Another Pakistani-American has been arrested in connection with a terror plot in the U.S. This time, it’s 34-year-old Farooque Ahmed of Ashburn, Virginia. The U.S. Justice department said Ahmed was arrested today for attempting to assist others whom he believed to be members of al-Qaeda in planning multiple bombings at Metrorail stations in the Washington, […]
If you believe the results of a new survey put out by the National Association of College Stores (NACS), college students are mostly showing the middle finger to e-books and e-book readers. The NCAS, which has a vested interested in print books, says a survey conducted by its OnCampus Research division in early October, found […]
For anyone driving a lot in the U.S., there are two things that are as important as the car – GPS to get you to your destination and Radar Detector to foil the cops eager to hand you a speeding ticket. As you gadget-loving schmucks know, having, charging and managing multiple devices in the car […]
There’s a big battle brewing in the e-book reader arena. U.S. bookseller Barnes & Noble today launched a color version of its Nook e-book reader, the NOOKcolor. Based on the Android software from Google, Nookcolor sports a 7-inch, color touch-screen and built-in mono speaker to listen to audiobooks or music. The device costs $249. The […]
Societies have the criminals they deserve. – French criminologist Alexandre Lacassagne Source: New York Times Book Review, October 24, 2010 p.21
After analyzing 27 million sites, security software provider McAfee has concluded that web sites ending in .com sites offer the most security risk to web surfers. McAfee found 31.3% of .com sites to be risky. Hear this – Of all the risky web sites in the world (including country domains such as .us, .in et […]