Finding the Twitter psychopath ratio

Finding the Twitter psychopath ratio


Finding the Twitter psychopath ratio

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:05 PM PDT

New research looks for links

Emerging as one of the more entertaining by-products of social media is the accidental psychological foibles of many, be it celebrity or colleague, but now a new study is aiming to nail a link between various psychopathic behaviour and tweeting.…

Oz gov cyber-safety unit mislays user information

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:55 PM PDT

Contractor brain-explosion: user data sent in the post

In an outstanding example of data-loss stupidity, a DVD containing user IDs of Austrlia's Stay Smart Online Alert service has gone astray in the mail during a handover between contractors.…

Global warming: It's GOOD for the environment

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 03:03 AM PDT

Don't forget: CO2 is PLANT FOOD

Climate change, this global warming thing, it's going to mean that the tropical forests frazzle up and then we all die, right? It will mena the death of the "lungs of the planet" – such as the miles upon miles of Amazon jungle – which turn CO2 into the O2 that we inhale. It's titsup for humanity, basically. Except, according to one new paper in Nature, that's not the way it will work. CO2 is indeed plant food and more plant food means more plants, more forests and thus we're all saved: or perhaps not quite as screwed as some seem to think at least.…

Lowery: The blue-collar musician at the eye of the copyright storm

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:00 AM PDT

The first generation to love the Man and hate grungy artists

Interview  A few days after we linked to his long, exhaustive talk about the state of the music business, musician and songwriter David Lowery hit the headlines in the USA. In a blog post replying to NPR intern Emily White, Lowery summed up how the 'don't pay for music' argument sounded to him:…

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