Apple Pitches Flag On HP’s Land

After 20 years of using the 98-acre land in Cupertino, HP’s given it up and moved down the road to Palo Alto. As Apple’s lived next door since 2006, it was only natural for them to snap it up.


November 3, 2010
Geek Out

What Your Weed Smoking Choices Say About You

Today, California’s Prop 19 could possibly (but probably won’t) make smoking pot in the state legal. It seems like everyone smokes these days, but what can we learn about a person’s character based on how they choose to smoke?


October 7, 2010
Science

How Steve Jobs Got Sick, Got Better, Decided To Save Some Lives

Yesterday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill that will make California the first state in the US to create a live donor registry for kidney transplants.


September 11, 2010
Science

438,000km Natural Gas Network Destroyed Entire Neighbourhood

Fifteen acres of San Francisco suburbs have been reduced to burnt rubble because of a glitch in the massive US natural gas pipeline infrastructure. How did this happen and perhaps more importantly what exactly is going on down there?


August 25, 2010
Online

New Law Could Land Online Impersonators In A Lot Of Trouble

Online impersonation can be devastating to the victim, even if they’re not doing anything too nefarious with with the stolen identity. Now thieves could face serious charges, even jail time, under a new bill proposed in California.


August 9, 2010
Online

Infamous IT Admin Gets 4 Years For Hijacking City’s FibreWAN Network

Terry Childs, the systems administrator made infamous back in July 2008 when he installed secret backdoor access to San Francisco’s FiberWAN network and refused to give up the passwords, has finally been sentenced to serve four years in prison.


July 26, 2010
Science

Controversial DNA Crime-Fighting Technique Keeps It All In The Family

When California forensic scientists were having a hell of time catching the “Grim Sleeper” serial murderer, they turned to a controversial “familial searching” technique – indirectly targeting a suspect using DNA from their kin – and cracked the case.


June 22, 2010

California Licence Plates Are The Next Electronic Billboards

You probably paid a bit too much for your car, but you know what would really be the cherry on top of that upgraded paint job? A mini electronic advertisement that’s completely out of your control!


April 10, 2010
Cars

Californian Bullet Trains Planned With Chinese Know-How

Not quite as absurd as the rail network planned which will see travel between London and Beijing possible in just two days, but some may think the idea of bullet trains in California is pretty darn crazy.


December 22, 2009
Science

Mojave Desert Solar Farm Blocked By Senator Dianne Feinstein

The Mojave Desert – last seen on our virtual pages when the SpaceShipTwo was unveiled – has leapt into the news again today, thanks to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s legislation which will stop 13 solar plants and wind turbines from moving in.