Australia produce a dominant second-half performance to beat England for the second time in a row at Twickenham.

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Goatbert writes “Rafael Rivera over at WithinWindows.com has found evidence that Microsoft has potentially stolen code from an open source/GPL’d project (ImageMaster) for a utility made available on the Microsoft Store to allow download customers to copy the Windows 7 setup files to a DVD or USB Flash Drive. If Rivera’s evidence holds up, this could be some serious egg in the face for Microsoft at a time when they’re getting mostly good press from (more…)

Manchester City are held to a fifth successive draw as Burnley pick up their first away point in the Premier League.

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For years, the Disney character was squeaky clean. His makeover will start with the release of a video game in which he can be cantankerous and cunning. But Mickey won’t be bland anymore, either. “I wanted him to be able to be naughty — when you’re playing as Mickey you can misbehave and even be a little selfish”…

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The American Cancer Society estimates that 1,910 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.

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Blizzard has entered the microtransaction arena today — you can now buy in-game World of Warcraft pets with real life currency.

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Dinosaurs born in the early 70′s, the 10 oldest players in the NBA, beginning the 2009-2010 season.

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UCF officials said that an adidas official had agreed to allow Michael Jordan’s younger son Marcus to wear the Nike shoes named after his father even though the school had a deal with competitor adidas. But Adidas officials, which were working on an extension on a deal with the athletic department, said that they never granted that exemption.

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TechnologyResource writes “More than two years ago in California, a police officer wrote Shaun Malone a ticket for going 62mph in a 45-mph zone. Malone was ordered to pay a $190 fine, but his parents appealed the decision, saying data from a GPS tracking system they installed in his car to monitor his driving proved he was not speeding. What ensued was the longest court battle over a speeding ticket in Sonoma county history. The case also represented (more…)

Collected here is a group of images from HiRISE over the past few years, in either false color or grayscale, showing intricate details of landscapes both familiar and alien, from the surface of our neighboring planet, Mars. I invite you to take your time looking through these, imagining the settings – very cold, dry and distant, yet real.

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