When Michael Jackson’s death was broken first by a celebrity gossip blog, I and many others considered this a sign of things to come, with the Internet taking over from traditional media and news organizations. But while speed and timing is one thing, legitimacy and trustworthiness are another. On that score, traditional media still rules.

Students at the University of Michigan used Z Corporations 3D printing and scanning technology to design and test Infinium, their solar car.  Infinium is this year’s student solar car entry in the upcoming World Solar Challenge in Australia.

The day all Firefox fans have been waiting for is finally upon us: Firefox 3.5 has been officially released.

The Pirate Bay has sold out. That may be a good thing, it may be a bad thing; either way, the site should at least have the guts to admit it.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea has launched a Flash game to teach young people about the dangers of North Korean spies. Subjects of the indoctrination are eligible for prizes like a laptop or a total frontal lobotomy.

Google Earth is a brilliant innovation that has opened up a new way of looking at the world in which we live. Unfortunately, it has also opened up a new way for criminals to find targets.

Dow Chemical Company and Algenol Biofuels are working together to create a biorefinery that uses algae to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) to ethanol.  Dow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. will be providing science and technology to Algenol’s algae system.  The plan is to locate the facility at Dow’s Freeport, Texas site.

The line between news on the television and online just got a little bit more blurred as Google News has announced it will now include YouTube videos.

Toyota has tested a wheelchair that can be partially controlled through thought alone, with no need for body movement. It’s a way of using a new technology which drastically reduces the time it takes for a machine to read human brain waves.

In a bizarre, self-inflicted assault on Wikipedia’s credibility, Founder Jimmy Wales has actively prevented information about an American journalist kidnapped by the Taliban from appearing on the site. Now Wikipedia is not only behind traditional media in terms of authority, but also timeliness.

Prior to the official announcement that Michael Jackson was dead, there was a flurry of rumors going across the Web causing much confusion. Many sites were reporting that Michael Jackson was in a state of deep coma while others were reporting of his passing. It has been found that devious hackers have taken advantage of this confusion by leveraging virus and spam attacks disguised as Michael Jackson information.

Perez Hilton is huge, and not just in the belly department. Here’s a man who became a celebrity for mocking the cult of celebrity and the people involved in it. But a couple of rather major events have recently rocked Perez Hilton the man. Could these have an effect on Perez Hilton the site as well?

Recent activity at super-retailer Amazon could point to a greater involvement of the Jeff Bezos company in the mobile marketplace, in terms of both devices and applications for them.

Despite the worries of privacy advocates, Google is beginning a limited introduction of its new Voice service, which consolidates a broad variety of telecom features under one roof.

Well-known TV pitchman, and star of countless Internet memes, Billy Mays, was found dead in his home in Tampa, Florida this morning.

Recently representatives from Microsoft and Google duked it out at the Structure 09 Conference. The two sides discussed some of the challenges as well as approaches to honing in on infrastructure performance. One of the claims made from Google is that the company practices a more absolute cloud computing implementation than Microsoft.

Automobiles will likely never be 100 percent safe, unless flying cars and auto-pilot controls become standard in the future. Which could be a long way off. But there are ways of reducing the risks to drivers, passengers, other road users, and pedestrians. No driving while drunk is one already enforced, banning texting while driving is surely another.