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Skeptoid 1.9.6

Skeptoid 1.9.6

...weekly science show dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture.Each weekly episode focuses on a single phenomenon... Read more

13 September, 2011
Astrology Glossary 2.0

Astrology Glossary 2.0

...events, and in the prediction of the future. Scientists consider astrology a pseudoscience or superstition.Our Astrology Glossary for the iPhone and iPod Touch is... Read more

20 July, 2011

Steorn's free energy seems curiously expensive

...thus, despite their claims to the contrary on their website, it's pseudoscience. They don't have to have a theory for it to be... Read more

22 August, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Goodwins Oracle of zdnet

Ruppert was the only reporter who did some research into the Steorn pseudoscience. So, I thought it would be cool if he kept going at... Read more

6 July, 2007

Does Facebook rot your brain? Obviously not, but...

Last week the ever-reliable Daily Mail ran possibly its most absurd headline ever: How using Facebook could raise your... Read more

25 February, 2009

Will nobody think of the bees?

...The observant will note that both stories exhibit one characteristic of mainstream pseudoscience pseudojournalism. The headlines are questions - "Are mobile phones wiping out our bees... Read more

22 April, 2007

Artificial Intelligence: The edge of research and beyond

...community that 'quantum consciousness' is a cover for arm-waving new-age pseudoscience. Nevertheless, the mathematics indicates that QNNs may be among the most efficient... Read more

29 March, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

From flying saucers to open sourcers

...Icke has cancelled. We need to find a new source of paranoid pseudoscience, and we need to find it fast. But where?" Emily frowned. "How... Read more

16 August, 2005 by Leader

Portals in space

In 1998, Joe Firmage took the risky step of disclosing a visionary experience that convinced him of a connection between the world's religions, high-tech advances and visitors from outer space Read more

29 July, 2003 by Paul Festa
Biorhythms 2.0

Biorhythms 2.0

Protoscience or pseudoscience? You be the judge. Originally formulated in the late 19th century, many... Read more

17 December, 2009

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

6 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

9 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

10 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

11 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

11 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

13 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

14 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

15 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

16 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

18 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

19 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

23 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry