Category Archives: Technology

Google to launch music search service

By doris | Published: October 23, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Google will not become a music retailer itself, but will offer enhanced music search with a streaming function — the first of possibly several vertical search offerings. Searching for an artist or song will apparently bring up a box (thus Google’s working title: “One Box”) with a streaming link randomly assigned [...]

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Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch: Deals, deals, deals

By doris | Published: October 22, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com It’s true of the product, which is as notable for its everyday performance as any one new feature. It’s also true of how Microsoft plans to launch the new operating system on Thursday. Rather than go for flash, the company is focused on making sure that all of its partners are [...]

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Apple redesigns iMac, MacBook and reveals Magic Mouse

By doris | Published: October 21, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com New iMacs The biggest news Tuesday will be the new iMacs, which move from aluminum and polycarbon design to aluminum and edge-to-edge glass, mirroring the look of Apple’s line of MacBook Pro laptops. The new iMac will come in 21.5 (1,920×1,080) and 27-inch (2,560×1,440) models, each with a 16:9 aspect ratio. [...]

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‘Mrs. Brady’ turns ‘cybermom’ to help seniors tackle tech

By doris | Published: October 20, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Now, actress Florence Henderson, otherwise known as Mrs. Brady, has a new mission: Helping older adults learn to use technology. Her new business, Floh Club, is a “telephone-based technical support service” focusing on people who didn’t grow up with computers — especially grandparents who want to stay in touch with family [...]

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NASA finally sees plume from moon impact

By doris | Published: October 19, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com NASA scientists have finally seen in their data a debris plume created by the impact of a moon probe last week. The faint plume was seen in the data from the engineered crash one week after the impact of the LCROSS probe. Scientists are hoping that analysis of the plume will [...]

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Disney debuts do-it-yourself thrill ride

By doris | Published: October 15, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Epcot on Wednesday opened a new attraction called “Sum of All Thrills,” which lets kids use computer tablets to design a virtual roller coaster, bobsled track or plane ride. After inputting their designs, kids climb into a robotic carriage that uses virtual-reality technology to help them experience the ride they’ve created. [...]

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‘Mad scientist’ to build greener future with ‘megacrete’

By doris | Published: October 14, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Spending a day with Fisk on his 18-acre work site outside of Austin, Texas is like riding a rocket blast into the future. “To be free to do what we’re doing is absolute magic,” Fisk recently told CNN. Pliny Fisk opened the non-profit Center for Maximum Potential Building (CMPB) in 1975 [...]

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‘Digital dirt’ can haunt your job search

By doris | Published: October 13, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CareerBuilder) — Just like Vegas, what happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet. How that affects your job search is up to you. Gone are the days when all you were concerned with was whether or not your résumé and cover letter were error-free. Now, you’ve got bigger things to [...]

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Solar power outshining Colorado’s gas industry

By doris | Published: October 11, 2009

Full Story at Yahoo! News DURANGO, Colo. – The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward. For the Shaw brothers, who converted the downtown arts building and community center into [...]

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Doc makes more cash selling clothes on eBay

By doris | Published: October 9, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Lickteig runs a clothing store on eBay, where she’s a “Gold PowerSeller,” ranking among the top 1½ percent of merchants on the online marketplace. The 35-year-old family practitioner says she earned $120,000 last year on eBay, more than she did practicing medicine. “It’s just kind of this thrill,” she said. “It [...]

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Who’s the better translator: Machines or humans?

By doris | Published: October 8, 2009

Full Story at  CNN.com But, so far, there have been several hitches in that plan. Not everyone has access to a computer and a broadband connection. Some governments still censor the Internet. And of course, we don’t all speak the same language. For the World Wide Web to be truly global, shouldn’t Chinese speakers be [...]

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Cybersecurity starts at home and in the office

By doris | Published: October 5, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – When swine flu broke out, the government revved up a massive information campaign centered on three words: Wash your hands. The Obama administration now wants to convey similarly clear and concise guidance about one of the biggest national security threats in your home and office — the computer. Think [...]

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Telescope witnesses Milky Way starbirth

By doris | Published: October 3, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com The recently launched Herschel Space Telescope has just returned glowing pictures of our own Milky Way galaxy in infrared light. The European Space Agency mission (with contributions from NASA) lifted off in May on a quest to observe the universe in long-wavelength infrared light. The telescope used two instruments simultaneously to [...]

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Car lovers seek green energy, not gas guzzlers

By doris | Published: October 1, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The Belle Mead, New Jersey, resident runs the car-review Web site mpgomatic.com with a focus on fuel efficiency, but even he strays over to public transit every now and then. Nowadays, even the biggest car lovers are taking notice of energy conservation. Readers may not realize a guy who revs engines [...]

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Google Wave to be released to 100,000 testers Wednesday

By doris | Published: September 30, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The Web application from Google Inc. combines elements of e-mail, chat, Wiki documents, blogs and photo-sharing sites to create a form of Internet communication called a “hosted conversation,” or a “wave.” Google demonstrated Wave at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco, California, in May. The closed group of beta [...]

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Can tech personalities break into politics?

By doris | Published: September 29, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com But what about a tech geek? Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman wants to move into politics with a run for the job of governor of California in 2010. In doing so, she is, in effect, trying to prove that high-tech personas have become mainstream and trusted enough to take up political [...]

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GE: Solar business is our ‘next wind’

By doris | Published: September 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com In 2011, the energy giant expects to produce solar panels made with cadmium telluride, a thin-film solar cell material, said Michael Idelchik, vice president of advanced technologies at GE Global Research at the EmTech conference here on Wednesday. The company now sells solar panels that use silicon solar cells, but its [...]

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India launches satellite for ocean study

By doris | Published: September 24, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — India on Wednesday launched a second satellite to study oceans. The cube-shaped Oceansat-2 will monitor the interaction between oceans and the atmosphere, as part of climate studies, according to the country’s main space agency. The satellite, launched from India’s southeast coast, carried six nanosatellites from European [...]

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3-D television expected to come to homes in 2010

By doris | Published: September 21, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Sony and Panasonic say they will release home 3-D television systems in 2010; Mitsubishi and JVC are reported to be working on similar products. “TV finally becomes real” in three dimensions, said Robert Perry, an executive vice president at Panasonic. “You’re in it. It’s the next frontier.” Perry compared the 3-D [...]

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Justice Department urges court to reject Google book deal

By doris | Published: September 19, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com In a highly anticipated announcement, Justice Department attorneys cited “class action, copyright, and antitrust” concerns in asking U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin in New York to reject the currently constructed class action settlement between Google and the Authors Guild, which had sued them. Despite the perceived problems, the federal government [...]

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