New lithium-ion “stretchable” – not just flexible – batteries promise to power new kinds of devices that could be embedded in the human body.
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Why Digital Maps Aren’t Ready To Replace Paper
As the U.S. Navy’s epic fail last week demonstrates, Apple Maps isn’t the only potential trouble spot for digital maps.
U.S. Cyber Command To Recruit 4,000 new Cyber Soldiers
The Pentagon has announced that it will increase the size of the U.S. Cyber Command. Despite a vague timeline, this move displays the fact that our modern warfare is moving in a more cyber direction. But are we ready to take it on?
Feeling Sick? Tweet It And Help Track Outbreaks
This is one of the few times over-sharing can actually be a good thing. A new study demonstrates that Twitter can be a useful tool in tracking a spreading illness.
Facebook Posts Are More Memorable Than Faces and Books
A new study says microblogging offers insight into how our minds work.
Cisco VoIP Phone Flaw Could Plant Bugs In Your Cubicle
VoIP phones are everywhere these days. And they could be a security vulnerability.
Roku Meets Time Warner: Baby Steps Towards A New Kind of TV
The TWC/Roku deal is another tacit admission from a cable giant that times are changing in the world of television.
Brazen Apple Store Robberies Bracket 2012
Apple store robberies may not be the crimes of the century, but with the big score in Paris on New Years Eve, they should get consideration for crimes of the year.
Google Changes SafeSearch Filtering Of Explicit Results
Internet porn surfers everywhere were crying foul last week over Google’s decision to change its “SafeSearch” feature to exclude adult content from searches.
What Will It Take For Windows Phone 8 To Land A Deal With The Navy?
Getting a big mobile contract from a major enterprise is hard enough, but it’s even more difficult when the customer is the federal government – or the military.
Study Links Multiple Media Usage To Depression And Anxiety
Playing Temple Run while watching TV could do more than distract your attention from the drama unfolding on Downton Abbey. It could also be a cause – or a result – of depression and anxiety.
What Verisign’s New Contract With ICANN Means For Domain Name Rates
Verisign was able to renew its contract with ICANN for the continued operation of .com domain names, but not without a few restrictions.
YouTube On The Wii — Another Step Toward The New World Of TV
Online video sites and gaming console makers are teaming up to change the way we watch television.
Black Friday Vs. Cyber Monday: Toward A New Shopping Calendar
A few holiday seasons down the road, both big-deal days may seem as quaint and dated as Sears Catalogs and keeping stores closed on Sundays.
What’s Behind the eBay-Intuit Anti-Compete Agreement?
Applied for a job at Intuit a few years ago? If you worked for eBay, there might be an illegal reason why you didn’t get a callback.
When Marketing To Women Becomes Pandering: The Floral Kiss
If women really were on Venus and men from Mars, would their major purchases be different? Would women’s laptops, maybe, be pearly pink with a manicure-friendly latch? Well, they are in Japan.
World’s Fastest Supercomputer, Brought to You By Game Tech
The supercomputer Titan is on track to be the world’s fastest, thanks in large part to gaming.
Need Accurate Political Fact-Checking? Ask a Librarian
Everyone with Internet access is a political fact-checker, which, of course, means reliable fact-checking is hard to find. We need unbiased professionals schooled in information science, preferably ones with access to physical documents. We need librarians.
“Camera Tossing” Fad Gets Serious With Nikon Patent
Did you know “camera toss” photography was a thing? Apparently, Nikon has known about it for quite some time, a patent from the company was published this week that shows how they are planning to build this feature into a new kind of camera.
Just How Hard Is It To Get And Use A 3D Printer?
3D printing seems to be everywhere these days, used to create everything from handguns to headphones. But what does it really take to get started: How much does it cost, how difficult is it to use, and how do you actually get your hands on a 3D printer?