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Cell phones more distracting than passengers - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. Using a hands-free device does not make things better and the ...
Posted Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:53:00 GMT
The computer mouse might someday become an endangered species. Instead of rolling a mouse around to move a cursor around on the screen, more and more users will gesture with their fingers on touch screens and multi-touch trackpads, analysts say. Or ...
Posted Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:12:00 GMTUltra powerful mini Star Wars-esque "lightsaber" a natural fit to ... - DailyTech
You could say the force is strong in physics professor Kishan Dholakia and Dr Frank Gunn-Moore of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. With a deluge of nanotech cancer treatments being developed, the pair have developed a superior way perhaps to ...
Posted Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:55:00 GMTFaster iPod Touch pointing to faster iPhone? - Jkontherun.com
When folks find out that I still use a first-generation Apple iPhone for my primary handset, the first question out of their mouth is usually, "why didn't you upgrade to the iPhone 3G?" I've covered that before but as a quick rehash: adding 3G and ...
Posted Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:29:00 GMTTaser critics renew call for more police oversight - Columbia Daily Tribune
Members of Columbia community groups calling for greater regulation on police use of Tasers are pointing to cases they consider improper use of the devices or cases where they were used in violation of the police department’s own policy. During a ...
Posted Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:05:00 GMTScience Scientists Develop "Lightsaber" to Fight Cancer - DailyTech
You could say the force is strong in physics professor Kishan Dholakia and Dr Frank Gunn-Moore of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. With a deluge of nanotech cancer treatments being developed, the pair have developed a superior way perhaps to ...
Posted Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:15:00 GMTNPR journalists narrowly escape Iraq car bomb - Reuters
BAGHDAD, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A team of journalists working for U.S. media company National Public Radio narrowly escaped a car bombing in Baghdad after Iraqi soldiers warned them a device had been attached to the bottom of their armoured car, NPR said ...
Posted Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:02:00 GMTConsumer Reports Rates the Best Last Minute Electronic Gifts Just in ... - Earthtimes
Fresh Out of the Consumer Reports Labs - The Most Promising New Electronics for the Season YONKERS, N.Y. , Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year's holiday shopping season is in full swing and stores are jam packed with the latest and greatest ...
Posted Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:01:00 GMTSource of Mumbai Attacks Pointing Towards Pakistan - Hollywood Today.net
MUMBAI, India (Hollywood Today) 11/27/08 — The vicious attacks on luxury hotels and the Jewish Center in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in India are in the 26th hour with a few terrorists still holed up, but most killed - along with more than 120 victims ...
Posted Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:37:00 GMTWEIRD SCIENCE - Der Spiegel
It looks easy enough in Harry Potter and Star Trek. But making things invisible actually extraordinarily challenging. Still, scientists continue trying -- and they have lately made some large steps toward invisbility. It's no problem for Harry Potter ...
Posted Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:56:00 GMT














