Google tosses Reader as house cleaning continues
Google said Wednesday it was tossing its Reader service and seven other products under a house cleaning campaign that has closed 70 of the Internet giant's features in the past two years.
World's largest ground-based space array to open in Chile
In a super-arid desert at an altitude of 5,000 meters, with almost no humidity or vegetation, the world's largest ground-based astronomy project opens for business Wednesday ready to probe the universe with unprecedented might.
13 March 2013
US teens go mobile for Internet: survey
Most American teenagers use their phones to access the Internet, with one-fourth of them going online mostly on their mobile device.
Authors oppose Amazon control of .book websites
Groups representing US authors and publishers called Monday on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to deny online retailer Amazon exclusive rights to websites ending with .book, .author, or .read.
12 March 2013
Basketball legend Shaq talks tech at SXSW
Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal on Monday credited the "geeks" who introduced him to computers during his troubled teenage years for making him the tech tycoon that he is today.
SXSW kicks off with vision of a 3D printing revolution The 27th edition of South by Southwest kicked off Friday with a bold prediction that desktop 3D printing will unleash a new industrial revolution guided by "creative explorers."
09 March 2013
Google Play celebrates first birthday Google Play turned a year old on Wednesday and the Android-focused rival to Apple's online iTunes shop celebrated with deals on books, games, music, movies and apps.
07 March 2013
Google says FBI watching the Web Google says the FBI is monitoring the Web for potential terrorist activity. But it can't confirm the extent of the surveillance.
07 March 2013
Shipwreck find could be legendary 'sunstone' An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners.
07 March 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover to be back online next week NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, should be running at full capacity next week, after a memory glitch set the robot back.
06 March 2013
Gadgets and gizmos galore at world's top IT fair From a glove that can be used as a mobile phone to a remote-controlled spy helicopter: this year's CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair, showcases a bewildering array of gadgets.
06 March 2013
Personality traits probed in high-res brain scans US researchers on Tuesday published incredibly detailed images of the human brain as part of an international project aimed at uncovering how brain architecture influences personality.