With some assembly and do-it-yourself tinkering, the MakerBot makes, or “prints,” three-dimensional objects from molten plastic, creating a piggy bank, say, or a Darth Vader head from a computer design at the touch of a button.

Facebook’s secret campaign also underscores the long shadow that Google casts over the company. While Facebook has roundly beat its rival in social networking, its executives, many of whom hail from Google, have long feared that its rival will use its dominance over Internet search to slowly encroach into Facebook’s territory.

How much of Google’s overall revenues are tied to product lines that are questionable?

En 2006, une étude de l’office fédéral de police criminelle allemand (BKA) avait estimé, en 2007, que le taux d’élucidation était passé de 55% à 55,006%, grâce à l’exploitation des données de trafic, soit un taux de progression de 0,011%… ce qui fait dire au groupe de travail du Parlement allemand sur la conservation des données que celle-ci complètement “disproportionnée” quant à sa finalité

At least 23,000 file sharers soon will likely get notified they are being sued for downloading the Expendables in what has become the single largest illegal-BitTorrent-downloading case in U.S. history.