There was plenty of evidence from Monday night’s beatdown in Oklahoma City, in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal, to show that clock is already winding down on the Los Angeles Lakers’ stay in the NBA playoffs. Very little of it had to do with the final score: Thunder, 119-90. There were smaller, yet [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he walks out from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington May 10, 2012, before his departure to attend campaign events in Seattle and Los Angeles. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas Reuters: Politics Related Reading: Microsoft Office Home & Student 2010 – 3PC/1User (Disc Version)Office Home and Student 2010 [...]

4 May 2012 Last updated at 17:36 The government is targeting 90% superfast broadband coverage by 2015 A £1.1bn funding gap means the government’s targets for broadband are unlikely to be met, says a report by the London School of Economics. The government wants 100% access to fast broadband services and 90% access to superfast [...]

There’s nothing like a good, old-fashioned “cops vs. old-school gangsters” movie, and it’s been a while since we’ve had a decent one, so this explains why I might be a little psyched up for Ruben Fleischer’s upcoming Gangster Squad. Based, probably pretty loosely, on real-life super-criminal Mickey Cohen, it tells that tale of a youthful [...]

Q&A with SpaceX founder and chief designer Elon MuskBY STEPHEN CLARKSPACEFLIGHT NOWPosted: May 18, 2012 Spaceflight Now spoke with Elon Musk, the father of SpaceX and chief designer of the Falcon and Dragon vehicles, on the eve of his company’s biggest test yet. Elon Musk in mission control. Credit: SpaceX Musk established SpaceX in 2002 to [...]