"The iPad measured at 6.2% lower reading speed than the printed book, whereas the Kindle measured at 10.7% slower than print. However, the difference between the two devices was not statistically significant because of the data's fairly high variability. "

Tags: geeky

"?The Internet?s completely over,? the once relevent pop music maker, Prince said. ?I don?t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won?t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can?t get it.?"

Tags: funny

"Jumping into the game, movement immediately feels - for lack of a better expression - very solid. Much more grounded like Modern Warfare 2, as opposed to say Halo. The SMART movement system is well-executed and surprisingly intuitive. If you want to vault up onto higher terrain parkour style, you just hold the SMART button and look up as you approach the obstacle - the same goes for sliding under things. I?d even go so far to say that there?s little doubt that we?ll see this mechanic adopted by many other fast-paced shooters in the future. It?s a bit of a diversion from the skill and practice required to perform some of the old Quake engine trick jumps, but it brings that same kind of map navigation down to the level of the average player in such a way that feels as natural as any other method of movement in a first-person shooter. Depending on level design, and of course the agility of your chosen character class, it seems like there?re still going to be a few tricky leaps that will be tough to master. "

Tags: games

"I've collected my favorite pictures of all the planets in our solar system and put them together here for your viewing awesomeness. I've also thrown in the Sun and Moon, as well as one bonus surprise at the end. Each picture has a brief description, a link to the original higher-res version, and also a link to a blog post I've written with more information. My picture choices may surprise you. I didn't just pick them for their beauty, but also for the story they tell, what happened behind the scenes, and simply because they're cool. "

Tags: science

"After some debate, NASA today said it has set the final two launch dates for its venerable space shuttles. Those dates are: * Nov. 1 for space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission. * Feb. 26, 2011, for the liftoff of shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission. NASA said the dates needed to be adjusted because critical payload hardware for STS-133 will not be ready in time to support the planned Sept. 16 launch. With STS-133 moving to November, STS-134 cannot fly as planned, NASA stated so the next available launch window is in February 2011."

Tags: science