Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned on Wednesday from his job as the prime minister of Japan, has tweeted supporters to let them know of his decision and to ask that they continue to follow him on Twitter. "I announced my intention…
In my opinion, mapping software paired with GPS technology is one of the more remarkable developments of the modern age, but you know what? You do still need to look where you're going occasionally. Please remember this if you are…
The game developer Capcom "deserves a lot of credit for sticking to one of the least appealing-sounding concepts in game history," writes John Herrman at Gizmodo, said concept being one in which you play an attorney in a game that…
I was on NPR's Science Friday show this week, yapping about how lawyers are using Facebook profile information as evidence (summary: we use it all the time, if it might be relevant), and one of the topics we discussed is…
The Louisiana legislature, always on the lookout for important problems to solve, appears likely to pass a bill that would make it a criminal offense to send an electronic message with the intent to "harass" or "embarrass" any person under…
With all other problems now solved, state legislatures are taking the opportunity to pass laws that will keep our brains (and other parts) free of unwanted microchips. Georgia Rep. Ed Setzler, a supporter of SB 235, the Microchip Consent Act…
Hold it — I distinctly remember being told that under TSA rules this could not happen. It did? Well, at least we can be thankful that the scanners aren't actually capable of storing or sending the images they take of…
Alfred Hightower had been on the run since 2007, when a warrant was issued for his arrest on drug-dealing charges. Hightower was apparently from Kokomo, Indiana, but had fled to Canada. His downfall, though, was that he spent a…
She had no other way to stop her son from playing “Grand Theft Auto,” she claimed.
Because of course it doesn’t.