Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers(AP) -- With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore. |
![]() Research puts finger on virtual iPhone button(PhysOrg.com) -- A virtual tactile keyboard could hold the key to making the iPhone easier to use. |
Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible -- online(AP) -- The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again - online. |
Analysis finds TV buyers steered to costlier LCDs(AP) -- LCD or plasma? If you've been shopping for a flat-panel TV, that's the big question. According to a mystery-shopper survey, electronics salespeople don't know much about the differences, but still have a ready answer: ... |
![]() Ousted AOL chief Miller could guide Yahoo strategy(AP) -- Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming ... |
![]() Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated, reassembled(AP) -- Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists ... |
![]() Researchers use salmonella to administer vaccines(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an ... |
![]() Advertisers' dream as Japanese display identifies customersA new high-tech Japanese electronic display can instantly identify people's sex or age range and target them with advertisements to suit them, maker NEC Corp. said Friday. |
![]() GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision(AP) -- When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared ... |
Scientists create touch-based illusionAnyone who has seen an optical illusion can recall the quirky moment when you realize that the image being perceived is different from objective reality. Now, a team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed ... |
![]() Lenovo Launches Complete PC Solution for Small Businesses with New ThinkPad SL NotebooksLenovo today unveiled a complete computing solution for small-to-medium business (SMB) users that includes the new SL series of ThinkPad notebooks, value-added software and unique new services. The trio of ... |
Google-Yahoo tie-up draws fire on Capitol HillA proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo drew fire at a Senate antitrust hearing Tuesday even as both companies defended the alliance as positive for consumers and businesses. |
Freeing light shines promise on energy-efficient lighting(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest bright idea in energy-efficient lighting for homes and offices uses big science in nano-small packages to dim the future Edison's light bulb. |
![]() Japanese team developing palm-held 3D displayResearchers in Japan are developing a gadget that could enable people to hold a three-dimensional image of someone in the palm of their hand. |
![]() Hospital error blamed for more infant overdoses(AP) -- The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong ... |