Jun 26 2008
Nokia, the world’s largest maker of cellphones, said Tuesday that it would make the software that runs its phones available to outside developers, as the company tries to head off competition and stimulate the use of mobile music, video, e-mail and...
Jun 25 2008
Two recent improvements in the technology of brain implants and interfaces suggest that the age of the cyborg is not far off. First, researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a neurochip that can simultaneously record from the brain AND...
Jun 25 2008
If you work hard at the computer all day, you may want to think about getting one of these cool, literally, USB Air Conditioned Shirts ($169). At first glance, it may appear to be a nice regular short-sleeved button down shirt, but upon closer...
Jun 25 2008
Microsoft, Google and PayPal, a unit of eBay, are among the founders of an industry organization that hopes to solve the problem of password overload among computer users.The Information Card Foundation is an effort to create a single industrywide...
Jun 25 2008
China has bolstered its Olympic security effort by deploying a battery of surface-to-air missile launchers a kilometer south of the showpiece venues for the Beijing Games.At least two camouflaged Hongqi 7 missile launchers were visible from a public...
Jun 25 2008
More than 138,000 are dead or missing from the devastating cyclone that struck Myanmar last month, the government said on Tuesday, according to an Asian diplomat.Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu informed a meeting of government and foreign aid workers...
Jun 25 2008
A bomb killed 10 people including two U.S. government employees and two U.S. soldiers at a council meeting in the Baghdad stronghold of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday, officials said.Police said six Iraqis were killed and 10...
Jun 25 2008
Stocks fell on Tuesday, on concerns about the economy after a report showed consumer confidence hit a 16-year low and as a profit warning from United Parcel Service (UPS.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) stoked fears about corporate results.But...
Jun 25 2008
Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the biggest U.S. chemical manufacturer, said on Tuesday it will boost its prices as much as 25 percent, institute freight surcharges and cut output of some products because of soaring energy...
Jun 24 2008
A couple of weeks ago, the handful of people who were still trying to use InfoSpace.com to look up phone numbers and addresses started finding themselves on the homepage of SuperPages, the business-listings site owned by a Verizon spinoff. Anyone who...