Technology
Tue, 07/12/2010 - 17:24 by Natalie James
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by police in England over sexual assault claims in Sweden, according to multiple published reports online.
Sat, 27/11/2010 - 18:02 by Natalie James
One-time 'Ugly Betty' actor Michael Brea, who allegedly stabbed his mother with a three-foot sword after a fight early this week, insists he didn't kill his mother, but just the demon inside her.
Sat, 13/11/2010 - 07:23 by harsheeb
Columbia-- U.S. researchers say they've developed a camera that can quickly scan a crime scene for bloodstains without altering or destroying valuable evidence.
Researchers at the University of South Carolina say their prototype camera can detect bloodstains even when the sample has been diluted to one part per 100. NewScientist.com reported Friday.
Fri, 12/11/2010 - 21:59 by Seth Jayson
Margins matter. The more Transocean (NYSE: RIG) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market.That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Transocean's competitive position could be.
Tue, 09/11/2010 - 16:47 by Neha Gupta
Google is distributing free of cost in flight Wi-Fi connections to holiday travelers this season, company officials revealed on Monday.
Mon, 08/11/2010 - 17:32 by Neha Gupta
Its official. British monarch Queen Elizabeth II is now on Facebook, though it’s still not possible to boast of being a part of her friend list.
Wed, 20/10/2010 - 06:35 by harsheeb
Champaign -- A new simple sensor to detect an explosive used in shoe bombs could lead to easy-to-use devices for luggage and passenger screening, U.S. researchers say.
University of Illinois chemists have developed a sensor that changes color when it detects even tiny amounts of triacetone triperoxide, a high-powered explosive used in several bombing attempts in recent years, a university release said.
TATP, easily prepared from readily available components, is difficult to detect by standard methods of chemical sensing since it doesn't fluoresce, absorb ultraviolet light or readily ionize.
Tue, 19/10/2010 - 07:41 by harsheeb
Stratford -- Experimental helicopters capable of speeds 125 mph faster than existing models are under development in the United States and Germany, observers say.
Present helicopters are limited by aerodynamics considerations and the need for fuel efficiency to top cruising speeds of about 185 miles per hour, NewScientist.com reports.
"Helicopters don't fly fast, managing only about half the speed of an airplane. That's a severe limitation," Gordon Leishman, a helicopter aerodynamics specialist at the University of Maryland, says.
Sat, 02/10/2010 - 00:39 by harsheeb
London -- Time spent waiting for a computer to boot up could soon be cut to seconds by an update to one of the oldest parts of a PC, U.S. experts say.
The 25-year-old PC start-up software known as Bios that initializes a machine so its operating system can get going will get an upgrade that will let computers boot up in seconds, the BBC reports.
The code in Bios, or basic input/output system, wasn't meant to hang on for so long, which is why modern computer are still slow to get going when turned on.
The creators of the original Bios only expected it to have a lifetime of about 250,000 machines, a figure long since surpassed.
Mon, 27/09/2010 - 22:58 by harsheeb
Los Angeles -- The U.S. says videos will prepare military doctors for wounds they'll see in Afghanistan and Iraq, especially blast wounds from roadside bombs.
The harrowing videos showing military medical personnel treating gaping, bleeding war wounds was assembled from footage shot over six weeks in the emergency room at the Air Force hospital in Balad, Iraq, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The videos have been prepared by doctors at UCLA in cooperation with the Department of Defense.
In the videos, military doctors display the strain of daily efforts at "damage-control" surgery as they speak directly to the camera.
