Category Archives: Technology

‘I am sad’: Tributes to Jobs pour in from around the world

By doris | Published: October 6, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com From the titans of high technology to teenagers armed with iPads, millions of people around the world mourned digital-gadget genius Steve Jobs as a man whose wizardry transformed their lives in big ways and small. Computer fans in China, one of Apple’s fastest growing markets, seemed particularly moved.

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Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies

By doris | Published: October 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. The hard-driving executive pioneered the concept of [...]

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Dodge the draft and cut home heating costs

By doris | Published: September 20, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com (MONEY Magazine) — You don’t have to invest thousands in high-tech insulation or a super-efficient furnace to cut home heating costs. Just sealing drafts could lower your bills 3% to 18%, according to Danny Parker, a research scientist who works with the Department of Energy. In the high-heating-cost Northeast, that translates [...]

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Hackers strike at 70 US law enforcement websites

By doris | Published: August 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LONDON — The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 law enforcement websites across the southern and central United States in retaliation for arrests of its sympathizers in the U.S. and Britain. The hacking group also claimed to have stolen 10 gigabytes of data, including emails, [...]

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U.S. official says pre-infected computer tech entering country

By doris | Published: July 8, 2011

Full Story at Technolog.msnbc.msn.com Confirming years of warnings from government and private security experts, a top Homeland Security official has acknowledged that computer hardware and software is already being imported to the United States preloaded with spyware and security-sabotaging components. The remarks by Greg Schaffer, the Department of Homeland Security’s acting deputy undersecretary for national [...]

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Panel that works in the dark puts solar on fast track to ubiquity

By doris | Published: April 18, 2011

Full Story at MNN.com First, the CleanTechnica item in brief: A company called New Energy Technologies has received some government funding to move forward with the development of a photovoltaic (PV) coating for windows. This is one of a host of “organic PV” and other nanoparticle technologies pursuing the promise of truly ubiquitous solar power. [...]

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Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2

By doris | Published: February 27, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoocom CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically-engineered organism that it says simply secretes diesel fuel or ethanol wherever it finds sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. [...]

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Court weighs state law banning ‘violent’ video games from children

By doris | Published: November 3, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — “Postal 2″ features the adventures of the “Postal Dude,” an interactive video game character who, under the control of the player, must confront everyday tasks. But it is how he handles these errands — with the power to behead girls, shoot police, and urinate on victims — that [...]

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Vietnam partners with Japan to build nuke plant

By doris | Published: October 31, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com HANOI — Vietnam has chosen to partner with Japan in the construction of a nuclear power plant and in mining rare earth minerals in the southeast Asian country, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan told reporters on Sunday. “I understand that becoming partners in these two issues means that the two countries [...]

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World’s first commercial spacecraft completes manned flight

By doris | Published: October 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A pair of pilots flew the world’s first manned commercial spacecraft over California’s Mojave Desert on Sunday, though they were the only ones aboard. The mission was a test flight for Richard Branson’s dream of affordable space travel and put his vision a step closer to reality, he said [...]

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2nd bore hole reaches 33 trapped in Chile mine

By doris | Published: August 24, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com COPIAPO, Chile – Rescuers are lowering capsules containing rehydration tablets, glucose and oxygen down a long hole to 33 miners who surprised the world by staying alive while trapped a half-mile underground for 2 1/2 weeks. Raising hopes further Monday, a second bore hole punched into the chamber where the miners [...]

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BP: ‘Static kill’ is working on Gulf well

By doris | Published: August 4, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — BP said Wednesday that it had reached the “desired outcome” in a procedure in which it pumped mud down the throat of the blown-out well that is leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. BP spokeswoman Sheila Williams said the mud is holding the oil down. [...]

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‘Integrity’ testing on Gulf well cap delayed

By doris | Published: July 14, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — BP has put off crucial “integrity tests” on the new stacking cap on its ruptured Gulf oil well so it can review testing procedures, a review expected to take place through the night and into Wednesday. The oil giant had expected the tests — to check [...]

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BP works to replace containment cap over ruptured well

By doris | Published: July 11, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com Why can’t they get it right? This company didn’t do any research on taking a oil pipe leak until it happen.  Just like all the other businesses, wait till the horse gets out of the barn then fix the problem. What about planning ahead just in case something happens. This is just [...]

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Robots succeed, cut well pipe; oil gushes into Gulf

By doris | Published: June 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — A new flow of oil emerged from BP’s damaged undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday evening after a remote-controlled submarine successfully cut into the well’s riser pipe. BP used robots in its latest attempt to curtail the flow of crude from the largest spill in U.S. [...]

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BP ready to try again to stop oil flow, company says

By doris | Published: May 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — BP will try again within the next day to cap a well that has gushed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the energy company said Friday. The latest attempt will involve inserting a tube into a ruptured pipe, collecting oil and sending [...]

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Gas rig sinks of coast of Venezuela, government says

By doris | Published: May 14, 2010

Full Story atnews.blogs.cnn.com This company had valves that cut the gas off.  Why did BP not have the same. What did they want for oil prices to go up again and out of reach for the poor people. This company sounds like the know what they are doing. Venezuelan government officials said Thursday they are [...]

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Karachi airport stops man with circuits in shoes

By doris | Published: May 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A man who was arrested at an airport in Pakistan with shoes that contained batteries, a circuit board and an on/off switch said Monday that he did not know the materials were in his shoes. Faiz Mohammed said he had worn the same shoes while traveling from Muscat, Oman, [...]

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NASA will help probe Toyota accelerators

By doris | Published: March 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government’s effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota’s massive recalls. NASA scientists with expertise in electronics will help the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study potential electronic ties to unintended acceleration in [...]

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Driver: My Prius took me for a ride

By doris | Published: March 13, 2010

Technology or just money that the cars are not safe. You judge for your self.Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The driver of a Toyota Prius says he was taken on a wild ride Monday after the car’s accelerator became stuck, reaching speeds in excess of 90 mph on a winding, hilly portion of a [...]

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