Robot vigilante takes on hobos

The owner of O'Terrill's pub was tired of homeless men hanging out using drugs outside his bar and at a local children's center. His solution: the "bum bot", a 300-pound remote-controlled security droid, armed with a megaphone and a water cannon. ...read more

Google domain names - the funny, strange and surprising

Google owns thousands of .com domain names. There are the obvious misspellings, a number that seem totally unrelated, and other that are just plain odd. But then there are those that may foreshadow future services. ...read more

UFOs attack Phoenix (again)

A series of hovering red lights were spotted in the skies over Phoenix, Arizona, this week, resulting in hundreds of phone calls to police. Similar lights were widely reported in 1997. The Air Force denies any knowledge of the incident, so the question now is: who are these space monsters, and why on earth do they care about the Southwest's largest, sprawliest metropolis? ...read more

A field guide to Internet people: Hipsters

Learn how to identify and interact with hipsters when you encounter them online, as you inevitably will! Part of a larger series of descriptors of the sorts of folks you'll meet on the Internet, which also includes LOLCats and college revolutionaries. ...read more

5 easy ways to commit career suicide

We're all capable of making mistakes that can send us straight to the career doghouse. Here are five big no-nos to watch out for. ...read more

Lawmaker who showed porn to kids quits

Ohio state legislator Matthew Barrett was supposed to show high school students a Powerpoint presentation on how a bill becomes a law; instead, he showed them a picture of a topless a woman. Barrett claims to have no idea how the naughty pic got on his USB drive, but is resigning in disgrace anyway. ...read more

Geek Comic of the Week: King Monkey

If you like adorable talking blue and green monkeys that have wacky adventures together serving their red Monkey King, then this is the comic for you! And if you don't ... then I'm pretty sure you're not really human. C'mom, they're adorable talking monkeys! ...read more 'Geek Comic of the Week: King Monkey'

10 Killer Texting Tricks

To many people over the age of 30, text messaging can seem like one of those strange, complicated behaviors only teenagers understand. In reality, it's one more great tool in your productivity arsenal, right up there with e-mail and instant messaging. Let your thumbs do a little walking and you can check flight status, update your calendar, track a package, check your bank balance, and get driving directions to almost anywhere. ...read more

Poll: Have you ever been fired?

- Nope - I've been at the same job my whole working life
- Nope - I've always left on my terms
- Well, I've been part of mass layoffs, but I've never been singled out
- Yes, but I've grown as an employee since then
- Yes, due to personality conflicts with the boss
- I am unemployable

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LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

How are you coping with sky-high gas prices?

9.8% - Car pool
19.5% - Take public transportation
17.1% - Walk/bike to work
11.0% - Telecommute
6.1% - My hybrid gets 50+ miles per gallon.
36.6% - I can afford it. I was hired during the dotcom boom.

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