A cuneiform tablet found in Hazor, Israel, and dating from the 18th-17th centuries B.C.E in the Middle Bronze Age, is said to contain a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi.

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All that senior Derrick Roland wanted to do at Texas A&M University was play basketball. After making a miraculous recovery from the gruesome injury we all watched on the web through squinted eyes, the NCAA is denying Roland’s request to finish his playing career based on a technicality.

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ergo98 writes “As we discussed recently, a CNN article had a statement that ’77% of iPhone owners say they’ll buy another iPhone, compared to 20% of Android customers who say they’ll buy another Android phone.’ This was a gross misrepresentation. The CNN story now has up this note: ‘Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that 20% of Android customers say they’ll buy another Android phone. The survey actually revealed that 20% (more…)

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo slams the ‘hypocrisy’ of those who have criticised Fernando Alonso’s victory in Sunday’s German Grand Prix.

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I’m Not There (1956) writes “Jeffrey Zeldman brings up the interesting issue of the paradox between Japan’s strong cultural preference for simplicity in design, contrasted with the complexity of Japanese websites. The post invites you to study several sites, each more crowded than the last. ‘It is odd that in Japan, land of world-leading minimalism in the traditional arts and design, Web users and skilled Web design practitioners believe more is more.’”

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EvilAlphonso notes news of a “Texas” IP holding company suing 36 actual companies for violating its claimed patent on spam filtering. Techdirt deconstructs the patent itself, No. 6,018,761, which seems to amount to little more than a database lookup. It was filed in 1996 and issued in 2000 (despite the lawyers’ press release claiming that it “was awarded… nearly 15 years ago”). Among the companies being sued are 3Com, Apple, Google, AOL, Yahoo, (more…)

The concept was to bridge the gap between Xbox Live and Windows Live, allowing players from both platforms to play games like Gears of War and Unreal Tournament.

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You probably thought the ubiquitous “ugly tie” was the biggest problem dads face. But wearing pants like these are cause for concern too.

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An anonymous reader writes “Big news for Star Wars fans looking forward to BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG — space combat has been confirmed for the game. Players will be able to fly around the galaxy in their own personal starships, avoiding asteroid belts, landing in dangerous territory and battling other vessels. The initial news makes it sound like a cross between Mass Effect’s galaxy map and a traditional space fighting (more…)

John Isner beats fellow American Michael Russell for the loss of just three games to reach the semi-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

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