Valve Is Bringing Steam To Mac
Though gaming support on the operating system could be considered as dead, Valve has announced that its Stream, gaming digital downloading service, will be coming to Macs.
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Post Office Loses $5,000 in Hockey Cards
A package containing 50 hockey cards valued at $5,000 disappeared in Canada's postal system and an official said "it's nowhere to be found."
Software patents should only be valid for 7 years
Patent trolls would generally disappear, because a loophole in the current patent system allows them to wait for a technology to spread before retro-actively patenting it.
Student Tries to Make “Hella” Official Number
UC Davis physics student Austin Sendek is petitioning the International System of Units to declare hella as the official designation of 10 to the 27th power, or, a trillion trillions.
Microsoft offers first Google Android mobile phone app
Microsoft releases its first mobile application for phones running the Android operating system from rival Google.
Google Index to Go Real Time
Google is developing a system that will enable web publishers of any size to automatically submit new content to Google for indexing within seconds of that content being published. Search industry analyst Danny Sullivan told us today that this could be "the next chapter" for Google.
GM Recalls Compact Cars to Fix Power Steering
General Motors has issued a voluntary safety recall of 1.3 million compact cars to replace a motor in the power steering system.
Ten Companies Reinventing Our Energy Infrastructure
Any one technology is unlikely to solve the looming climate change and peak oil problems, but working together within the larger system, they could tilt the globe away from catastrophe and towards a sustainable future.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/Ten_Companies_Reinventing_Our_Energy_Infrastructure"Digg/a | a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/energycogallery/"Original/a/p
ATT removes Google search from Android
Android is Google's open source operating system. Google search and services are tightly integrated into the OS by default. They are the core of the phone's functionality. However, ATT decided to go out of their way to strip the search feature and replace it with Yahoo. There seems to be no way to get a Google search widget on the phone. pa href="http://digg.com/gadgets/AT_T_removes_Google_search_from_Android"Digg/a | a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/atampt-removes-google-search-from-android?"Original/a/p
Ford cars to feature voice-controlled Internet
Ford's second generation SYNC system taps the power of smartphones to control mobile Internet applications in the car.pa href="http://digg.com/autos/Ford_cars_to_feature_voice_controlled_Internet"Digg/a | a href="http://www.livescience.com/technology/ford-voice-controlled-internet-100228.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A livescience%2Ftechnology %28LiveScience.com Technology%29utm_content=Bloglines"Original/a/p
Faster and More Customized Driving Courtesy of IBM
IBM's industrious team of scientists are working on a system that will soon provide highly personalized transportation suggestions, allowing those who use it to travel more quickly and efficiently.pa href="http://digg.com/gadgets/Faster_and_More_Customized_Driving_Courtesy_of_IBM"Digg/a | a href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1042891_ibm-is-working-to-make-your-drive-faster-more-personalized"Original/a/p
Elite Athletes Struggle for Insurance, Too
Competing in the Olympics comes with many obvious perks (glory, lucrative endorsements). But when elite athletes enter the health-insurance market, they face the same byzantine system the rest of us do. pa href="http://digg.com/olympics/Elite_Athletes_Struggle_for_Insurance_Too"Digg/a | a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/234135"Original/a/p
Elite Athletes Struggle for Insurance, Too
Competing in the Olympics comes with many obvious perks (glory, lucrative endorsements). But when elite athletes enter the health-insurance market, they face the same byzantine system the rest of us do. pa href="http://digg.com/olympics/Elite_Athletes_Struggle_for_Insurance_Too"Digg/a | a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/234135"Original/a/p
Scientists Have Discovered A “Slut Gene” WTF?
Scientists have discovered a genetic trait which may cause young women to be sluts. While studying the DNA of college students, researchers found that women with a greater variation of the genes that influence the immune system also had more sexual partners.pa href="http://digg.com/general_sciences/Scientists_Have_Discovered_A_Slut_Gene_WTF"Digg/a | a href="http://regretfulmorning.com/2010/02/girlfriend-a-whore-blame-her-parents/"Original/a/p
Engineers design, build major component for hydrogen cars
Researchers have completed work on a crucial component for an experimental hydrogen storage system for cars, part of efforts to reduce pollution and the use of fossil fuels in transportation.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/Engineers_design_build_major_component_for_hydrogen_cars_2"Digg/a | a href="http://www.physorg.com/news186221598.html"Original/a/p
