Google's Author Markup Support Makes It Easier To Find A Writer's Works
Google just revealed it's supporting authorship markup HTML tags. This may seem like a small tweak, but it's seriously good stuff if you're a writer wanting to find your work online--and it could even...
View ArticleAre Viruses Killing The Honeybees?
In today's why-the-bees-are-dying news: Giving hives checkups throughout the year yields a lot of things that kill bees, but do any of them cause colony collapse disorder? It's the billion-dollar...
View ArticleNintendo Crashes The Tablet World With A Game-Changing Entrance
Body-enveloping 3-D virtual environments come to everyone's living room with Nintendo's new Wii U controller. Living room entertainment just got one step closer to having a true three-dimensional...
View ArticleFCC Praises The Internet For News Evolution, Then Blames It For Crappy News...
The FCC's "The Information Needs of Communities" report is out, examining the state of news sharing across the U.S., and boy, it's a doozy. That Internet thing? It's all very clever, but it's costing...
View ArticleiFive: Google Buys Admeld, Google's BBM Rival, Apple Intervenes In IP Suit,...
Did you know that on this day in history Alcoholics Anonymous was founded, Saab made its first auto, and the first Apple II computer shipped? That was then, this is what's happening today:This is part...
View ArticleWith ZionEyez, Make Facebook Your Vanity TV Station
A company called ZionEyez wants to help you live-stream your entire life to Facebook, with its not-at-all-ridiculous webcam shades.New technologies often suffer from one of two problems: either the...
View ArticleNintendo's Wii U Is Flashy--But Its Competitors May Be Flashier
Nintendo's Wii U device promises to truly reinvent the console-gaming scene. But rivals Apple and Sony are hot on its heels, promising similar, if not better, touchscreen innovations that will be on...
View ArticleDavid Topples Goliath: Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Battle
The small Canadian firm i4i has its patent infringement charge upheld in a unanimous verdict. What does this mean for the future of innovation?The Supreme Court issued a ruling against Microsoft...
View ArticleThe FTC's New Marketing Rules To Squash Greenwashing
It's been scarily simple for companies to make false claims about how good their products are for the environment, but now the government is stepping in.It's scarily simple for companies to make...
View ArticleComScore: Groupon-Living Social Battle Brewing In The New Wild West
A new analysis shows that the race between online discount services Groupon, Living Social, and others is less about what they're offering or even how they're offering it and more about where they're...
View ArticleNatural Gas Could Make It Easier To Reach Carbon Emissions Goals, If It...
A new study from MIT says that natural gas is the key to keeping emissions down while we transfer to renewables. But once we have cheap natural gas flowing, will we ever switch? Is it possible for the...
View ArticleKinectShop: The Next Generation Of Shopping [Exclusive Video]
A new augmented reality shopping platform for Xbox Kinect will allow users to try on clothes in true 3-D, share photos with friends, and store wish-listed items on smartphones for shopping on-the-go....
View ArticleSpanish Police Arrest Sony PSN Hacktivists, But It Won't Stop The Attacks:...
Spain has pulled off a Net security coup and arrested three men suspected of the attacks on Sony's PlayStation Network among others. Those arrested are local Anonymous hacktivists. So cops have...
View ArticleBike Helmet Of The Future Could Detect Traumatic Head Injuries
One of the winners of a contest to translate Prius technology to the real world, this prototype helmet will protect your head--and call an ambulance for you if you take a spill. You're in a nasty bike...
View ArticleSarah Palin's Emails And The New York Times's Adventures In Crowdsourcing
What makes a crowdsourcing solicitation fall flat on its face?This afternoon the State of Alaska will release some 24,000 of Sarah Palin's emails, covering a good deal of her gubernatorial reign....
View ArticleDIY Metalhead Hacks Steelmaking Process For Lighter, Stronger Cars, Jets
Steel's a done deal, right? A material we know all about, just as we move on to cooler composites? Nope. Someone's just invented new steel that's 7% stronger in a process taking just 10 seconds.An...
View ArticleThis Week In Bots: Singing, Cookie Baking, Flying Balls, Microbots, Swimming...
Get your delicious, piping hot robo-cookies here!A robot: Your plastic pal who's fun to be with! Okay, so the future that The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy predicted is still far off, but it's...
View ArticleData Sprawl: How The Web's Rapid Expansion Will Transform The Global South
Two new reports show that Internet traffic will quadruple by 2015--and that an explosion of users in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East will likely make the world's web look quite different.In...
View ArticleSir Ian McKellan's Alternate Reality PSA Is No Game
[youtube O5MgeJwhOgU] Sir Ian McKellan has found lifelong success, but it could have turned out very differently. In a PSA released last night, the actor portrays himself as a homeless man sleeping on...
View ArticleYour Next Flight May Be Powered By Algae--And A Lot Cheaper
Biofuel-powered aircraft have finally been approved, and could cut airlines' fuel costs in half. When's the maiden flight? Biofuel-powered aircraft have finally moved into the real world now that the...
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