I'm not a fan of Oracle, but it's good to see them step up where Apple has clearly failed. Over the past several years, Apple has repeatedly been a laggard when it comes to correcting security issues that have been identified by outsiders.

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Oracle announces direct Java support for OS X, Mac to get security updates the same time as Windows
Earlier this month, Apple released an update to Java version 1.6.0_31 for OS X — but not before an estimated 600,000 Macs had been infected by malware taking advantage of exploits in a prior…

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Stephen Colbert delivered at keynote a few days ago at the Time 100 event that was right up their with his legendary Washington correspondents dinner speech. As usual, Colbert aimed his rapier wit at many of the influential people in the room that night including that enemy of democracy and the American people, David Koch.

Sure, he's all for buying the elections, but when the bill for democracy comes up, Dave's always in the men's room. I'm sorry, I must have left Wisconsin in my other coat.

I was particularly excited to meet David Koch earlier tonight because I have a Super PAC, Colbert Super PAC, and I am — thank you, thank you — and I am happy to announce Mr. Koch has pledged $5 million to my Super PAC. And the great thing is, thanks to federal election law, there's no way for you to ever know whether that's a joke.

By the way, if David Koch likes his waiter tonight, he will be your next congressman.

The entire transcript is at the link, if anyone knows of video of the event post it in the comments.

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The Page by Mark Halperin | Clinton and Colbert at the TIME 100
SecState and Comedy Central funny man among the distinguished guests. Clinton: "TIME has honored so many national and global leaders; you couldn’t possibly acknowledge every one. There’s many I haven’…

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The Verge also has a great collection of photos of the arrival of Enterprise

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NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise: the NYC fly-by in pictures
The Verge is a technology-focused news publication founded in 2011 by Joshua Topolsky and Marty Moe in partnership with Vox Media and its CEO Jim Bankoff. The Verge's mission is to offer breaking news…

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The transfer of the prototype space shuttle Enterprise from Washington DC to New York on Friday provided a once in a lifetime photographic opportunity.

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The Most Awesome Pictures of the Space Shuttle Enterprise Riding a Jet to NYC
Check out the visuals from this morning's low-altitude flyover.

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How much extra would you be willing to pay for a car that could drive itself? One-fifth of people in a JD Power survey said they would spend $3,000 more for the capability.

Frankly that price is well within reach in the next 5-7 years. Consider that a number of cars on the road today already have most of the hardware bits necessary to enable at least semi-autonomous driving.

We've been migrating in this direction since at least the early-1980s with the advent of anti-lock braking. ABS intervenes between the driver and the road, using wheel speed sensors to decide when the brake pressure the driver is applying should be reduced at individual wheels in order to help maintain control of the car.

Over time that capability expanded traction and stability control and more recently adaptive cruise control and lane departure prevention.

Autonomous vehicles are about more than just convenience though. The ability for vehicles to talk to each other and the infrastructure and get real-time data about what is happening beyond the sight-lines of the driver opens up enormous possibilities for reducing accidents, congestion and energy consumption.

I still love to drive, but on my daily 25 mile commute to the office, I would take autonomous capability if it was available.

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One in five drivers would spend $3,000 to add self-driving to their next car
Judging from what Google has been saying to automakers, self-driving cars are still millions of test miles away from actually making it to showrooms, but survey results indicate some American drivers….

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