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DIY Electric Bike Uses Power Drill Batteries

Most electric bikes use batteries with chemistries that have been tweaked for portable electronics (laptops, cellphones, etc). But what if you want something a bit more heavy duty? More power? How about power tool batteries... more »

I Didn't Have to go to BlizzCon

A collection of some of the best (worst) pictures from BlizzCon more »

Rep. Conyers wants science to be secret

John Conyers (D. MI) is trying to pass a bill that would outlaw free acess to scientific articles, making it illagal for scienists to publish outside of journals. Guess Who donated a lot of money to Rep Conyers? Yeah... Journal Publishers. more »

37% of P2P users say they'll ignore disconnection threats

ISPs have hoped that 70 percent of file-swappers would pull down the Jolly Roger after they receive a mere notice. New research suggests that only 41 percent will stop; the rest require tough sanctions, and even disconnection won't stop many. more »

Burger King: Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper

Fast-food chain Burger King has created "Whopper Sacrifice," a Facebook app that will give you a coupon for a free hamburger if you delete 10 people from your friends list. more »

Trojan Blocks The Pirate Bay and Mininova

A new trojan popped up at several torrent sites a few weeks ago, one that blocks access to The Pirate Bay and Mininova, while informing its victims that “downloading is wrong.” The trojan edits the hosts file on Windows machines, and redirects the BitTorrent sites to localhost, making them... more »