Loading ...Profit Rises at CA, a Software Maker
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
CA Inc., a business software maker, reported higher quarterly profit on strong bookings and lower costs.
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Magazine Preview: Malwebolence
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Inside the world of online trolls, who use the Internet to harass, humiliate and torment strangers.
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Bits: Settlement Over Sex Scenes in Grand Theft Auto Hits a Snag
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
A federal judge has put the brakes on a lawsuit filed over sex scenes buried in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Yahoo expected to spar with peeved shareholders
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After spending weeks ridiculing Yahoo Inc.’s board of directors, nettlesome investor Carl Icahn has piped down and won’t even be at the Internet company’s annual meeting Friday….
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Phoenix lander confirms ice in Martian soil
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday….
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Researchers may have found cosmic Rosetta stone
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
WASHINGTON (AP) — Star light, star bright. The first star grew fast, but began slight. The first cosmological object formed in the universe was a tiny protostar with a mass of about 1 percent of our sun, according to U.S. and Japanese researchers who spent years developing a complex computer simulation [...]
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Cell changes may help Lou Gehrig’s research
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
WASHINGTON (AP) — Using a new technique to reprogram cells, scientists are growing neurons from people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, a possible first step in understanding how the deadly illness develops….
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Dolphin calf born at aquarium in Baltimore
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
BALTIMORE (AP) — Watching for the first breath seemed like forever, but after a normal, tail-first delivery, a healthy female dolphin was born at the National Aquarium in Baltimore - taking its first breath after only five seconds of life….
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Research could cut cost of energy from fuel cells
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by ElectroGeek
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less costly methods for producing oxygen from water have been developed by researchers in the U.S. and Australia, possibly setting the stage for more use of fuel cells to produce energy….
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