McDonalds Interactive gave a presentation at the International Serious Games Summit on how their competitive business training simulation showed that fast food business practices would eventually lead to cataclysmic climactic change. Only one problem: it appears to have been a prank.

What does the future hold for computing? Why we need only look at the present as viewed from the lens of the past. Easy, right? [waxy]

Join the fight. Ban the bulb. Bruce Sterling has been on this kick for a while now.

Want the ambience of candlelight, but not the messy, hot, dripping wax or the fire hazard? Check out these gorgeous LED driven synthetic candles. [engadget]

Someone went ahead and reinvented the wheel.