
  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee plans to look into accusations by Mozilla that Microsoft is restricting access to important programming tools for browsers that will run in Windows RT.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/fIc_3e74yHo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Report: LightSquared preparing for bankruptcy filing
  Negotiations between LightSquared and its lenders remained "far apart" over the weekend, leaving the beleaguered would-be data carrier likely to file for bankruptcy protection Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing anonymous sources involved in the negotiations.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/NpXxpgfX6F4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Adobe backpedals, will now patch software for free
  After being pummeled by customers and security experts for telling users to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades because it wasn't going to patch critical bugs in older versions of its software, Adobe has reversed course.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/s4LCH3sTrYs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Team Stream for iPhone and iPad
  Sports fans have it easy nowadays. We have team blogs, websites, Twitter feeds and up-to-the-minute video clips on demand. Yet for all these conveniences, fans still have to do the legwork of subscribing to feeds or following the tweets of players or beat writers. The Team Stream and Team Stream HD apps from Bleacher Report aim to make it easier for fans to find and follow content on their favorite teams.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/UC57K8dn-Ys\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Cloud, BYOD Increases Need for Automated IAM Systems
  As traditional security concepts of perimeter and end-point defense break down as a result of the proliferation of cloud services and the BYOD phenomenon, enterprises are increasingly feeling the need for greater control over access to applications. That's where automated identity and access management comes in.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/DBgUXfHhmvU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Researcher runs IP network over xylophones
  Vint Cerf once wore a shirt that read "IP on Everything," a wry comment on the versatility of the Internet Protocol he helped invent, a protocol that underlies all Internet communication. Now a University of California Berkeley researcher has put Cerf's maxim to the test, running an IP network over a set of xylophones, played by human participants.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/OVEz0403OyE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>
• Elgan: How I publish from Google+
  Columnist Mike Elgan offers tips on how to post to Twitter and Facebook, send a newsletter and more all from a Google+ account.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~4/jTpOtcYKhsM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>

Computerworld News

• Update: Thompson is out as Yahoo CEO
• Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO
• Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO

   

      

             
             
          
          

             
             
             
          
      
      

         
 
         

            

               

                  

                     
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