Friday’s moon-bound NASA launch from Wallops Island went well, but, says NBC News, “[H]ours after the 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 GMT) liftoff, NASA officials reported that the spacecraft’s reaction wheels — which spin to position and stabilize LADEE in space without using precious thruster fuel — unexpectedly shut down. By Saturday afternoon, the glitch had…

In CNET’s inaugural coffee maker round-up, we take a look at five, higher-end, single-serve coffee makers. You’ll be surprised by how much diversity we found among these seemingly simple machines…….

Outpolled by ‘Help End Marijuana Prohibition Party’ and ‘Brick with eyes’……

dryriver writes with this excerpt from a thought-provoking report at the BBC: “China’s Education Ministry says that about 400 million people — or 30% of the population — cannot speak the country’s national language. Of the 70% of the population who can speak Mandarin, many do not do it well enough, a ministry spokeswoman told…

ARM chips are gong to power more PC-like devices from the likes of Samsung and Apple in 2014…….

A Brigham Young University study offers hope to all those who fear someone is texting them fibs. Lying texters take longer to reply and write shorter texts…….

coolnumbr12 writes with this excerpt from IBTimes: “Japan’s magnetic-levitation train is still more than decade away from completion, but the L-Zero recently proved that it really is the world’s fastest train. On a 15-mile stretch of test track, the L-Zero reached speeds of 310 miles per hour. After the successful trials, Central Japan Railway Co….

A week ago, we posted news that federal prosecutors were seeking jail time for Chad Dixon, an Indiana man who made money teaching others how to pass polygraph examinations. Now, reader Frosty Piss writes that Dixon “was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison. Prosecutors described Chad Dixon as a ‘master of deceit.’ Prosecutors, who…

The California State Senate approves a bill that would allow for a pilot program to test digital license plates. Will it involve tracking?……

Debian Linux Security Advisory 2752-1 – Andreas Beckmann discovered that phpBB, a web forum, as installed in Debian, sets incorrect permissions for cached files, allowing a malicious local user to overwrite them…….