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Senate High-Fives Phone Companies for Spying on Americans

In a historic vote this afternoon, the Senate voted to amend the Foreign Intelligence Security Act (FISA) to expand the government's surveillance capabilities and provide retroactive immunity for phone companies who participated in the Bush administration's illegal wiretapping program. The margin of victory was wide, with 69 old people voting for and only 28 old people voting against the measure. The good news is that to register your concern about the bill all you have to do is pick up your phone and start talking. [NYT]

8:30 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By John Herrman
2,549 views, 126 comments

Latest by Killjoy: @Nemesisesq: "The 4th amendment state a right from UNREASONABLE search and seizure. Which means we can't rummage through your house with out a warrant or probable cause..." Except they can and they do. "...and we can't just stop you and pat you more »

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Colbert says Zune Ownership Proof You're Crazy

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen gave advice to George Bush on how to go "completely nutball" so Sen. McCain can distance himself from the extremely unpopular president on the campaign trail. Not only did he tell Bush to wear a tinfoil jockstrap, he said the prez should buy a Zune. Really? Sure it's market share is 4%, but what about the new software? [Colbert Report]

9:50 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Benny Goldman
21,281 views, 83 comments

sugar

Sugar-Powered Batteries: Hello to iPod and Frosties, Goodbye to Osama?

After long nights in the lab, probably fuelled by gallons of coke, researchers at Missouri's University of Saint Louis have come up with a sugar-powered fuel cell. The battery, that runs on anything from soft drinks to tree sap, has the potential to run up to four times as long on a single charge than conventional lithium ion batteries, as demonstrated by one of the boffins, who used a battery the size of a postage stamp to run a calculator. More »

9:23 AM on Thu Mar 22 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
2,050 views, 11 comments

Latest by BlindedMeWithScience: WOW(sarcastically!). I wonder where this technology has been since it was first discovered back in the 60`s???? I can`t be the only person out (W)here, that remember`s the young American kid, that developed a battery that used sugar for it`s more »