Firefox tries to sink the internet - The June 17th release of Firefox 3 is being celebrated by Mozilla's call to set a world record for the most downloads of a single software package within a 24 hour period. If your connection is slow on Tuesday, then you know who to blame
New Zealand tries to get their footprint to zero - carbon footprint, that is. They have set some rather daunting goals, including 90% of all energy coming from renewables by 2025. Of course, they currently generate 70% of their energy needs using renewables, but they also plan to cut transport emissions by 50% which may be much more of a challenge.
Stuck in space - Scientists working in the Kibo wing of the ISS may have it too good. The module is so spacious that an astronaut can become trapped in the center of the lab, out of reach of any hand-holds.
Women write better computer code - if by better you mean code that is well-documented and designed to be easily understood by the next person who may have to modify it. That's according to one software executive who instituted standards in her company to discourage what the article's author refers to as "testosterone-fueled code" that is typically cryptic to the point of obfuscation.
The skinny on Canada's proposed version of DCMA - it's amusing when lawyers argue that a law intended to increase the amount of litigation shouldn't be passed.
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