Finally, Microsoft Shows It Gets The Internet – “Microsoft Corp. today spelled out new privacy tools in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) that some have dubbed “porn mode” in a nod to the most-obvious use of a browser privacy mode. …”

This Pill Will Change Your Life – ” In the not-so-distant future, these six drugs–already in the works–will change how we live, and even how we die…”

The Official Google Phone is Here – “Android which was purchased by Google back in 2005, will be releasing their new T-Mobile G1 phone next month, if all goes as planned. If you’ll notice the screen turns out and up which means there is no flipping involved. The G1 features a full QWERTY keyboard…”

The 5 Scientific Experiments Most Likely to End the World – “But surely in their insatiable curiosity and desire to put knowledge above all things, science would never, say, inadvertently set off a chain of events that lead to some sort of disaster that ended the world. Right? Well, here’s five experiments that may prove us wrong…”

Lasers Could Send World’s Most Secure Messages Through Space – ” New experiments using Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle extend the range of quantum cryptography, an advanced method of communicating in unbreakable code…”

Build Your Own Large Hadron Collider in 1.62 x 10^28 Easy Steps

FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD?’ MAY BE WEAKEST LINK – “Almost everyone forgets a Web site password once in a while. When you do, you click on the familiar “Forgot your password?” link and, after entering your pet’s name, identifying your high school mascot or answering some other seemingly obscure questions, you can get back into your account…”

Cassandra – A structured storage system on a P2P Network – “Cassandra is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that is designed to scale to a very large size across many commodity servers, with no single point of failure…”

It Doesn’t Have to be This Way – “Most people do not have an easy way to manage the vast resources of the Web to simplify their task at hand. For the most part they are left trundling between web sites, performing common tasks resulting in frustration and wasted time…”

First particles observed in Large Hadron Collider – “Glasgow scientists, working at CERN, have observed the first particles in the Large Hadron Collider during preliminary tests ahead of the switch-on next month…”

Ready for take-off, Tiddles? Meet the cats which have sprouted wings – “While most cats are renowned for having nine lives, these moggies are clearly living on a wing and a prayer. The cute little devils began sprouting bumps on their backs, which later turned into wing-like growths, during a recent spell of hot weather in China’s Sichuan province.”

Scope, a camera for kids – “Inspired by James Nachtwey’s TED Prize wish, designer Bas Groenendaal shares this prototype camera with TED. The Scope camera has a fresh look and a singular purpose…”

Nintendo May Trigger Next-Gen War – “The current generation of consoles still has three to four more years before newer hardware hits the market, but Nintendo’s next may arrive sooner, according to one analyst…”

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