Political Shift in California Trips Brown →

10 months after his return here, a time when Mr. Brown might have hoped to move beyond struggling with the budget crisis that has dragged down this state, his associates say he appears bewildered and stunned by how much Sacramento has changed since he first served.

I'm sure I've missed some legislation or something, but I can't name a single thing Brown (or California) has done politically since I moved here, other than closing a portion of the state parks.

Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years →

In just three weeks, gamers deciphered the structure of a key protein in the development of AIDS that has stumped scientists for years. According to a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, the findings could present a significant breakthrough for AIDS and HIV research.

Notifications →

Right now I'd be happy with a way to keep calendar alerts from buzzing on my laptop, iPhone, and iPad all at the same time even though all three devices are sitting next to one another on my desk.

Seconded. And I don't even own an iPad.

Touchscreen Keylogger Created Using Accelerometer Movement During Typing →

Hao Chen, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, has discovered that the movement of a device while typing on a touchscreen can be translated into which keys are being pressed with a high degree of accuracy.

A 71.5% accuracy on its first test run, to be precise.

Windows Server 8: The Ultimate Cloud OS? →

While Microsoft has certainly gotten its act together with its last two Server releases in terms of basic stability, has brought it's core OS up to date with Windows 7 and has made a good college try at virtualization with early releases of Hyper-V, I haven't been truly excited about a Windows Server release in a long time.

Call me excited.

Looks like Windows Server 8 is hitting some pretty serious talking points, too.