Everyone from Microsoft to Verizon to Research in Motion who suffers from Apple envy need to learn one thing: If you want to beat Apple and its hit products, then you have to make products that are both game-changing and revolutionary, not me-too products with a few feature tweaks.
Microsoft came out with Zune to compete [...]
Last month the Brain family adopted a dog from the local animal shelter. And when we picked her up after being spayed, we discovered that she had been “chipped.” In other words, the shelter had inserted a microchip under the skin in her neck. By holding a scanner over her, the vet could read her [...]
However, if you’re planning to dual boot Windows 7 on your Win XP/Vista machine, want to run it on a Mac, or on a netbook, Gizmodo has come out with a step-by-step guide on how to accomplish this with Windows 7. Just remember, the minimum system requirements include a 1GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor, 1GB [...]
This little robot acts as a personal assistant that keeps tabs on the things you take with you in the morning. You can tag your essentials like wallet, keys, cellphone, etc. with tiny RFID tags which provide communication range of a few inches. A pressure sensor detects your presence and the robot will ask you [...]
Car-driving Canadians continued to receive a welcome reprieve from lower gasoline prices in December. But for those that like to eat, which is likely most, food prices have persistently escalated and are predicted to remain costlier in the coming months.
“Inflation is at a two-year low but that’s not the way it feels for those of [...]
MADRID/PARIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Four children aged from nine to 12 years were killed on Saturday when a sports centre collapsed near Barcelona in strong winds which battered parts of northern Spain and southwest France.
At least 11 adults were killed in separate incidents in Spain and France as gales buffeted the region for [...]
Firefox 3.1 is currently in its second beta release, and it already looks great. In fact, it looks set to deliver a lot more than one might expect from a typical “minor” software-update release.
InaTux.com recently posted a good summary of some frequently-overlooked new features coming in Firefox 3.1. One of the most important of these [...]
The team that produced the RFDump research/hacker tool for cloning and altering data stored on radio-frequency ID tags has now come out with a product to thwart RFID hackers.
German security researcher Lukas Grunwald, who made headlines two years ago for uncovering security vulnerabilities in new electronic passports being adopted by the U.S. and other countries, [...]
A young man melting into a puddle of himself is something you don’t see everyday, much less in a busy public square. Yet this humourous but surprisingly effective spectacle is the latest effort by the Red Cross of Argentina to raise awareness about climate change.
Located in Buenos Aires’ Plaza Francia, the oozing young man passes [...]
Meb Keflezighi has been hoping 2009 would treat him better than 2008.
He got a good start on his wish Sunday with a win in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon with a personal-best time of 1 hour, 1 minute, 25 seconds.
Last year, Keflezighi was battling a hip injury so painful there were a handful of days [...]
