If your tax bill goes up $2,200 a year, or you’re one of the millions who would stop receiving unemployment benefits, the cause of your economic pain is Republican fear of being beaten in a primary by people like Sarah Palin, Sharon Angel or Richard Mourdock.
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Normally you hear about NFC in some kind of “mobile payments” context, but that’s not the only place it could shake things up. Hyundai is working on some new prototype tech that could have you using your NFC smartphone as the keys to your car. More »
There is a chance to reform the filibuster in January, with a proposal to “make them talk.” Will the Charlie Browns in the Senate let Lucy pull away the football yet again? As George W. Bush said, “Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”
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Apocalyptic prophecies were more plausible than the idea that cutting Social Security will help the deficit, that government spending cuts will jump-start the economy, there were no crimes on Wall Street, or that we live in a “divided nation” whose “center” wants more business as usual in Washington.
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Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.
2012, we salute you. All in all, you’ve been a pretty good year. There’s been highs, lows, and lots of inbetweens. Above all else, though, you’ve been generous in the alternative arena. Whether it’s the discovery of certain particles, or activities in space, 2012 had it covered. What better way to finish it off, then, with a disease smelling dog, a plan to catch an asteroid and a growable hangover cure. This is alt-week.
The Apple vs. Samsung battle is trucking along, and this time there’s more bad news for Samsung. Yesterday, a somewhat censored version of presiding Judge Thomas Pender’s suggested sanctions regarding the Apple’s complaint to the ITC was published and it includes not only an import and sales ban on the infringing products, but also the posting of a bond for 88 percent of the value of those phones. More »
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan’s troubled northwest tribal region early Sunday, government officials said.
Officials found the bodies shortly after midnight in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar after being notified by one policeman who escaped, said Naveed Akbar Khan, a top political official in the area. Another policeman was found seriously wounded, said Khan.
The TV show Gossip Girl may have wrapped up recently, but it’s doubtful that actual gossip is going away any time soon.
What one may find surprising is the fact that the hottest products in the toy industry right now aren’t technically toys — yup, that’s right, they’re tablets.
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