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Apple updates Mac software in trade show finale
(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s final appearance at the Macworld trade show has opened with a focus on new software for Mac computers.
Opinion: Plugging in to the electric car revolution
The potential for electric vehicles has been talked about for decades: now they could finally become feasible, writes Jim Motavalli.
Snap, Map, Chat And Hyperlink?
Hyperlinking reality is a huge advance for mobile navigation, interaction and for image recognition, but what can it actually do? Quite a lot, apparently, with more to come.
Microsoft's browser sees notable decline in usage
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet browser lost a notable number of users during the last half of 2008, according to recently published data, a trend that underscores the growing competition in a...
Financial crisis a boon to money management websites
Balancing checkbooks and relying on paper bank statements is so last century. Over the past two years, websites such as Mint, Buxfer, Geezeo and Wesabe are wooing users with powerful...
World's top gadget show plugging into the Internet
Smart gadgets, lifelike video, and pocket versions of laptop computers are expected to be Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stars as the annual extravaganza follows its gizmos onto the Web.
Health fears grow as fake drugs flood into Britain
They were made in China, labelled in French and then shipped to Singapore.
Worldwide semiconductor sales fall in November
Worldwide semiconductor sales fell to 20.8 billion dollars in November, a decline of 9.8 percent compared with the same month last year, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported Friday.
Disabled NY man abandoned on icy bus
A severely disabled New Yorker was lucky to be alive Friday after being abandoned 17 hours on an icy bus.
FDA recalls OVD device
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a Class I recall of certain Healon D ophthalmic viscosurgical devices.
Making Digital Maps More Current And Accurate
European researchers have designed an innovative new system to help keep motorists on the right track by constantly updating their digital maps and fixing anomalies and errors. Now the partners...
Lower prices needed to drive tech sales: analyst
Technology companies will need to lower prices this year to appeal to consumers, says David Silverberg, managing editor of DigitalJournal.com.
Wikipedia reaches 6-million-dollar fundraising target
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia announced on Friday that it had attained its fundraising goal of six million dollars, enough to cover operating expenses for the current fiscal year.
Digital TV subsidy program running out of money
(AP) -- The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes...
JPG Magazine shutting down next week
JPG Magazine, a print and Web publication featuring pictures contributed by amateur and professional photographers, is shutting down.
Fresno nerd sees a better way; student's startup promises fast Internet speeds even with dial-up connections
A self-proclaimed teenage computer nerd hopes a new company he's launched will become an online powerhouse - and he's got the backing of Microsoft to help him do it.
Wallace and Gromit help to fight obesity in Britain
The British government launched a campaign to fight the nation's expanding waistlines on Friday with a cartoon by the Oscar-winning animators of Wallace and Gromit to hammer home the message.
Phthalate ban in children's products now in force in California
Despite recent saber-rattling between state and federal officials, anew California law took effect Thursday that effectively bans the sale of toys and other children's products containing phthalates.
Is Apple gearing up for the iPhone nano?
Apple Inc. may be gearing up to introduce cheaper iPhone and MacBook models in 2009, possibly including a device dubbed the iPhone nano, an analyst said Wednesday.
Outrage at plans to send Descartes's skull back to his school
Military institution makes official request for the centuries-old cranium to be put on display in its adjoining church
Societal, economic burden of insomnia is high
A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep indicates that the indirect costs of untreated insomnia are significantly greater than the direct costs associated with its treatment....
Virginity Pledges Don't Work
The U.S. government spends more than $200 million annually on abstinence programs, including virginity pledges.
NASA chief's wife to Obama: Don't fire my husband
(AP) -- Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. Rebecca Griffin,...
Across The Americas, Squash And Gourd Bees Are Superb Pollinators
Acorn squash and other winter squashes at your local supermarket likely got their start months ago, when their colorful blossoms were pollinated by hardworking bees.
Chinese software pirates get prison sentences
(AP) -- The alleged ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft Corp. software were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of...
SKorean fools finger printing system at Japan airport: reports
A South Korean woman barred from entering Japan last year passed through its immigration screening system by using tape on her fingers to fool a fingerprint reading machine, reports said...
Which technologies are set to change everything?
"Through science we create technology and in using our new tools we recreate ourselves." So says the intro to
Apple shares drop as Jobs health rumors resurface
The company refuses to comment on Web report. The stock is down 56% for the year. ...