Monday, September 27, 2010

Will RIM unveil its 'BlackPad' today?
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:39:58 EDT ]
Research In Motion is known for basically one thing: making reliable smartphones that brought e-mailing from a phone to the mainstream. But it might be branching out very soon.

Can computers replace teachers?
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:48:37 EDT ]
Sugata Mitra says experiments show that children have a remarkable ability to teach themselves advanced subjects if they're given access to computers

Can computers replace teachers?
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:48:37 EDT ]
Sugata Mitra says experiments show that children have a remarkable ability to teach themselves advanced subjects if they're given access to computers

'Stuxnet' worm is most dangerous
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:00:18 EDT ]
Stuxnet is viewed as potentially the most dangerous piece of computer malware discovered. It's been developed on an unprecedented scale and has the ability to target and control specified industrial machinery.

'Stuxnet' worm is most dangerous
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:00:18 EDT ]
Stuxnet is viewed as potentially the most dangerous piece of computer malware discovered. It's been developed on an unprecedented scale and has the ability to target and control specified industrial machinery.

For $500,000, this 12-foot TV can be yours
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:03:51 EDT ]
Assuming that consumers someday will be really rich, a recent tech conference in Atlanta, Georgia, presented an interesting vision of what our living rooms might look like in the future.

For $500,000, this 12-foot TV can be yours
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:03:51 EDT ]
Assuming that consumers someday will be really rich, a recent tech conference in Atlanta, Georgia, presented an interesting vision of what our living rooms might look like in the future.

Segway company owner dead in Segway crash
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:56:23 EDT ]
The owner of the Segway company has died, apparently in an accident involving one of his upright two-wheeled vehicles, police in England said Monday.

Segway company owner dead in Segway crash
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:56:23 EDT ]
The owner of the Segway company has died, apparently in an accident involving one of his upright two-wheeled vehicles, police in England said Monday.

Will RIM unveil its 'BlackPad' today?
[ Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:39:58 EDT ]
Research In Motion is known for basically one thing: making reliable smartphones that brought e-mailing from a phone to the mainstream. But it might be branching out very soon.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Russian-U.S. space crew lands in Kazakhstan
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:11:13 GMT ]

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is seen landing near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan, on Saturday.A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday.


Cosmic Log: See the moon's marvels in 3-D
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:38:32 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA’s moon orbiter sends back shots of lunar curiosities that look even curiouser when you see them through 3-D glasses.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA’s moon orbiter sends back shots of lunar curiosities that look even curiouser when you see them through 3-D glasses.


Slideshow: Pictures that reach for the sky
[ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:47:31 GMT ]

See a laser-equipped telescope in action and other outer-space highlights from September 2010.See a laser-equipped telescope in action and other outer-space highlights from September 2010.


Hacks on Iran linked to wealthy group or nation
[ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:36:45 GMT ]
A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading computer security company.

Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant
[ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:07:25 GMT ]
A complex computer worm capable of seizing control of industrial plants has affected the personal computers of staff working at Iran's first nuclear power station weeks before the facility is to go online, the official news agency reported Sunday.

Apple makes progress with Ping
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:25:24 PDT ]
An iTunes tweak lets users interact with Apple's social-networking feature directly from the music player. It's a badly needed improvement, but Apple's got a lot more work to do.

New Windows Phone 7 ads suggest you get a life
[ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:07:46 PDT ]
New ads from Windows Phone 7 suggest that we've all gone too far with phone obsessions and need to get in, get out, and get on with our lives. How strangely human.

At Maker Faire, giant mousetrap crushes a taxi
[ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:57:14 PDT ]
The crew of a human-size version of the board game Mousetrap--think bowling balls instead of those tiny metal marbles--arrived in New York this week with the aim of using the proudly inefficient machine to flatten one of the city's yellow cabs.

How should Apple redesign the MacBook Air?
[ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:24:09 PDT ]
With rumors picking up steam about a new MacBook Air, it's a good time to speculate on what Apple may want to achieve with an overhaul of the venerable ultraportable.

Stuxnet worm hits Iranian nuclear plant
[ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:49:51 PDT ]
Though the worm has apparently done no serious damage to systems at the Bushehr plant, its presence there emphasizes the Stuxnet threat and may fuel speculation about the identity of its creators.

Can computers replace teachers?
[ Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:34:45 EDT ]
Sugata Mitra says experiments show that children have a remarkable ability to teach themselves advanced subjects if they're given access to computers

Where's that plane going? This app knows
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:19:45 EDT ]
Have you ever looked up at the sky, seen a plane zipping through the clouds and wondered, "Where the heck are those people going?"

Can Apple crack China with the iPhone 4?
[ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:26:57 EDT ]
The iPhone 4 is coming to China.

Facebook outage was its biggest ever
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:55:41 EDT ]
Facebook's outage that shut down the site for many users Thursday was its worst since it became a worldwide social-networking powerhouse, according to an engineer for the site.

Fake earthquake drill tests Facebook, Twitter
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:43:43 EDT ]
If your Facebook page or Twitter feed lights up Friday with news of a tsunami off the California coast, don't get too worried.

Facebook outage leads to Twitter venting
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:17:58 GMT ]
Years from now, people will ask you: were you there when Facebook went down? We heard it was the "worst" in years! They'll ask, how did you go without it, for HOURS?

Facebook outage leads to Twitter venting
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:17:58 GMT ]
Years from now, people will ask you: were you there when Facebook went down? We heard it was the "worst" in years! They'll ask, how did you go without it, for HOURS?

Russian-U.S. space crew lands in Kazakhstan
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:11:13 GMT ]

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is seen landing near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan, on Saturday.A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday.


Russian-U.S. space crew lands in Kazakhstan
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:11:13 GMT ]

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is seen landing near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan, on Saturday.A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday.


Cosmic Log: See the moon's marvels in 3-D
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:38:32 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA’s moon orbiter sends back shots of lunar curiosities that look even curiouser when you see them through 3-D glasses.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA’s moon orbiter sends back shots of lunar curiosities that look even curiouser when you see them through 3-D glasses.


Cosmic Log: See the moon's marvels in 3-D
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:38:32 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA’s moon orbiter sends back shots of lunar curiosities that look even curiouser when you see them through 3-D glasses.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA’s moon orbiter sends back shots of lunar curiosities that look even curiouser when you see them through 3-D glasses.


Slideshow: Pictures that reach for the sky
[ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:47:31 GMT ]

See a laser-equipped telescope in action and other outer-space highlights from September 2010.See a laser-equipped telescope in action and other outer-space highlights from September 2010.


Slideshow: Pictures that reach for the sky
[ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:47:31 GMT ]

See a laser-equipped telescope in action and other outer-space highlights from September 2010.See a laser-equipped telescope in action and other outer-space highlights from September 2010.


Great wall of customers greets iPhone 4 in China
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:17:32 PDT ]
iPhone love seems to be on the rise in the world's largest mobile market, as the iPhone 4's Chinese launch looks nothing like last year's lukewarm reception for the iPhone 3 there.

Iran's nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:50:43 GMT ]
Iran's nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites throughout the country and is capable of taking over power plants, Iranian media reports said.

Iran's nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:50:43 GMT ]
Iran's nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites throughout the country and is capable of taking over power plants, Iranian media reports said.

The best iPad ad (not made by Apple)
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:18:31 PDT ]
A YouTube video of a 4-year-old playing with an iPad shows just how much Apple's magical revolutionary product has broadened the sheer enjoyment of computing.

The best iPad ad (not made by Apple)
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:18:31 PDT ]
A YouTube video of a 4-year-old playing with an iPad shows just how much Apple's magical revolutionary product has broadened the sheer enjoyment of computing.

Is the future PC a smartphone?
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:33:10 PDT ]
The CEO of graphics-chip supplier Nvidia repeated his claim that traditional PCs will be replaced by smaller devices based on non-Intel silicon.

Is the future PC a smartphone?
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:33:10 PDT ]
The CEO of graphics-chip supplier Nvidia repeated his claim that traditional PCs will be replaced by smaller devices based on non-Intel silicon.

Studio executives discuss potential of 3D
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:02:43 PDT ]
Movie studio executives, TV makers, and 3D conversion technology specialists talk about the future of 3D in the home and theater at an executive forum in New York.

Studio executives discuss potential of 3D
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:02:43 PDT ]
Movie studio executives, TV makers, and 3D conversion technology specialists talk about the future of 3D in the home and theater at an executive forum in New York.

Great wall of customers greets iPhone 4 in China
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:17:32 PDT ]
iPhone love seems to be on the rise in the world's largest mobile market, as the iPhone 4's Chinese launch looks nothing like last year's lukewarm reception for the iPhone 3 there.

Fake earthquake drill tests Facebook, Twitter
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:43:43 EDT ]
If your Facebook page or Twitter feed lights up Friday with news of a tsunami off the California coast, don't get too worried.

Can Apple crack China with the iPhone 4?
[ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:26:57 EDT ]
The iPhone 4 is coming to China.

Facebook outage was its biggest ever
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:55:41 EDT ]
Facebook's outage that shut down the site for many users Thursday was its worst since it became a worldwide social-networking powerhouse, according to an engineer for the site.

Apple makes progress with Ping
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:25:24 PDT ]
An iTunes tweak lets users interact with Apple's social-networking feature directly from the music player. It's a badly needed improvement, but Apple's got a lot more work to do.

Apple makes progress with Ping
[ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:25:24 PDT ]
An iTunes tweak lets users interact with Apple's social-networking feature directly from the music player. It's a badly needed improvement, but Apple's got a lot more work to do.

Where's that plane going? This app knows
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:19:45 EDT ]
Have you ever looked up at the sky, seen a plane zipping through the clouds and wondered, "Where the heck are those people going?"

Where's that plane going? This app knows
[ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:19:45 EDT ]
Have you ever looked up at the sky, seen a plane zipping through the clouds and wondered, "Where the heck are those people going?"