An article from the Christian Science Monitor discusses fourth-generation nuclear power plants (no, George, that's not pronounced "nuk-u-lar"). After a nearly 30-year drought in the US in bringing new nuclear power plants online, there's growing interest in replacing existing coal plants and providing new power using nuclear energy once again …

An interesting article from Anandtech compares the PowerMacintosh G5 to similarly configured PCs and finds it lacking as a server due to problems with thread spawning and (therefore) forking. However, they like it as a workstation. Perhaps Apple would like to comment on this at the WWDC.

Apple's logo is peeking out over rooftops in San Francisco from Moscone West, site of this year's WWDC.

According to an article from CNet that discusses reviews at Tom's Hardware and Anandtech that each show AMD's dual-core chips with an advantage over the Intel chips with dual-core technology.The Anandtech review is a bit more neutral, but the reviewer at Tom's gives early adopters a clear choice: AMD …

According to an article (registration probably required) from the Wall Street Journal, Airbus is telling customers that it will be delaying the shipments of their new A380 superjumbo.

Google has announced the Summer of Code, whereby students who spend their summer working on certain open source projects can earn up to $4,500. The details are pretty cool. They're funding 200 developers, all students, to execute on plans to complete open source projects for a number of open …

It's interesting to read people's take on the world. As a fan of Orson Scott Card's fiction, I've watched his online commentary for a while. This week's Ornery American column on Islam, Newsweek, Democrats, "Smartland" and "Heartland", with a bit of Mormon history thrown in is interesting. I can't say …

An article from Wired details the exploits of the three young hackers (16,19 and 20) who broke in to the LexisNexis databases and had access to the personal data of over 300,000 people. Of particular interest is the account of how they got access to the law enforcement …

Here's a good article from David Pogue of the The New York Times about a set of ground rules he'd like to see used in the Mac vs PC wars. As far as I'm concerned, life'd be a lot more civil if people followed them.

You might want to skip this one if you can't handle discussing toilets. However, if you've traveled in Japan, you've undoubtedly run across the hole in the ground referred to as a "Japanese-style" toilet. In this article, the Japan Times discusses the benefits of their native toilets over the "Western-style …

Intel and Microsoft have started to quietly insert pieces of Microsoft's new Digital Rights Management (DRM) into Intel's latest hardware. According to an article from Digit, Intel's Pentium D (dual core chip) and 945g chipset include support for the DRM technology, although neither Microsoft nor Intel is disclosing how much …

CNet is reporting that Bank of America has announced plans to roll out two technologies to help the firm (and customers) fight against phishing (the use of email and web sites to gain personal information from users). The strategy includes adding features to their web site and leaving a trail …

This is probably getting pretty old by now, but there are a lot of people who still seem not to get the point: move to a Mac, reap the benefits. Winn Schwartau (contributor to Networld, author of computer security books, and founder of The Security Awareness Company has switched his …

The Washington Post is reporting on a study from the Census Bureau to be published today indicating that 125 million Americans (64% of those 18 and older) voted in the 2004 elections. The article contains the obligatory statistical breakdowns, which are all pretty much as you would expect.

An article from InfoSync World describes the new Nokia 770 Internet tablet device, a linux-based touch- sensitive WiFi web access terminal. This thing is rumored to be coming out this fall at a price point near $350, making it much more compelling than the larger and more expensive Windows- based …

According to an article on GrokLaw, Trolltech (makers of the Qt toolkit) has announced that they no longer have SCO and Borland as investors. Their products may not be well know, but they are used as part of a number of handheld portable devices, including the Zaurus line from Sharp …

At the last minute, it appears that the US Senate has diverted (for now) from the path of a rule change that would modify the handling of the filibuster for judicial nominees. Having not done any specific investigation into the nominees that they all agreed to give a vote to …

I'm not sure that I buy this one, but WebMD is reporting that Korean students who spend a lot of time on the Internet may be becoming Internet Addicts and that this is linked to depression, although nobody seems to know which comes first. The study appears to have been …

iRobot, makers of the popular Roomba vacuum robot, have announced that they will be releasing Scooba before the Holidays to vacuum, mop, and dry hard surface floors.

My brother, Derek, is an acknowledged expert in crime mapping (see his web site: CriminalBehavior.org; and his book: Spatial Aspects of Crime), so I pay attention to things like crime mapping software. Google recently released Google Maps and now you can see week-delayed crime stats for Chicago visually via …