Hooking up: Are today's college students more sexually active?

Hooking up: Are today's college students more sexually active?: Are college students "hooking up" for "no strings attached" sex with more people than ever before?

The Untold Story of Google's Quest to Bring the Internet Everywhere—By Balloon

The Untold Story of Google's Quest to Bring the Internet Everywhere—By Balloon: Inside Project Loon, an ambitious plan to bring the Internet to a huge swath of as-yet-unconnected humanity via thousands of solar-powered, high-pressure balloons floating some 60,000 feet above Earth.

Apple to Unveil Next Generation iPhone on September 10

Apple to Unveil Next Generation iPhone on September 10: Apple will unveil its next iPhone on September 10, reports AllThingsD, citing sources with knowledge of the event.

Though the date of the event has been revealed, it is unclear whether the event will focus singularly on the upcoming iPhone 5 or if it will include Apple’s rumored low-cost iPhone, possibly dubbed the iPhone "5C".

Roku app now beams videos from your iOS device to your TV | Macworld

Roku app now beams videos from your iOS device to your TV | Macworld: On Thursday, the company added video to the mix—for iOS users only right now—allowing streaming of videos in your iOS device’s Camera Roll.

That means you can play anything you’ve shot with your iOS device—family ballet recitals and 15-second Instagram video masterpieces, say—but not TV shows or movies you’ve synced with your iPhone. Which makes it somewhat less useful than the Apple TV’s AirPlay streaming, but still a pretty cool addition.

Get ready for the sun to flip its magnetic field

Get ready for the sun to flip its magnetic field: We're just a few months away from the sun flipping its magnetic field, a change that only happens about once every 11 years. [Read more]

Redbox Instant comes to Roku

Redbox Instant comes to Roku: The fledging joint venture from Redbox, the DVD-rental kiosk company, and Verizon adds another device to push its catalog of streaming movies straight to TVs. [Read more]

Jeff Bezos Pays $250 Million For The Washington Post

Jeff Bezos Pays $250 Million For The Washington Post: In an ironic twist for a tycoon whose company has never appeared to care what the press thinks of it, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has agreed to pay $250 million cash for The Washington Post.

Amazon's CEO to buy Washington Post for $250M

Amazon's CEO to buy Washington Post for $250M: Jeff Bezos himself is buying the newspaper publishing side of the Washington Post Co., including its flagship publication but not its most high-profile digital assets. [Read more]

Forget Apple’s SuperDrive and go for MCE’s Super-BluDrive (especially if you’re a Blu-ray movie fan)

Forget Apple’s SuperDrive and go for MCE’s Super-BluDrive (especially if you’re a Blu-ray movie fan): As for MCE Technologies’s US$79.99 USB Super-BluDrive (http://tinyurl.com/mnd28az), forget Apple’s SuperDrive. Though a bit heftier, the MCE is a much-better deal.

It’s compatible with all Mac systems. You simply plug it into an USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port, and you’re good to go.

The MCE USB Super-BluDrive comes with the aforementioned Mac Blu-ray Player software (which is $39.95 if purchased separately). Commercial Blu-ray movie playback requires an Intel Core 2 Duo processor-equipped Mac running at 2.4GHz, or faster, and at least 2GB of RAM.

Newly leaked NSA program sees 'nearly everything' you do

Newly leaked NSA program sees 'nearly everything' you do: The X-Keyscore program, which has been revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, may be the "widest-reaching" intelligence system yet uncovered.

A few nice word from my friend Gordon

prompted me to write this post.

A Bizarro Drone That Would Deliver Peace and Oxycontin Instead of Missles

A Bizarro Drone That Would Deliver Peace and Oxycontin Instead of Missles: The Peace Drone hones in on enemy combatants to administer a dose of calming, violence-abating Oxycontin.

Google Takes Aim at Apple with New Nexus 7, Google Play Games and Chromecast

Google Takes Aim at Apple with New Nexus 7, Google Play Games and Chromecast: Chromecast, another feature Google introduced today, is an HDMI accessory that functions similarly to AirPlay, allowing users to mirror content from a tablet, smartphone, or computer. Chromecast works with video, music, and apps like Netflix, and can be used with a number of devices, including iPhones and iPads. Chromecast, which will retail for $35, will be available later today through Best Buy, Amazon, and the Google Play Store.

Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita' at Bard College | By John Castellucci - WSJ.com

Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita' at Bard College | By John Castellucci - WSJ.com: When the Devil visits Moscow and discovers the majority of Russians don't believe in him, there is hell to pay. An editor who boasts that Soviet society is atheist slips beneath the wheels of a trolley and is decapitated. A poet who doubts the Devil's existence goes insane. The tenant of an apartment the Devil needs for Walpurgis Night is whisked away to Yalta. The audience at a performance of black magic erupts in a riot.

Zeta Woof: The Master

Zeta Woof: The Master: Dave saved me from that. Dave had spent some time at the university and in addition to the thousands of comic books he purchased, studied, and saved — some are worth a fortune now if you can get him to part with them — he also developed the habit of reading serious science fiction and literature. Every time I would visit him he would hand me a handfull of books.

"Here. Read this."

How could I refuse? Michael Moorcock, John Brunner, Samuel R. Delaney, Philip K. Dick, Kilgore Trout, Thomas Pynchon, Lawrence Durrell, and Mikhail Bulgakov... there were others, too. I can't remember them all. Dave Handy got me started reading again.

Some I borrowed and never gave back. Dave was not particular about that. The important thing to him was that I read them. I did, and I bought more, and I kept reading, and I've never stopped.

SIM card flaw said to allow hijacking of millions of phones

SIM card flaw said to allow hijacking of millions of phones: Vulnerability in the security key that protects the card could allow eavesdropping on phone conversations, fraudulent purchases, or impersonation of the handset's owner, a security researcher warns.

Hands-on: VLC, the prodigal media player, returns to iOS

Hands-on: VLC, the prodigal media player, returns to iOS: VLC is a popular media-playback app on the desktop—an open-source project, it runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. And, once upon a time, it was even available on the iOS App Store. Just a few months later, however, it was forced out, thanks to a licensing dispute.

That issue has now apparently been resolved, and VLC is back in the App Store as version 2.0. The goal of the free app remains the same: Play any video files you throw at it. While the app itself could reasonably substitute for iOS’s built-in Videos app, it offers a number of additional features beyond just greater codec compatibility.

SDCC: "The Simpsons" Will Cross Over with "Family Guy" Next Year

SDCC: "The Simpsons" Will Cross Over with "Family Guy" Next Year: It's finally happening. "The Simpsons" will appear in a fall 2014 episode of "Family Guy in which the Griffin family goes on a road trip and ends up in Springfield where the two FOX families collide.

Apple ‘iPhone 5S’ specs leak: 4-inch IGZO Retina display, NFC, 12MP camera, 2GB RAM, quad-core GPU, fingerprint reader, sources claim

Apple ‘iPhone 5S’ specs leak: 4-inch IGZO Retina display, NFC, 12MP camera, 2GB RAM, quad-core GPU, fingerprint reader, sources claim: Photos and hardware specifications of the iPhone 5S have leaked from the Chinese supply chain

Man, that is a lot of technology.

Hulu's sellers cry "cut"; scrap sale

Hulu's sellers cry "cut"; scrap sale: Co-owners 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal, and The Walt Disney Company say they'll pump $750 million into the video-streaming service to "continue to empower the Hulu team." [Read more]