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Being Trusting Can Be a Good Thing

Contrary to what is generally believed, trusting others does not make you a fool but it is rather a sign of intelligence, according to a new study appearing in the current Social Psychological and Personality Science.The research involved 2nd year MBA students that were asked to watch taped job interviews, and study ...

14 August 2010
06:34 GMT

Google Threatens to Show Screenshot of Apple’s Rejection of Voice App [Updated]

As Google, Apple and AT&T submitted their answers to the FCC inquiry regarding the rejection of the former’s Voice application for iPhone, it was soon revealed that someone was lying through their teeth. While AT&T quickly extracted itself from the fiasco claiming it had little (or nothing) to do with Apple&rs...

19 September 2009
05:21 GMT

Apple Accused of Lying to the FCC

It is being reported that Apple may not have told the truth to the FCC when answering its questions on the rejection of Google’s voice app for iPhone. While Apple officially stated that the company hadn’t, in fact, rejected the app, but rather postponed its approval for further reviewing, some now claim t...

25 August 2009
06:44 GMT

Developer Corrects iPhone 3.0 'Lies' on 2.2.1 Downgrade, 3G Unlock

A forum post entitled “3.0 LIES corrected by an Apple Dev!” has caught our eye. The poster claims to be a registered Apple developer who was eager to correct some misinformation (rumors) related to the installation of OS 3.0 on a 3G handset, and more.“I am a registered Apple Dev and I just want to c...

19 March 2009
10:34 GMT

How to Detect a Liar

You may think you're a naturally born lie detector, but in fact you're just checking people for stereotype behavior that can easily deceive you. A new research carried out by a team led by Dr. Stephen Porter's Forensic Psychology Lab at the Dalhousie University and published in the Psychological Scienc...

23 April 2008
03:16 GMT

Akon's Criminal Past Is a Lie

A significant part of Senegalese rapper Akon's career was built on his "ex convict" uber-tough image. Akon tried to make himself pass for a hard-core criminal, who spent three years in jail for allegedly running a car theft ring and chop shop. However, The Smoking Gun just uncovered that the rapper's "crimi...

18 April 2008
03:34 GMT

Panasonic Plasma Displays for Cell Phones - A Lie

A press release appeared yesterday on the Web, on trusted sites that usually publish press releases, announcing that Panasonic, the giant Japanese electronics manufacturer, together with AbleComm, will soon roll-out plasma displays for mobile phones. These miniature plasma displays would offer an image quality unequa...

4 April 2008
17:41 GMT

Polygraphs Are Not Reliable in Detecting Lies

People are always searching for the supreme truth. But are the polygraphs a reliable tool in detecting lies?It seems that those who know how to lie have little to fear, as they can control their emotions. Instead, the victims could be the truthful people. Polygraphs were not developed as lie detectors; they just trac...

24 May 2007
07:41 GMT

248-Dimension Number Ready for String Theory

A team of 19 mathematicians has succeeded in mapping E-8, a vast complex number invented more than a century ago. The 248-dimensional structure took four years of work and generated more data than the Human Genome Project. E8 belongs to the "Lie group", invented by the 19th Century Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie ...

19 March 2007
12:17 GMT


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