For a century the gasoline engine has remained largely unchallenged. But with concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and a host of eco-friendly contenders looming in the rear view mirror, is the traditional gasoline car due to be eclipsed by a fleet of cleaner rivals?
NASA’s launch of the Mars Science Laboratory — hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns — has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.
A British surgeon amputated the arm of a wounded teenager in Congo, Africa with help from instructions sent to him by text message.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates told CNN on Wednesday that he hopes President-elect Barack Obama and Congress immediately craft a wide-ranging stimulus package, to help jump-start the nation’s sputtering economy, and double the United States’ commitment to foreign aid.
This is the definition of awesome. Mamoru-Kun (”Little Protector”) is a robot that is able to tell his owner where an object he or she lost or misplaced within a certain area is located. He can do it verbally or by pointing at the object. Alternatively, Mamoru-Kun is even kind enough to tell his bigger robot buddy get the object for his owner.
as Open Source Fellow. This is an exciting opportunity which will let him dedicate more time to PHP and other open source software.(and I appreciate the recursiveness of a post titled “I’ve been dugg” being dugg)
Look, we know you’ve been holding out for the iPhone to hit Walmart before you pick it up, sandwiched between the fishing gear and row upon row of exercise videos — and we don’t blame you. You’ll ride your shopping cart down the wide aisles like a chariot, and when you get home with the phone you’ll dial up all your friends and let them know.
AT&T is chopping 12,000 jobs, or 4% of its work force, citing economic pressures and a changing business mix. It will also reduce capital spending.
Thanks to the recession, Google has begun killing projects that haven’t made it financially, with CEO Eric Schmidt warning the company will eliminate “dark matter” projects that “haven’t really caught on” and “aren’t really that exciting.” Two are already on the chopping block, with more to follow.
Google’s new mobile operating system, Android, is now available on a handset that isn’t the G1.