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A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep the program under wraps.

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The creator of the mystical Lightbox javascript library gives 7 useful comments on css writing !
“I thought I’d share a little bit of what I’ve learned from noodling around with stylesheets these past few years. Here are a hodgepodge of simple, practical tips.”

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“A Chinese audio/video codec is on the verge of becoming a national standard–a domestic rival to MPEG-4/H.264 and WMV-9 that backers say will save China-based manufacturers and consumers at least tens of millions of dollars in fees and royalties during the next few years. “

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The long awaited, open-source Democracy platform is a project of the Participatory Culture Foundation allowing you to subscribe to video RSS feeds (including podcasts, video blogs, and BitTorrent feeds), watch fullscreen and share with friends.

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This article demonstrates how to create dynamic css based tabs using ajax. New tabs can be opened and closed on the fly without refreshing the page.

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GROU.PS, the social networking smash-up, now comes with many more features: provides messaging and fund management options for groups.

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Technology may be evolving at warp speed, but one thing about IT will never change: Techs love to swap stories about the deficiencies of their users. The dumber, the better. That’s just the way it works. How else are you going to make it through the week if you don’t get to shake your head in disbelief after hearing at least one tale ..

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An experiment carried out within London’s square mile that revealed that employees in some of the City’s best known financial services, companies don’t care about basic security policy. CDs were handed out to commuters as they entered the City and recipients were told the disks contained a special Valentine’s Day promotion…

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Web 2.0 eats itself. A web application that creates the design for other web applications, using all the W2.0 tricks everyone is already getting bored of. pretty funny.

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Lists how many of the corporations got their names. Read on, its good fun. For example: Xerox- The inventor, Chestor Carlson, named his product trying to say `dry’.

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Almost as good as actually attending Berkeley…?

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Using an optical-based quantum computer, a research team led by physicist Paul Kwiat has presented the first demonstration of “counterfactual computation,” inferring information about an answer, even though the computer did not run.

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via HardOCP: (press release)
“To meet these growing requirements HD Audio technology enables support of the latest high definition audio content, and advanced features such as enhanced microphone support for clearer VOIP communication.”

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Alexa has just been updated, and Digg.com finally broke through the top 500 websites in the world and currently sits at 491! According to Alexa, the top 500 websites in the world account for 45% of the total net website traffic.

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An advance in chip-making that could pave the way for new generations of superchips. The development, which comes from materials research in the design of advanced lenses and related technologies, will make it possible to create semiconductors with wires thinner than 30 nanometers, one-third the width in today’s industry-standard chips.

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Gmail Skins is a Firefox extension that lets you change the look of your Gmail inbox (amongst some other things).

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A tutorial that goes step by step through the process of implementing a real-world web design into a working template using CSS for layout.

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Hang on to your wallet! There’s a scam in the works. If it happens, it will adversely affect almost everyone, directly or via trickle-down (which works quite well with costs if not incomes).

VeriSign wants to control the .COM registry forever. VeriSign has somehow persuaded ICANN to propose a new contract where VeriSign will be the permanent and unregulated controller of the .COM registry, without oversight on pricing.

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