According to Reuters, a group is recommending that the word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils.

So, would the grading scale now be A/B/C/D/DS?

Free Software for Busy People is a new book about how busy people like you can get the most out of free software. In it, the author describes how six fictitious people get their work done using OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, and a whole slew of other utilities. Worth a look …

Actor James Doohan passed away today, and the world mourns the passing of one of the more beloved characters of Star Trek. Goodbye, sir, we'll miss you.

To celebrate the 35th anniversary since man stepped on land that wasn't Terra Firma, Google presents Google Moon. Very very cool!

The Roanoke Walmart is now offering singles shopping where people can go to hook up over shopping. This just creeps me out no end, since I'm sure people will be checking out other people's carts to see what they're buying while checking them out. And I'm not sure what kind …