Friday, October 30, 2009

Invention for collecting water from trees

Ingenious little invention... takes 4 hours to collect water from trees.

Source: Inhabitat

US Judge Rules Metadata Public Record

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the metadata attached to public records is itself a public record. Given the frequency with which metadata outs lobbyists' and corporations' efforts to mask their own contributions to public debates, this is a good thing.

Source: Ars Technica

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own

A town in the USA has decided to roll out its own 50 Mbps broadband network with positive results.

Source: Ars