Why one in five U.S. adults doesn't use the Internet

You might consider printing a copy of this entry to give to your
Internet averse friends so they know they are not unique.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/13/tech/web/pew-not-using-internet/

"Among current non-internet users, almost half (48%) say the main
reason they don't go online now is because they don't think the
internet is relevant to them -- often saying they don't want to use
the internet and don't need to use it to get the information they
want or conduct the communication they want," said the report.

Remedial courses in higher education

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/04/17/essay-argues-legislation-wont-end-remedial-education

A plan in Connecticut to legislate the end of most remedial
education courses in public higher education has once again raised
questions about why so many incoming students are not prepared for
college-level work and what can be done about it.

Rome Lab's supercomputer is made up of 1,700 off-the-shelf PlayStation 3 gaming consoles

Supercomputing, fast and cheap. As with most supercomputers, the
system runs Linux.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/rome_labs_supercomputer_is_mad.html

Is Believing In God Evolutionarily Advantageous? : NPR

As reported on NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129528196

Clara Lazen, Ten-Year-Old Fifth Grader, Discovers New Molecule (VIDEO)

10 year old discovers a new molecule, gets published in a major
chemistry journal.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/ten-year-old-discovers-chemistry-molecule-published_n_1250825.html?ref=canada&ir=Canada

DARPA-Funded Hacker's Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops From Drones

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/01/27/darpa-funded-hackers-tiny-50-spy-computer-hides-in-offices-drops-from-drones/

"Brendan O'Connor is trying a different approach to spy hardware:
building a sensor-equipped surveillance-capable computer that's so
cheap it can be sacrificed after one use, with off-the-shelf parts
that anyone can buy and assemble for less than fifty dollars."

Smarter password checker lets you compare with others

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/01/smarter-password-checker-lets.html

"...researchers at INRIA in Rocquencourt, France and Ruhr
University Bochum in Germany have come up with a more advanced
strength checker that rates passwords relative to those already
stored in a site's database. Rather than vague strength messages,
their system can tell users their password is amongst the weakest 5
per cent on the site, encouraging them to try again with a stronger
alternative."