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The Science Museum, London, is celebrating a century of science and as part of the festivities, it asked visitors to vote for the scientific discovery or invention that most “changed the future”. The ten objects it put forward were: 1. Apollo 10 Capsule 2. DNA Double Helix 3. Electric Telegraph 4. Model T Ford 5. Penicillin 6. Pilot ACE Computer
The London-based think tank Demos has concluded that illegal downloaders spend more money on music. The headline figure, based on the survey of over 1000 people between 16 and 65, is that the average spend per annum on CDs or vinyl was £75 (GBP) for file-sharers compared with only £51 for all surveyed. The notion that illegal downloaders actually spend more
Over here in the UK, there have been two incidents in the past week of people taking drastic action because of criticism on-line. The first is that of Stephen Fry, who threatened to leave Twitter after being called “boring”, and the second is of a village council who resigned en masse because of a blogger’s comments. The link to the
As this is my first post to Geek News Central, perhaps I might introduce myself. My name is Andrew Palmer, and Todd’s asked me to come on-board as one of the new contributors to the website. I’m delighted to be here and I hope to share some of my thoughts about the world around us. To give you a bit