AP CINCINNATI—The Cincinnati Observatory, which bills itself as the nation's oldest observatory, is helping kick off 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy.
by Chris Iaquinta January 5, 2009 - JVC has announced that it has developed a groundbreaking technology for 32-inch televisions. This week, the company is premiering a super-thin LCD display that features a significant reduction in thickness at only ...
By ANGUS HOWARTH For decades, stargazers thought when it came to the major neighbouring galaxies, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda, but not any more.
What would an Apple Keynote at Macworld Expo be without a liveblog from our very own Jason Snell and Dan Moren? Both of them will be typing furiously to cover every single last thing that Phil Schiller has to say.
AP foreign, Tuesday January 6 2009 By HENRY SANDERSON Associated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) — China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a ...
Americans appear to be getting more comfortable watching videos online--and Google is the clear winner. Internet users in the US watched 12.7 billion online videos in November, an increase of 34 percent versus year ago, according to numbers released ...
Reuters - Even amid the flash and sizzle of the world's premier showcase for consumer electronics, the reality of the economic recession will be hard to ignore.
The organizers of the International Year of Astronomy are using an instrument that's bigger than the twin Keck Telescopes to focus on the sky in 2009: the World Wide Web.
By Austin Modine • Get more from this author Nintendo may have cleaned up in console sales in 2008, but more US gamers spent their free time time playing Sony's "last-gen" Playstation 2, according to Nielsen Media Research.
There's never been a better time to look to the skies, writes astronomer Fred Watson. Foretelling the future by the stars has long been a risky business.
By Jenna Wortham Life’s not so tweet over at Twitter these days. The microblogging company, which allows users to broadcast short messages to groups of followers, recently found itself the target of a wave of hacking and phishing attacks.
By Andrew Ramadge, Technology Reporter Target ... hackers broke into the Fox News Twitter account and posted a message claiming Bill O'Reilly was gay / Reuters Response ... Twitter said the hackers had compromised software used by staff to administer ...
By Stephen Foley in New York AP After a year of concerns about his gaunt appearance, months of rumours about his declining health and a flurry of speculation a week ago that he may even be at death's door, Apple founder Steve Jobs has broken his ...
Now that Apple has acknowledged Steve Jobs' health issues, it may have to do so repeatedly in the future. By finally deciding to talk about Steve Jobs' health, Apple may have opened a Pandora's Box.
By Michael McCarthy A snowy owl, which has been delighting birdwatchers around the village of Zennor, near St Ives in Cornwall, is about 1000 miles off course.
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing China’s government has accused the country’s leading internet search engines and web portals, including Google, of threatening public morals by carrying pornographic and vulgar content.
By Gregg Keizer January 5, 2009 (Computerworld) Hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and organizations, including President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Fox News, early on Monday, the company confirmed today.
Israel drives deeper into Gaza, rebuffing diplomatic .. - Iht By Taghreed El-Khodary and Isabel Kershner ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER: Israeli troops commandeered high-rise buildings in three eastern districts of Gaza City on Monday, expelling residents and shooting militants in the streets in its furious effort ...
Altantuya issue haunts Najib at by-election - Straitstimes Former premier Mahathir Mohamad, however, deflected attention away from Mr Najib. He said yesterday that some people were trying to project it as a test for ...
Travolta son's death caused by "seizure .. - Reuters By John Marquis NASSAU (Reuters) - Actor John Travolta's son, Jett, died from "seizure disorder," a Bahamas funeral home official said on Monday after pathologists performed an autopsy on the body of the teenager who suffered a seizure last week at his ...
Car sales plunge heralding bleak 2009 - Reuters By Kevin Krolicki and David Bailey DETROIT (Reuters) - US auto sales plunged by 36 percent in December led by outsized declines at Chrysler LLC, Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corp as the battered industry closed out its weakest year since 1992 in its ...
F News - Terrorism One of these includes border crossings, where Department of Homeland Security police do not have to offer a reason for hauling away computers, ...
F News - Pcworld From multi-display laptops, HDTVs wired for broadband , to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content, the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in ...
Pink Iguana Is Distinct in Other Ways Too - Nytimes By HENRY FOUNTAIN Charles Darwin was about as keen an observer of nature as ever walked the earth, but even he missed the pink iguana of the Galápagos.
Dangers of Third Hand Smoke - Arkansasmatters You've heard of the dangers of smoking and of second hand smoke, but have you heard of third hand smoke? It's a newly discovered danger that doctors are now warning of.
Queen Mother sang to staff - Ananova She liked to belt out the song Thank You Very Much For Our Gracious Queen to her staff after dinner. Sir Paul McCartney's brother Mike wrote the song for ...
