Cincinnati Offers Grants For Green Roofs

Officials want to see more green roofs on building tops in Cincinnati. The City Council became the first in Ohio with a plan to channel grants and loans to residents...

Moths with a nose for learning

More Candy From China, Tainted, Is in U.S.

Connecticut’s consumer protection officials issued a public warning against eating contaminated Chinese candy.

This is your brain on politics

U.S. presidential candidates have been stumping for nearly two years with their every move being analyzed and reported ad nauseum. Logically, voters should be able to tap into lots of...

Study tests impact of terrorism threats on presidential race

Presidential candidates who play up the threat of terrorism to bolster votes may want to rethink their game plan. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates the war...

Animal Instincts: Main Street Seeks Revenge on Wall Street

The public wants revenge on Wall Street, a behavioral economist says.

Consumer benefits differ for changing product sizes in a specialty coffee market

When consumers hold private information about their tastes, companies can use nonlinear pricing as a screening mechanism to induce different types of customers to buy different products. Screening incentives may...

My iPhone justification

I remember getting my first computer which was an Apple II back in the late '70s. You may be surprised when I tell you what mostly stands out about those...

From Cloudy to Clear: Professor's New Book Explores the Modern History of Meteorology

For much of the first half of the 20th century, meteorology was more art than science, relying heavily on an individual forecaster's lifetime of local experience. Now, a Florida State...

Fatkat Animation Studios fined for software piracy

Fatkat Animation Studios in Miramichi, N.B., has been fined $36,000 for software piracy.

Burger King switches to trans fat free oil

(AP) -- Burger King Corp. said Thursday it is now cooking with trans fat free cooking oils at all of its restaurants nationwide.

Industry group: August chip sales rose 5.5 percent

(AP) -- Semiconductor sales totaled $22.7 billion in August, up 5.5 percent from a year ago and 2.4 percent from the previous month, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Thursday.

New Mathematical Model Can Measure Political Party Power

A new algorithm developed by a computer scientist can be used to predict political power balances.

Counterintuitive physics may help everyone drive home quicker

If you're trying to drive to a destination as quickly as possible, you might think that knowing the traffic conditions would help you choose the quickest route for yourself. Traffic...

4 in 10 voters don't see either Obama or McCain health-care plan as better for them

As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive® conducted a...

Sound Advice: Technology Q&A

Q. Some time ago you said in your column you paid $29 for a SanDisk 4GB high speed SD card, including a card reader. Where did you find the $29...

End tyranny of software updates

Q. Is there any way to know what is being updated when Microsoft updates come through? Being a learned - rather than born - skeptic, I'm suspicious each time an...

New Nintendo DS portable will come with camera

(AP) -- Nintendo's hit DS portable machine will come with a digital camera that will allow players to mix images, scribble on photos and create new faces, the Japanese...

Taiwan says melamine found in Nestle milk powders

(AP) -- Tests in Taiwan have found minor doses of the industrial chemical melamine in milk powders produced in China by the European food giant Nestle, and those products...

Outsourcing aids many data thefts, Verizon says

(AP) -- The reliance of restaurant chains and retail stores on outside companies to handle credit-card processing and other information-technology functions is partly to blame for a rash of...

South Korea's free computer game model hits US

Free computer game play that is all the rage in South Korean is taking hold in a US market dominated by videogames sold on packaged disks or by online subscriptions.

AkzoNobel to cut 3500 jobs

ICI’s new owner aims to save a further 100 million euros by cutting costs

Keeping Computing Compatible

As distributed computing becomes universal, the programs that make devices work really have to work together. European researchers have gone back to basics to create a development toolkit that guarantees...

Scientists Agree: Biofuel Crops Need Environmental Standards

The United States lacks the standards to ensure that producing biofuels from cellulose won't cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists. But because the industry is so...

Google teams with film stars to register US voters

Film stars including Forest Whitaker, Leonardo DiCaprio and Dustin Hoffman joined forces with Google on Wednesday in a campaign to get US citizens to vote in the coming presidential election.

Diller: IAC 'extremely lucky' with split timing

(AP) -- Barry Diller is feeling very lucky right now. The consummate deal maker split his Internet conglomerate, IAC/InterActiveCorp, into five publicly traded companies in late August - and...

Study shows hotels' Internet connections unsafe

(PhysOrg.com) -- Travelers who use a hotel's Internet network risk the possibility of data theft, concludes a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.

Apple drops secrecy pledge for iPhone developers

(AP) -- Apple Inc. will no longer force iPhone software developers to sign a nondisclosure agreement that many had said was hampering their ability to work.