I wouldn’t say I found this hard to believe. Empathy allows us to feel the emotions of others, to identify and understand their feelings and motives and see things from their perspective. How we generate empathy remains a subject of intense debate in cognitive science. Some scientists now believe they may have finally discovered its root. We’re all essentially mind readers, they say. The idea has been slow to gain acceptance, but evidence is mounting. Read on… Related Links: Yahoo! News [ article cont. ]

Were 5 Unarmed and Wounded Iraqi’s Murdered By U.S. Marines? The truth about the U.S. Army is revealed… Shoot the Messenger Last November when a US marine shot dead an unarmed, wounded Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque, the story created international headlines. In fact, it was the biggest scandal to hit the US military in Iraq since Abu Ghraib. What we still don’t know is what actually went on outside the frame of that now infamous image? Explosive Video Report From SBS Australia – Broadcast 04/20/05 In his first international interview, the journalist responsible for...

Surprised? Wrapping up his investigation into Saddam Hussein’s purported arsenal, the CIA’s top weapons hunter in Iraq said his search for weapons of mass destruction “has been exhausted” without finding any. Nor did Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, find any evidence that such weapons were shipped officially from Iraq to Syria to be hidden before the U.S. invasion, but he couldn’t rule out some unofficial transfer of limited WMD-related materials. He closed his effort with words of caution about potential future threats and careful assessment of this...

Update by Usayd Okay the 25th is gone and the competition is now on hand. No i’m not taking part, but anyone who’s interested: The Challenge Rethink the Windows-based PC experience today and the role it plays in people’s lives. Envision how the digital lifestyleâ€â€?from personal productivity at work or home, to entertainment, mobility, lifestyle and formâ€â€?all play a part in development. Think big, be bold, and inspiring, but pay attention to sustainable technologies, and ecological and environmental innovation. So check out their website to find out...

Wow some people can seriously do alot with technology! “Over the last few weeks I’ve built myself a mobile access point for my car. It’s based on a Soekris net2421 embedded Linux box and uses Verizon’s 1xRTT/EVDO network as its uplink, resharing it over 802.11b. Wherever my car goes, my Internet link goes! I finally put some webpages together on how I built it. The components are pretty cheap and anybody with basic Linux skills can build their own just as easily. I’ve also got it interfacing with Google Maps to do live vehicle tracking via gpsd. It also uploads...

Today I discovered a new feature of Google: “My Search History”. Google now saves the things you search (of course only when you activate the feature) and has therefore added a login button on it’s front page [scr shot]. Looks like Google is evolving in a portal… You can activate the feature in Google Labs, or go directly to the My Search History page here. The My Search History page contains a ‘calender’ like most blogs have these days with the days in bold on which you searched something. If you click a day you get a list with clicked results and searches without...

Well its nice to see animals can help? The Mesa Police Department is looking to add some primal instinct to its SWAT team. And to do that, it’s looking to a monkey. “Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it,” said Mesa Officer Sean Truelove, who builds and operates tactical robots for the suburban Phoenix SWAT team. “It would change the way we do business.” Truelove is spearheading the department’s request to purchase and train a capuchin monkey, considered the second smartest primate to the chimpanzee. The department is seeking...

Well this came as a bit of a shocker…! Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe’s and Macromedia’s closing prices on Friday April 15, 2005, this represents...