Information Technology
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Einstein’s brain is now interactive iPad appSep 25, 2012 6:46 am - Albert Einstein’s brain can now be downloaded as an app for $9.99. The exclusive iPad application is launching Tuesday. It promises to make detailed images of Einstein’s...
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NanoProfessor helps expand SCSU programSep 24, 2012 11:50 am - SKOKIE — Nanotechnology education provider NanoProfessor said Southern Connecticut State University will expand its leadership in nanotechnology education by implementin...
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Online instruction takes off among craftersSep 23, 2012 7:36 am - If you’re itching to take up knitting or are stuck in a beadwork project, there’s help — and many classes — online. Options range from professionally videotaped courses...
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Apple’s iPhone 5: What does it cost to make?Sep 22, 2012 7:53 am - Apple’s basic new iPhone costs the company just more than $200 to make, according to a preliminary component report from analysis firm IHS iSuppli. The materials in the ...
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Sesame Street’s next chapter: Elmo talks backSep 22, 2012 7:48 am - NEW YORK — Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Elmo are giving kids a glimpse of television’s future. The “Sesame Street” crew has been talking to kids for more than four deca...
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Complaints about automated calls up sharplySep 22, 2012 7:45 am - WASHINGTON — So much for silence from telemarketers at the cherished dinner hour, or any other hour of the day. Complaints to the government are up sharply about unwante...
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Google joins Facebook, Amazon in new internet lobbying groupSep 22, 2012 7:45 am - Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and 11 other Internet companies have joined to form a lobbyist group as issues such as online privacy and security become a g...
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Review: iPhone evolves into jewel-like ‘5’Sep 22, 2012 7:41 am - NEW YORK — If you run your finger over one of the joints where plastic and metal meet on the rim of the iPhone 5, you feel just the slightest hint of the seam. The mater...
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With new research center, BlackBerry creator seeks brightest mindsSep 22, 2012 7:37 am - TORONTO — Mike Lazaridis, whose invention of the BlackBerry smartphone more than a decade ago redefined the way people send email, is drawing inspiration from the early ...
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Apple seen putting Pandora in play amid online shiftSep 22, 2012 7:37 am - LOS ANGELES — Apple’s potential entry into Internet radio is poised to put online music pioneer Pandora Media on the takeover wish lists of companies from Google and Ama...