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Now for Some Good News: The Icon Spin-Resistance Test Icon Aircraft

Now for Some Good News: The Icon Spin-Resistance Test

A new airplane passes a big safety test.

Google and the Great Firewall: An Interesting New Twist

Google reveals some of what it has learned about how China's censorship system works.

The Mystery of the 'Free Puppies!' Scam

From many sources, one explanation for a bizarre offer.

A Scam I Can't Quite Figure Out

This can't mean what it seems to mean. But what, if anything, does it actually mean?

The Dreamliner Has Landed

The Next Big Thing in aviation makes an unusual visit to the capital

If You Want to See a Dreamliner Up Close

The most chic new airliner comes to the stodgy old national capital

Okay, I Said I Wouldn't Complain About 'New Look' Gmail Any More

Learn to live with the New Look? Not me!

Modern Media

New is good, and old is good too.

It Had to Happen Sometime: Involuntary Switch to 'New Look' Gmail

A science/tech problem that doesn't really matter -- and one that really does.

Today's Upbeat Aviation Report

Things may not be getting better everywhere, in every way. But here is some good news.

The Jetstar 'Texting While Landing' Incident, and the Cessna Descent Into the Gulf

A professional crew forgets a basic safety step, and a small plane flies on for hours with no one conscious at the controls.

A Chevy Volt Owner Shows Us His Mileage

'With more of these cars, we'd have less need for the Sixth Fleet'

Interesting-Software Watch: More on 'The Brain'

Do these programs "save time"? Probably not. But they give you interesting things to do with your time.

Now This Is Interesting: A Climate Prediction From 1981 James Hansen

Now This Is Interesting: A Climate Prediction From 1981

Were early warnings about global warming exaggerated? See for yourself.

Direct From Holland, Today's Flying-Car News! PAL-V

Direct From Holland, Today's Flying-Car News!

I will avoid the obvious joke about the new kind of Flying Dutchman

Obscure but Interesting: Why Your Microwave Zaps Your Satellite Radio

Why a microwave oven and a Wi-Fi router don't mix

Flight-Testing the Kindle: the Experts Speak!

Could the FAA possibly determine whether Kindles are safe during taxi and takeoff? Maybe so...

The Kindle Menace, Cont.: Is the FAA Being Too Fast, Too Slow, or Just Right? Wesley Fryer/Flickr

Google's New Rules Don't Frighten Me

Google's new privacy rules can do more good than harm, if they point you toward Google's all-important "dashboard" feature

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