Incredible pictures of one of Earth’s last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows – “The apparent aggression shown by these people is quite understandable. For they are members of one of Earth’s last uncontacted tribes, who live in the Envira region in the thick rainforest along the Brazilian-Peruvian frontier…”

MIT Researchers Create New Membrane For Methanol Fuel Cells – “Now researchers have found a way to improve the third component, the electrolyte layer, for methanol fuel cells. MIT engineers have improved a methanol fuel cell’s power output by 50 percent by using a new material. More importantly, they report that the new material is significantly cheaper than the current electrolyte material…”

Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3 – “As many of you know, Revision3’s servers were brought down over the Memorial Day weekend by a denial of service attack. It’s an all too common occurrence these days. But this one wasn’t your normal cybercrime – there’s a chilling twist at the end. Here’s what happened, and why we’re even more concerned today, after it’s over, than we were on Saturday when it started…”

UNIX® Load Average Part 1: How It Works – “Have you ever wondered how those three little numbers that appear in the UNIX® load average (LA) report are calculated?”

Six Degrees of Wikipedia – “Several people were asking about what’s known as the “diameter” of Wikipedia, that is, the distance between the two articles furthest apart (the longest shortest path if that makes any sense to you)…”

Vietnam reports “UFO” explosion – “The Vietnam News Agency said residents of Phu Quoc island, 10 km (6 miles) off the coast of the Cambodian province of Kampot, found shards of grey metal, including one 1.5 meters (1.5 yards) long…”

The 9 Weirdest Musical Instruments – “For every musical instrument that becomes a symbol of modern music, many more are doomed to become the retarded cousin that gets stashed in the basement during dinner parties. Below, we present the best of those retarded cousins…”

Twitter, or Architecture Will Not Save You – “Along with a whole slew of smart folks, I’ve been playing the current think game de jour, “How would you re-architect Twitter?”. Unlike most I’ve been having this conversation off and on for a couple of years, mostly with Blaine, in my unofficial “Friend of Twitter” capacity. (the same capacity that I wrote the first Twitter bot in, and have on rare occasion logged into their boxes to play “spot the run away performance issue.”)”

New visions for mobile – “The BSR Blind Phone, Zeemote and the Couple It are among the mobile concepts attracting attention at the Mobile User Experience (MEX) conference in London.”

Programming Responsiveness – “Responsiveness is something that can make or break a game at first impression. This is especially true in reviews where a game with poor responsiveness will be described as being “sluggish”, “unresponsive”, “floaty” or “sloppy”. A better game might be referred to as “tight” or “responsive”. There are several factors that contribute to perceived responsiveness. This article looks at some of them from a programmer’s perspective, and offers some routes to making your game more responsive…”

First LIVE images and videos of FULLSCREEN Android demos! – “Google’s latest Android prototype is miles improved over the versions we last saw. Back at CES the GUI was clunky and the whole thing looked relatively primative; Google themselves asked us to keep an open mind and instead concentrate on the OS’ potential. Now, they’ve brought out a device that you could, frankly, mistake for production hardware…”

Truth or Consequences – “Imagine for a minute, just a minute, that someone running for president was able to actually tell the truth, the real truth, to the American people about what would be the best — I mean really the best — energy policy for the long-term economic health and security of our country. I realize this is a fantasy, but play along with me for a minute. What would this mythical, totally imaginary, truth-telling candidate say?”

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