Gadgets to look forward to in 2012 Three gadgets from Apple and one from Google made our list of the most awaited devices of 2012. However, this year will be very generous in new launches that … Continue reading
Nine-in-10 gadget owners leave devices plugged in long past sufficient charging time, a new study finds, increasing energy use and resulting in higher monthly bills. U.K.-based energy firm E.ON found overcharging batteries significantly reduces their lifespan, and … Continue reading
By AMIR EFRATI, JOANN S. LUBLIN and STU WOO Enlarge Image Bloomberg News Scott Thompson, president and chief executive officer of PayPal Inc. Internet Pioneer Struggles Yahoo helped revolutionize the web, but it has struggled more recently as rivals gained … Continue reading
Meat-eating dinosaurs such as Velociraptor may have been quite the acrobats, using their tails to land aerial maneuvers safely, say scientists studying today’s leaping lizards. Long-tailed robots built as part of this work could help … Continue reading
So long, IE6. You had a good run as the dominant browser for the better part of a decade. But with the combined efforts of Mozilla, Google, Apple and (last bust certainly not least) Microsoft itself, your reign of Internet … Continue reading
OLED TVs have existed for years, but with tiny screens and huge prices. Yet, CES 2012 will usher in bigger screen (and still pretty huge prices). By Peter Svensson, Associated Press / January 4, 2012 CES 2012 will mark the arrival … Continue reading
Soldiers could one day conduct covert operations in complete secrecy, now that Pentagon-backed physicists have figured out how to mask entire events by distorting light. A team at Cornell University, with support from Darpa, the Pentagon’s out-there research arm, managed … Continue reading
The name and photograph of a long-dead Springfield man have given cops about a dozen “workable” new leads in the cold-case murder of 10-year-old Holly Piirainen of Springfield, a state police spokesman said today. “We’re very, very pleased with that,” … Continue reading
January 04, 2012, 7:39 PM EST By Vali Nasr Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) — The latest warning by Iran, that a U.S. aircraft carrier that recently transited through the Strait of Hormuz should not do so again, is a sign to … Continue reading
Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy praised the public Wednesday for its outpouring of tips concerning last week’s slaying of Officer Clifton Lewis but said so far none of the information has panned out. “We have enormous amounts of information coming … Continue reading