Europe's 2016 Mars mission passes key milestone[ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:56:05 GMT ]By Mike WallSpace.comEurope's next mission to Mars has passed a key milestone to enter its final construction phase in pursuit of a planned 2016 launch toward the Red Planet.European Space Agency officials signed the last construction contract for the 2016 ExoMars mission on Monday, a deal between ESA and the Mars orbiter's prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space. The ExoMars orbiter mission aims to...

Microsoft targets schools with Surface RT discount[ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:25:38 GMT ]Company is reaching out directly to schools and universities with a Surface RT discount offer during the summer buying season. [Read more]

Smash Lego atoms with a Large Hadron Collider model[ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:43:28 GMT ]A physicist is gathering supporters for an ATLAS experiment Lego mini model that could put a piece of the Large Hadron Collider in the hands of Lego fans everywhere. [Read more]

HP shifts PC chief to China, global focus[ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:21 GMT ]Todd Bradley steps down from HP's PC and printer unit to be replaced by Dion Weisler, a former Lenovo and Acer executive. HP is hoping the two can form an executive tag team to tackle China and Lenovo. [Read more]

Dish bashes Sprint's 'transparent' attempt to block Clearwire deal[ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:41:29 GMT ]The satellite television provider says the lawsuit is a "transparent" attempt to divert attention from its failure to offer a fair deal to Clearwire shareholders. [Read more]

Curved OLED HDTV screens are a bad idea (for now)[ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:49:00 GMT ]OLED is a great idea, curved screens can be a great idea, but curved OLED screens are not. [Read more]

With ESPN out, is 3-D TV dead?[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:55:45 EDT ]Three or four years ago, it was supposed to be the next big thing in consumer tech: the magic of 3-D, right in your living room.

Facebook finally gets #hashtags[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:51:31 EDT ]Hashtags are coming to Facebook to help users better surface conversations.

Can Nintendo get its mojo back?[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:38:06 EDT ]It hasn't been a blockbuster year for Nintendo, the video-gaming company that brought us "Donkey Kong," "Super Mario Bros." and the Wii.

The top games of E3 2013[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:54:02 EDT ]The annual Electronics Entertainment Expo, which wrapped up here Thursday, is all about next-generation gaming.

Tech companies jockey to seem most transparent[ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:25:09 EDT ]Trust us, we're from Silicon Valley.

Why Gene Wilder is a hot Google search[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:30:07 GMT ]

Possible piece of Mir space station found in man's yard[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:03:50 GMT ]

Anti-social media app helps you avoid Foursquare friends[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:26:10 GMT ]While Hell Is Other People is described as "partially a satire" by its creator, the Web app might be a blessing to those who just want to feel alone in a crowd.The app looks at your Foursquare friends' recent check-ins, calculates "optimal locations for avoiding them," and slaps everything onto a nice Google Maps interface. Follow its guidance while strolling through a city and you should be able ...

Snowden: Feds can't plug leaks by 'murdering me'[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:25:12 GMT ]Ex-NSA analyst Edward Snowden explains his decision to Guardian readers. Hong Kong was a better safe haven than Iceland, he says. [Read more]

Buy a $900 Porsche designed for a 5-year-old[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:54 GMT ]Porsche offers what may be its cheapest car ever, except that it's pedal-powered and has a 110-pound weight limit. [Read more]

Manned sub to explore South China Sea[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:37:14 GMT ]

Past megaquakes left mark on Canadian coast[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:05:49 GMT ]By Becky OskinLiveScienceThanks to decades of geologic detective work, scientists know that on Jan. 26, 1700, at 9 p.m., a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest.Born from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the earthquake may have cleaved the 620-mile-long (1,000 kilometers) offshore fault from Northern California to Canada. Researchers don't yet know; they must play connect the dots ...

Skype launches video messaging to all users[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:45:10 GMT ]Baked into Skype's mobile and desktop apps, the new video-messaging feature has emerged from beta mode and is now available for everyone. [Read more]

TV weight: Fact and fiction[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:55:00 GMT ]How much do TVs weigh? Surprisingly, it's a concern (for some). [Read more]

Microsoft revs speedier, smarter speech recognition for phones[ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]Using a novel method that mimics brain functions, Microsoft researchers say they've doubled the speed at which speech is recognized and results are returned. They've also improved accuracy by 15 percent. [Read more]

The top games of E3 2013[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:54:02 EDT ]The annual Electronics Entertainment Expo, which wrapped up here Thursday, is all about next-generation gaming.

Solutions to smartphone theft[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:57:58 EDT ]CNN's Samuel Burke reports on new ways police and companies are working to protect against rising smartphone theft.

Facebook finally gets #hashtags[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:51:31 EDT ]Hashtags are coming to Facebook to help users better surface conversations.

With ESPN out, is 3-D TV dead?[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:55:45 EDT ]Three or four years ago, it was supposed to be the next big thing in consumer tech: the magic of 3-D, right in your living room.

Can Nintendo get its mojo back?[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:38:06 EDT ]It hasn't been a blockbuster year for Nintendo, the video-gaming company that brought us "Donkey Kong," "Super Mario Bros." and the Wii.

Solar-powered plane zeroes in on Washington after 'pit stop' in Ohio[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:57:47 GMT ]The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane took off from Cincinnati on Saturday and headed for Washington, the penultimate stop in a cross-continent, solar-powered odyssey.The overnight layover at Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport added a few new twists to the Solar Impulse routine: Cincinnati was added to the schedule just a few days ago when flight planners determined that cross winds and head winds w...

Big Brother may not be listening, but he's watching: Why metadata snooping is legal[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:14:45 GMT ]The debate about the NSA spying program feels like a bad game of charades. Members of Congress and leaders of three-letter agencies keep saying how much they welcome public debate about spying, then immediately regretting that they're unable to talk in public about it. Winks and ear pulls follow. But one phrase has permeated the discussion over and over.“Nobody is listening to your phone calls.”It...

How duct tape patched up the world – and why we're still sticking with it[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:20:41 GMT ]Over the past half a century, duct tape has been keeping NASA's astronauts alive, putting airplanes back together, making race cars speedier and patching up millions of fix-it projects. It's even been used to remove warts. But the makers of duct tape aren't resting on their sticky, gray laurels: On the contrary, engineers and designers are adding some new twists to the decades-old standby."Ten yea...

Solar-powered plane lands in Washington after 'pit stop' in Ohio[ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:37:56 GMT ]The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane made a smooth landing in Washington early Sunday, leaving just one more solar-powered hop to go in its cross-continent odyssey.The 208-foot-wide (63-meter-wide) aircraft set down at Dulles International Airport at 12:15 a.m. ET, with Solar Impulse chairman Bertrand Piccard at the controls. The trip from Cincinnati Lunken Municipal Airport took more than 10 hours ...

Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine[ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:19:23 GMT ]Can the City That Never Sleeps become the City That Never Dies? A Russian multimillionaire thinks so.Dmitry Itskov gathered some of humanity's best brains — and a few robots — in New York City on Saturday to discuss how humans can get their minds to outlive their bodies. Itskov, who looks younger than his 32 years, has an aggressive timetable in which he'd like to see milestones toward that goal m...

Purdue students charged with switching prof's keyboard to improve grades[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:51:53 GMT ]Three Purdue students have been accused of entering their professor's computer and changing their grades -- even A to A+. They're said to have switched out the professor's keyboard to log keystrokes and glean passwords. [Read more]

NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:39:49 GMT ]National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too. [Read more]

Apple e-book trial: How the case has unfolded so far[ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:01:00 GMT ]There have been a lot of developments in the U.S. Justice Department's case against Apple in the trial's first two weeks. Check out our reporter's notebook for the latest. [Read more]

Lewis Black gives middle finger to Google Glass and Xbox[ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:14:01 GMT ]Appearing on the "Daily Show," the famously mild-mannered comedian offers that the latest "space toys" really aren't useful to humanity. Except the robot who knows when you need a beer. [Read more]

Will the single kill the album?[ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:06:00 GMT ]The Audiophiliac attended a rousing singles vs. albums debate where both sides made strong cases. [Read more]

Facebook finally gets #hashtags[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:51:31 EDT ]Hashtags are coming to Facebook to help users better surface conversations.

The top games of E3 2013[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:54:02 EDT ]The annual Electronics Entertainment Expo, which wrapped up here Thursday, is all about next-generation gaming.

With ESPN out, is 3-D TV dead?[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:55:45 EDT ]Three or four years ago, it was supposed to be the next big thing in consumer tech: the magic of 3-D, right in your living room.

Gadget ideas for Father's Day gifts[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:34:32 EDT ]Let's face it: in 2013, the words "dad" and "tech" don't clash like they used to. So here are some gadgets to consider for Father's Day.

Can Nintendo get its mojo back?[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:38:06 EDT ]It hasn't been a blockbuster year for Nintendo, the video-gaming company that brought us "Donkey Kong," "Super Mario Bros." and the Wii.

Asteroid 1998 QE2 gets a close look from the world's widest radio dish[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:56:42 GMT ]The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has captured the most detailed radar images yet of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its newly discovered moon.A sequence of pictures released on Friday shows the 1.9-mile-wide (3-kilometer-wide) asteroid rotating in outer space while its 2,500-foot-long (750-meter-long companion zips around it. The asteroid and its moon sped past Earth harmlessly at a minimum distance o...

This is your brain on fatherhood: Dads experience hormonal changes too, research shows[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:30:47 GMT ]The trick to fatherhood has a lot to do with the brain — and how close a dad gets to his kids. At least that's the message from a mounting pile of research into the neurological and hormonal cues that translate into fatherly nurturing. And what better time to keep that message in mind than on Father's Day?"Mothers have an advantage, in that the hormones of pregnancy give them a head start and get ...

50 years ago, first woman to fly in space wore world's first mission patch[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:56:04 GMT ]Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who 50 years ago this Sunday launched aboard the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission, set a world record by becoming the first woman in space. But her gender wasn't the only contribution that Tereshkova made to the cultural history of space exploration — she was also the first person to wear a mission emblem on her spacesuit, although it was hidden from view. Now, half ...

Internet giants release data on information requests[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:39:55 GMT ]

The 12 most exciting games of E3 2013[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:39:30 GMT ]E3 2013 was home to dozens of unique titles and brand new franchises. Here are 12 titles we're most excited about. [Read more]

Fake charity page steals pictures from mother’s blog[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:45:33 GMT ]

Facebook, Microsoft release NSA stats to reassure users[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:20:22 GMT ]In an effort to reassure users, Facebook discloses it has received legal orders to turn over details on about one-thousandth of one percent of user accounts. So does Microsoft, and Google plans to do the same. [Read more]

Meet Google's 'Project Loon:' Balloon-powered 'net access[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:39:52 GMT ]The search giant wants to give everyone on earth Internet access, and it has a high-flying idea for how to accomplish it. [Read more]

Don't graduate if you don't have the latest tech skills[ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]commentary The only hope for reviving long-term growth we expect is to train and educate our children with the latest technology skills. Otherwise, stagnation here we come. [Read more]