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Hypertension And Cholesterol Guidelines Delayed Again As NHLBI Gets Out Of The Guidelines Business

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will no longer issue guidelines, including the much-delayed and much-anticipated hypertension (JNC 8) and cholesterol (ATP IV) guidelines.

Microsoft Decides Maybe It Doesn’t Want To Ruin Xbox One, Removes Restrictions

Not even two weeks after Sony announced its upcoming PS4 gaming console wouldn’t have the insane restrictions on used and resold games that Microsoft had instituted for its new Xbox One device, reports say the boys from Redmond have decided that maybe some of their policies weren’t exact

A billion-pixel view of Mars, from Curiosityrover

Reduced version of panorama from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity with 1,3 billion pixels in the full-resolution version. Image shows Curiosity at the "Rocknest" site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand. Explore here.

Alaska Anchorage Hires Thomas as New Head Hockey Coach

The University of Alaska Anchorage has a new head coach—someone who will be moving just up the West Coast, and is no stranger to the college ranks.

Reclaim Your Privacy With Glowing Glasses That Foil Facial Recognition

In a time when it seems like the privacy we all enjoyed was just a smokescreen, it's nice to know there's at least one way to fight back against all the systems designed to keep track of our comings and goings.

These specs preserve your privacy in a world of cameras (video)

Since surveillance culture is at the top of the news agenda, this new invention from Japan's National Institute of Informatics couldn't be more timely.

An Honest, Law-Abiding Patent Troll?

Given the inanity that is our current patent system, it's not surprising that innocent patent holders can look like trolls.

Wall Street's lawfare strategy against regulation Heidi Moore

After lobbying Congress to weaken the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, big banks are delivering the coup de grace by litigation

Last week, in a Washington, DC courtroom, a whole bunch of powerful people gathered with a common purpose: to try to kill the Dodd-Frank financial reform act.

Chrysler Finally Agrees To Recall 2.7 Million Jeeps, Insists Vehicles Are Safe

Earlier this month Chrysler responded with a big fat “No” to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s request that it formally recall 2,7 million older model Jeeps, over regulator concerns that the vehicles could catch on fire when hit from behind.

G8 summit: tax campaigners condemn David Cameron's 10-point 'wish list'

PM fails to get any other country at Lough Erne to back UK calls for public registries of beneficial ownership of companies

David Cameron's 10-point plan to tackle global tax evasion has met a hostile reception from campaigners after the prime minister failed to persuade his G8 colleagues