Free access to all New Scientist Tech subscriber-only stories for one week (starting 18 September) including full-length features and exclusive news picked by Galoot 2 years ago

Christopher Glenn, a longtime CBS news correspondent who anchored coverage of the space shuttle Challenger explosion and was the voice of the children's program "In the News" in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 68. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Viewers complained of dizziness and nausea as a £550,000 rebrand of the BBC’s news operation, featuring a swirling red globe, was broadcast for the first time.

(note, that's not the logo) picked by davethefish 3 months ago

At least 22 people were killed today, some of them students, and more were injured during shootings at Virginia Tech, some of them in a classroom on the campus, the police said. The gunman was also shot to death, officials said at a news conference, but details about the incident and about the identity of the gunman were still unfolding. picked by missy1979 1 year ago

..... and "search results from Google News for the past day [Friday] show stories about the iPhone outnumbering stories about London's bomb scare by a margin of three to one." picked by deepchill 1 year ago

DEVELOPING STORY: Russian news agencies cite the Kremlin as saying that President Vladimir Putin dissolved the government Wednesday
In a second story from Russia, Russia said to have created the "Father of all bombs" picked by Hoosker 11 months ago

As the weeks go by since Labor Day, the ratings on the Evening News with Katie Couric have gone down. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

A Fox News report about the sexual content for the popular game, Mass Effect; presented at wired.com. picked by unstablefiend 6 months ago

News site Spotback has created a new widget that lets blogs and other sites gather user ratings on each piece of content. picked by charbarred 1 year ago

Of the 9.5 Million Facebook users, 500,000 signed a petition to keep the feature "News Feed" going. This feature allows users to see updates on the status of their friends - unfortunately it can also be used as a method of 'stalking'. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe "attack dogs," Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's ha... read full post picked by Chez 2 weeks ago

Iran's official news agency IRNA quoted an unnamed foreign ministry official as describing the military manoeuvres as dangerous and suspicious. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Apparently Fox News has been making changes to the Wikipedia entries of their critics and competition (like Al Franken), which were traced back to a Fox News IP address.

D'OH! picked by hypnotode 11 months ago

Silicon Valley startup Nanosolar has shipped their first product - *$1/watt* panels! This makes solar *cheaper than coal* for the first time ever. Those of us who follow these sorts of things have been watching Nanosolar for a while now and wondering when they would ship – looks like the day has arrived! 18-month backorders though :( This is immensely huge news, but of course the news ... read full post picked by belvario 7 months ago

A man bit his 3 year old nephew all over the boy's body to "teach him biting is wrong". The police teach the uncle that lesson, too. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Apparently, the news networks were not in the mood of reporting boring election results, and instead reported "nonsensically." picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

The official BBC Have I Got News For You webisode. It's last Friday's HIGNFY (with unseen bits) condensed into eight minutes of laughter - with highlights including a scary photo of Terry Wogan and killer ladybirds.

Also see the first webisode! picked by TheStep 9 months ago

Latest internet news including online marketing and search engine optimisation. picked by acleanthous 1 year ago

Turn old newspapers into fireplace "logs". I would want one if I could insert old editions of Yahoo News and MSN News, unfortunately it needs real paper to work, and thats what I don't have. picked by spamtrap 8 months ago

As many as 38% of those who rely mostly on the internet for news say they have an unfavorable opinion of cable news networks such as CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, compared with 25% of the public overall. picked by hisidea 12 months ago