March 31, 2009 – 11:59 pm
After more than a decade of work and $3.5 billion, engineers have completed the world’s most powerful laser, capable of simulating the energy force of a hydrogen bomb and the sun itself.
March 31, 2009 – 10:57 pm
The space shuttle Atlantis moved out to its seaside launch pad in Florida early Tuesday to prepare for NASA’s long-delayed final flight to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope.
March 31, 2009 – 10:41 pm
The Dalai Lama said Tuesday that regardless of who is hacking into the computers of his Tibetan government-in-exile, the stolen information appears to go straight to the Chinese government.
March 31, 2009 – 10:29 pm
Microsoft says it is shutting down its online encyclopedia, Encarta, in October and will stop selling Encarta software by June.
March 31, 2009 – 10:26 pm
The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It’s unclear whether everyday PC users will even notice, but this is as good an excuse as any to make sure your computer is clean.
March 31, 2009 – 10:21 pm
Sony Corp said it cut the price of its older video game console, the PlayStation 2, by 23 percent to $99.99, effective April 1.
At CTIA, the wireless industry’s trade show this week, expect chatter about the mobile browser “wars,” with Opera Mini, long popular in Europe, expected soon to have more of a presence in the United States and a test mobile version of Firefox underway.
A brilliant fireball in the Virginia sky on Sunday was likely a natural meteor event and not the remnants of a Russian rocket, scientists now say, a reversal from yesterday’s initial analysis.
Opening a car trunk or controlling a home air conditioner could become just a wish away with Honda’s new technology that connects thoughts inside a brain with robotics.
As wireless carriers begin to subsidize computers that come with wireless Internet access, they’re faced with a quandary: What do they do if the buyer stops paying his bills?
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