Canadians can read your mind – “Toronto scientists have invented a machine that can guess what you are thinking, and it’s 80 per cent accurate…”

Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing – “Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research. It’s safe, secure, and easy…”

Get Stimulated! Your Questions Answered – “President Obama signed the stimulus bill on Feb. 17. Now the hard part begins: implementation. We asked readers for their questions and then got experts to answer the most common queries…”

The Dangers of Space Debris – “Some pieces of space debris are so large that they do not completely burn up upon reentry into the atmosphere. An example is the 250 kilogram (550 pound) main propellent tank of a rocket. The stainless steel structure survived reentry almost intact in 1997….”

Microsoft Readies Vista Update – “Microsoft has released an almost final version of Vista Service Pack 2 to its testing community…”

Vizio Becomes No. 2 Flat-Panel TV Vendor In U.S. – “The low-cost Vizio brand surpassed Sony in the fourth quarter of 2008, signaling consumers’ recent preference for value above features in home theater equipment…”

NASA to launch orbiting carbon observatory to study CO2 – “Scheduled for a 4:51:30am EST launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) spacecraft will be the first ever dedicated specifically to studying carbon dioxide and oxygen densities. Its mission will be to map the global distribution of CO2, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving climate changes, according to NASA…”

And the Web TV wars go on, and on, and on – “Wow. With all the drama and in-fighting among cable companies, TV content creators, and Web video companies this week, you’d think the whole industry was one big junior-high cafeteria. Oh, wait, it kind of is…”

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