Hacking a device, iPhone or anything else, whether it be a hardware or a software hack, is likely to end up voiding your warranty. That should come as no surprise to anyone -- well, it probably does, and will, to some of those who will try to get their hacked iPhones serviced.

  Here's a new use for a social networking site: finding someone exposed to a dangerous disease.

  So, you've seen the WSOP on ESPN - big money, big personalities, big bluffs. But what these highlight reels forget to mention is the fact that, at the highest level, there's method behind the blood-pumping madness. Behind every good bluff is a strong foundation of numbers. And here it is: the equation that defines when to pull the trigger, even if you're holding three-six offsuit.

  The growth and conversion of biofuel crops could raise rather than lower greenhouse gas emissions, says a new study led by Nobel prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen, best known for his work on the ozone layer.

  Plants and animals may occupy distinct branches on the tree of life, but they could be more alike than we think.

  Chinese surgeons who operated on a baby girl with breathing problems were amazed to find grass growing on her lung.

  NASA has revived a mission to study black holes after cancelling it in 2006 due to budget constraints.

  A Canadian researcher suggests a "mommy" gene may explain the increasing number of women who decide against having children.

  A promising experimental vaccine to prevent the AIDS virus has failed in a crucial experiment, with volunteers becoming infected with HIV anyway, leading the drug developer to halt the study.

  Earlier, I wrote about concerns that Google Street View may break Canadian privacy law. This week the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) released a report (.PDF) which investigated DRM used in 16 different products and services. The conclusion was that many DRM technologies fail to comply with basic requirements of Canadian privacy law.