Updated Sep 21, 2012 - 2:02 pm
Technology News
Source: Technology News
Originally published: Jan 20, 2012 - 2:21 pm
Originally published: Jan 20, 2012 - 2:21 pm
Technology News
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2 men arrested in killing over iPad in Las Vegas
Sunday, May 19, 7:46 pm
(AP) - Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday. Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, were booked Saturday into the... Read more...
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Mice return from a month in space
Sunday, May 19, 9:03 am
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its... Read more...
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A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus
Sunday, May 19, 6:21 am
NEW YORK (AP) - It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be... Read more...
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Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
Sunday, May 19, 4:34 am
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in... Read more...
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Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
Saturday, May 18, 11:10 am
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) - In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than... Read more...
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Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr
Friday, May 17, 7:32 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's... Read more...
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Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island
Friday, May 17, 6:13 pm
NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) - Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to... Read more...
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Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air
Friday, May 17, 6:12 pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An... Read more...
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'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo
Friday, May 17, 5:24 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo. Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms. The first... Read more...
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Ex-Groupon CEO working 9 to 5 on business album
Friday, May 17, 4:32 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music." Mason... Read more...
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Review: Toshiba brings high-res screen to Windows
Friday, May 17, 3:03 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any... Read more...
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NewsRight dismantles, transfers brand to Moreover
Friday, May 17, 2:38 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - NewsRight, an organization created to turn unauthorized publishers of newspaper content on the Internet into licensed customers, said it is disbanding and transferring its operations... Read more...
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Hits and misses in Facebook's history
Friday, May 17, 1:48 pm
(AP) - Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company. The social network's market value... Read more...
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Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds
Friday, May 17, 11:45 am
LONDON (AP) - A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government... Read more...
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Canada trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers
Friday, May 17, 11:19 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as Congress wrestles with a... Read more...
