Silly, that one was about a system at MIT that captured scatter at 2 x 10^-15 seconds resolution. This one is a system at MIT that captures at 2 x 10^-12 seconds resolution. Clearly they should be different stories on Slashdot.

A Google+ account is not the same thing as a Google account. You have to sign up for G+, it's not automatic. For example, Google Apps administrators have to specifically enable Google+ access for their users, after which the users then have to use their Apps account to sign up for G+.

This detection is by the Spitzer Space Telescope, which looks at the infrared spectrum - not visible light. As for how they found particles so small, the answer is that they found a lot of them. The NASA press release states:

For writing, magneto-optical drives only used the laser to heat up a bit to a point where it could be flipped. The actual magnetic drive head flipped the heated bit, not the laser. This post says they can now use the laser to flip a bit, and that's a big difference.

According to TFA, the vendors

If true, the use of units without filters may be enough to invalidate the tests. It would be similar to testing a microwave for radiation leakage, with the door removed.

There are a surprising number of mistakes in this summary. TFA says the balloon goes to 57K feet, then the Tempest goes 35 miles or so (30 nautical miles), and then the Cicadas go the last 11 miles.

Why do you have a physics class on your resume if you're not looking for a physics-related job? I weed out applicants that had cluttered up their CVs with every little thing they had ever touched. And I make it a point to ask questions related to every skill you have listed; it's the only way to filter out the liars.

For those of us who aren't full-time Windows users, could someone please explain how the described "Refresh" feature is different than the current ability to go back to a Restore Point? My (possibly limited) understanding is that you can create a Restore Point whenever you want, and it saves the state of your Windows OS install. You can then go back to any previous Restore Point, and it will undo registry settings and whatever, without touching your documents. How is that different from this "new' Refresh?

Maybe the problem is his business model: he's offering a service that is already available for free. Canada Post had 9,000 volunteers responding to Santa's letters and emails last year. If his competitors offer a similar or better service for free, why would he ever expect anyone to pay for his?