In an announcement concerning European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao meeting to talk about various issues, it seems odd that "piracy" was apparently a priority over both the financial crisis and climate change.

Note: This is the first post on slipperyfish that I've actually posted more than a summary on.

Over the years I've become more and more involved with website security. I've noticed that with the rise in freedom on web servers, there has been a steady increase in scripts that hijack a site to redirect users to a malicious download. In this post I discuss measures you can take to help get back into Google's good graces when your site is listed as badware.

Living creatures took millions of years to evolve from amphibians to four-legged mammals - with larger, more complex brains to match. Now an evolving robot has performed a similar trick in hours, thanks to a software "brain" that automatically grows in size and complexity as its physical body develops.

Every year more than an estimated 330,000 people are injured in cell-phone-related accidents, which kill more than 2,000 people annually. Recent studies have shown that talking or texting on a cell phone can be as dangerously distracting as drunk driving.

Electronic Arts said on Tuesday that The Sims 3, the third full iteration of one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, will hit store shelves on June 2.

The game will be released for PCs first, and versions for the Mac, iPhone, and iPod Touch should come later in the summer, EA said.

Over 40 jobs have been saved at UK studio Free Radical Design, following its purchase by Crytek last night.

"We are pleased to announce that a sale completed to Crytek late last night thus preserving over 40 jobs," confirmed Cameron Gunn, administrator at ReSolve Partners.

As recently as two weeks ago EA has denied the existence of Mass Effect 2, despite the fact that we know it's coming. Now, thanks to EA's investor conference call, we now know when it's coming.

COROT has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System. The amazing planet is less than twice the size of Earth and orbits a Sun-like star. Its temperature is so high that it is possibly covered in lava or water vapour.

Fossils from two early whales -- a male and a rare pregnant female -- shed light on how these ancestors to modern whales made the leap from walking on land to ruling the sea.

Mars enthusiasts can fly from the towering peak of Olympus Mons to Mars Pathfinder's peaceful resting place in an add-on to the latest version of the desktop application Google Earth, which was released on Monday.