The worm within – “I had finished doing what we all do at the toilet, stood, and casually, almost like a cat, turned around to look down and make sure. This time, looking down, something caught my attention. Among the customary contents, there was a bright, clean, white thing down there…”

Chemical ‘caterpillar’ points to electronics-free robots – “A chemical gel that can walk like an inchworm, or looper caterpillar has been demonstrated in a Japanese robotics lab…”

U.S. Steps Up Effort on Digital Defenses – “When American forces in Iraq wanted to lure members of Al Qaeda into a trap, they hacked into one of the group’s computers and altered information that drove them into American gun sights…”

Why Google Wants You to Google Yourself – “The folks at Google are well aware that their site handles millions of vanity searches every day, and that users aren’t always thrilled about the results that pop up when they Google themselves…”

Google tries jump-starting 3D Web with O3D – “Although Google has applications such as Google Earth that would benefit from 3D acceleration, the company knows well that games are the real draw…”

Machine versus man stunt by IBM – “The computer company that has in the past taken on the grandmasters of chess is now turning its attention to the famed US trivia quiz show Jeopardy…”

25 Years to Bounce Back? Try 4 and a Half – “Historical stock charts seem to show that it took more than 25 years for the market to recover from the 1929 crash — a dismal statistic that has been brought to investors’ attention many times in the current downturn. But a careful analysis of the record shows that the picture is more complex and, ultimately, far less daunting…”

Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in London – “Launching in London today, the Espresso Book Machine can print any of 500,000 titles while you wait…”

The Amazing Antique Pipe Organ That Steve Jobs Destroyed… – “As Philip Elmer-Dewitt reminds us, Steve Jobs owns a mansion in Woodside, CA, that he’s been trying to have demolished for years. Why? Because he hates the place…”

Internet brain implant on the way – “Seldom does an invention threaten to change the way we interact so strongly as the Sixth Sense…”

3D Computer Interface – “Utilizing the theory of electrostatics, we have designed a low-cost human-computer interface device that has the ability to track the position of a user’s hand in three dimensions. Physical contact is not required…”

Negotiating your medical bills – “Have you ever looked at one? It’s amazing. You’ll see how much the doctor billed you and how much the insurance company negotiated as an allowable rate. The difference can be staggering…”

The old mint in downtown SF painted by 7 perfectly mapped HD projectors – “Obscura Digital, the company has used their propriety software to control a giant HD light show spread across multiple HD projectors for a Mcafee ad. Think of it as using 3d graphics gear to make the real world look like video games, instead of using 3d g.”

Five Best Malware Removal Tools – “The internet—unfortunately—isn’t a never-ending buffet of secure open-source software and Bollywood-style musicals starring LOLCats. There are people and organizations that delight in stealing your personal data, hijacking your computer, and making a general nuisance of themselves through malicious software. This week we’re highlighting the top five tools for removing software with ill-intentions from you PC…”

AMD: We Are Quite Happy with First Fusion Processor Design. – “it will feature up to four Shanghai/Phenom II-class cores; 4MB of L3 cache; PC3-12800 (DDR3 1600MHz) memory controller, possibly, with some tweaks to better serve x86 and graphics engines; DirectX 11 graphics core with third-generation universal video decoder; PCI Express 2.0 bus for external graphics cards. What is even more interesting is that Llano appears to be a monolithic chip combining both x86 and graphics cores…”

Spider “Resurrections” Take Scientists by Surprise – “The spiders, it seems, enter comas to survive for hours underwater, according to a new study…”

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