KentuckyFC writes “The problem of free will is one of the great unsolved puzzles in science, not to mention philosophy, theology, jurisprudence and so on. The basic question is whether we are able to make decisions for ourselves or whether the outcomes are predetermined and the notion of choice is merely an illusion. Now a…

Netflix said it will double its original content investment, which will still account for less than 10 percent of the overall content spending…….

Customers made to queue up before they can use the service……

VMware CFO Jonathan Chadwick said “we are seeing strong customer demand for new solutions such as the software-defined data center” and that the prospects for the rest of the year are strong…….

Google’s Quantum AI Lab collaborates with educators and physicists to bring simulated quantum physics into the blocky world of Minecraft…….

The online television company keeps adding domestic subscribers at a steady clip, but international additions are even better, and the outlook is good — especially for investors focused on profit…….

CEO: ‘I certainly enjoy mortal food but I’m mostly living off Soylent’……

An anonymous reader writes “Jeff Atwood at Coding Horror is trying to figure out why the battery life for devices running Windows is so much worse than similar (or identical) devices running other operating systems. For example, the Surface Pro 2 made great strides over the original Surface Pro, increasing web-browsing battery life by 42%,…

A question of tech etiquette for solo diners, hackers dip into blackmail, a wishlist from the Neiman Marcus holiday catalog, and a champion emerges to fight noise pollution!……

Rumor has it Cupertino will follow Microsoft’s, er, lead with new typeable lid……