The world's largest atom smasher on Monday broke the record for proton acceleration previously held by a U.S. lab, sending beams of the particles at 1.18 trillion electron volts around the massive machine.
There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google.
A New Jersey blogger about to stand trial on charges he made death threats against federal judges apparently was paid by the FBI in its battle against domestic terrorism, according to a published report.
An academic says the rise of digital technology is undermining people's ability to forget, and is calling for personal digital information to be given a use-by date.
The UK's biggest motorbike show is taking place at Birmingham's NEC with around 140,000 people expected to attend the event.It features the latest, and fastest, bikes around with those on display including Valentino Rossi's Moto GP bike from this season.
excerpt:"But what Auletta mainly does is talk shop with C.E.O.'s, and that is the great strength of the book. Auletta seems to have interviewed every media chief in North America, and most of them are unhappy, one way or another, with what Google has become.
With the recent swine flu concerns, it is becoming more common to see air passengers wearing protective masks.Travelling on a plane can be considered an infection risk, but one company thinks it has found a solution in a new type of air-filtration system.
From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME's picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year.The Best Inventions:
Intel believes its customers would be willing to have a chip implanted in their brains so they could operate computers without the need for a keyboard or mouse using thoughts alone. The implant could also be used to operate devices such as cell phones, TVs and DVDs.
Just wanted to point out some awesome news about Lake/Cook Counties. Chris Swanson, the CEO of PureDriven (the company I work for in Two Harbors) has been part of a team leading this effort to bring fiber to Northern Minnesota.
The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.
