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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22093141
Thought this might be of interest to some members here. 
Top porn sites 'pose growing malware risk' to users
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/houston--we-ha … ml#IMUiU9X
Houston, we have a hygiene problem: Apollo transcripts reveal toilet troubles.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day-sp … ml#UUXeIAP
On this day: Sputnik II and Laika, the first dog in space, re-enters Earth's atmosphere
Laika was a stray and had been hand-picked for the mission which aimed to discover what would happen to a living creature in space
Computers controlled by a swipe of the hand - a staple of science fiction films like Minority Report - could soon hit the mass market as the result of a new deal between Hewlett-Packard Co and a San Francisco start-up called Leap Motion, a three year old firm with less than 100 employees that manufactures sensor units about the size of a pack of chewing gum, which it claims can track the individual movements of 10 fingers with 1/100th of a millimetre precision. The units can plug into any computer.
The FULL article.
HP aims to revolutionize computers with motion-control technology
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/1 … ZY20130416
Amazing stuff 
New Tec is alright but when are we getting the flying cars.
http://petapixel.com/2013/04/18/this-ma … al-camera/
People often give iPad photographers a hard time for trying to use an unwieldy tablet as a casual snapshot camera. Tom, the iPad photog seen in the video above, is one person who is glad he was using his iPad as a camera. You see, his iPad-ography saved him from a good deal of pain.
Hunt for Mars colonists to launch today (warning, it's a one-way ticket)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hunt-for-mars- … 07749.html
A seven-month journey in a tiny, cramped capsule doesn't sound like an attractive prospect - especially when you realise it's a one-way trip.
But 10,000 people have already contacted Dutch organisation Mars One to volunteer for a trip to Mars planned in September 2022 - due to arrive at the Red Planet on 2023. Return to Earth "cannot be anticipated nor expected", the firm says.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/killer-robots- … ml#Ny3oEHL
Killer Robots: Rage Against The Machines.
Human rights groups have launched a campaign to put a stop to the development of what they call "killer robots", saying such machines should be outlawed along with cluster bombs and landmines.
For any keen photographers out there Adobe has
just launched it's beta version of "Lightroom 5"
which is the industry standard for digital photography.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/forget-qwerty- … 56997.html
Forget QWERTY - new KALQ layout speeds up typing on tablets.
A new keyboard for tablet computers promises to speed up typing by a third - by ditching the traditional QWERTY layout.
Researchers at St Andrews University and Germany's Max Planck institute used computers to find the "perfect" layout for thumb-typing on a touchscreen.
The new system, dubbed KALQ, after the order the keys appear in the keyboard (in the tradition of QWERTY), allows people to thumb-type 34 per cent faster on tablets.
Touschscreen typing is slow - most users only manage 20 words per minute - because keyboards are designed for 10-finger typing on physical keyboards.
KALQ is designed for thumbs - created with computational optimisation techniques to search among millions of potential layouts before identifying the best possible one.
Dr Per Ola Kristensson, Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews, said: “The legacy of QWERTY has trapped users with suboptimal text entry interfaces on mobile devices."
The new keyboard will be available as a free app for Android.
The spaceplane being developed by Sir Richard Branson has made its first powered flight. Sir Richard said in a statement: "For the first time, we were able to prove the key components of the system, fully integrated and in flight. Today's supersonic success opens the way for a rapid expansion of the spaceship's powered flight envelope, with a realistic goal of full space flight by the year's end." The Virgin Galactic spaceship is intended to carry fare paying passengers on short pleasure rides above the Earth's atmosphere.
The FULL article + video.
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceship ignites engine in flight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22344398
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/the-iphone-bea … ml#9iJLfr0
Sony, HTC and Samsung's "super phones" tested
Who needs to wait for a background check ? just Print a Gun.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185
Working gun made with 3D printer
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sugru-review-195850702.html
Is Sugru the future of fixing?
New gadgets, new games, new apps: If you read about tech stuff much (and the fact that you’re reading this suggests you might), the endless gusher of the new can get old. But what about a new material?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22446754
Windows 8 update public preview to be released in June
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tips-and-trick … ml#AtCH2im
Tips and tricks to repair phones and PCs
It's finally Here. well sort of.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video--new-fly … .html?vp=1
Video: New flying car will be "safer than driving on roads"
Rolls-Royce is to sponsor the British Bloodhound project to drive a car beyond 1,000mph. The company will provide financial as well as technical support. Its major involvement is to oversee the supercar's EJ200 jet engine, normally found in a Eurofighter-Typhoon. The intention is to break the current land speed record of 763mph (1,228km/h) next year, and then push it beyond 1,000mph (1,610km/h) in 2015. Bloodhound includes key personnel from the team that set the current record in 1997, including driver Andy Green and project director Richard Noble.
The FULL article + video.
Rolls-Royce to back Bloodhound 1,000mph supercar project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22507584
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/warp-speed-sco … ml#uuWmMJI
Warp Speed, Scotty? Star Trek's FTL Drive May Actually Work
Yet another smart Phone. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22599877
Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox One which will go on sale later this year. The US firm described the voice and gesture-controlled machine as an "all-in-one" system offering games, live TV, movies and music. The Xbox One sees Microsoft add a Blu-ray drive and Skype functionality, incorporate vibrating feedback into its gamepad's triggers and upgrade the Kinect camera's sensor to 1080p high definition resolution.
The FULL article + video.
Microsoft unveils Xbox One next-generation console
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22613948
Yes, and it spies out the users with the built-in camera.
The plan is to raise and sell data, how many people are watching a certain programme, leaving during a commercial break etc.
Ironically recently Microsoft started a campain here saying "your privacy is most important to us"
I am not even able to laugh about this.
I'm SURE microsoft will only use this information to Help all humanity. 
Mercedes-Benz adds QR codes to save car crash victims.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22682186
Yet another flying Car !
Although this one sems to work.
http://gadgetshow.channel5.com/gadget-s … flying-car
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