All Stories from July 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Bill Raduchel on getting into Harvard and the future of newspapersJul 27, 2013 7:16 am - Ted Leonsis calls Bill Raduchel “a technology guru, a thought leader and an evangelist for all things digital.” Raduchel, 67, is little known to the general public, but ...
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DuckDuckGo founder on trying to fly with Google, MicrosoftJul 27, 2013 7:05 am - AltaVista, one of the leading search engines of the 1990s, has died. It was 18 years old. It had languished for years before its owner, Yahoo, finally pulled the plug. S...
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Tech Tips: New phone upgrade plans akin to rentingJul 27, 2013 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Over the past few weeks, three major U.S. wireless providers unveiled plans to combat phone envy: Let's say you just bought a phone, and then one with better ...
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Leap Motion controls PCs with wave of a handJul 27, 2013 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Imagine being able to control your computer and manipulate on-screen objects not with a mouse, keyboard or even your voice, but with a wave of your hand....
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OWN execs talk up Lindsay Lohan seriesJul 27, 2013 6:35 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The upcoming Lindsay Lohan series on OWN will be more documentary than reality show. OWN and Harpo Studios Presidents Erik Logan and Sheri Salat...
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‘Blackfish’ doc dives into plight of SeaWorld’s whalesJul 27, 2013 6:07 am - LOS ANGELES — What the Oscar-winning 2009 documentary “The Cove” did for dolphin slaughter in Japan, “Blackfish” may do for killer whales living in captivity while perfo...
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Brooks weaves strong themes into ‘Witch Wraith’Jul 27, 2013 6:00 am - Terry Brooks has written a slam-bang conclusion to his “The Dark Legacy of Shannara” trilogy with the stellar “Witch Wraith.” The magical barrier that keeps hideous ...
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DVD previews: ‘Filly Brown,’ ‘Teen Beach Movie’Jul 27, 2013 6:00 am - Here’s a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, July 30. “Filly Brown” (R, 100 minutes, Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment): Gina Rodriguez, a versatile young talent, tries to rescue...
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A novelist's pub crawl across the Muslim worldJul 27, 2013 6:00 am - Looking to deal with a serious drinking problem, British novelist and travel writer Lawrence Osborne decides to traverse the Muslim world to gain a different perspective...
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Weekend picks: Woodstock Mozart Fest returnsJul 27, 2013 6:00 am - Mozart amassed Pianist Vassily Primakov and conductor Donato Cabrera perform the opening weekend of the 2013 Woodstock Mozart Festival, which continues through Aug...