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Wall Street rocket scientists crash to Earth

There's a reason Wall Street resembles a rocket experiment gone wrong: rocket scientists helped make it happen.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 12

Hoover fellow: New revelations in Afghanistan are same old, same old

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Soviet-born political analyst says that revelations of treachery and double-dealing in Afghanistan are an old story - and that the U.S.S.R.'s war in the region has lessons to teach us still. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Air Force space drone's secret mission hits one-year milestone

One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows

When the language used by financial analysts and reporters becomes increasingly similar the stock market may be overheated, say scientists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Amazon tablet seen as worthy iPad rival

With Amazon reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer, technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to Apple's iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire (Update)

An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.

Technology / Business

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Developing economies see no escape from coal

Concrete towers rise over the African bush, as the continent's largest coal-fired power station takes shape in a multi-billion-dollar testament to developing nations' love affair with coal.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

HP to offer webOS as open-source software

(AP) -- It may be one of the technology world's most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it's making its webOS mobile system available as open-source software that anyone can use ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

As technology evolves, will PCs be left behind?

Steve Jobs' bombshell resignation as CEO. Hewlett-Packard's abdication of its multibillion-dollar PC group. Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Dell's wobbly sales forecast.

Technology / Business

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 18

Rocket with secret payload launches from Calif.

(AP) -- A rocket carrying a top-secret payload blasted off Tuesday from the California coast.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple wins key German patent case against Samsung (Update)

Apple won the latest battle in a global legal war with Samsung on Friday when a German court banned the Korean firm from selling a tablet computer in Germany, ruling it had copied the iPad.

Technology / Business

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 10

Can Kodak rescue itself via a patent bonanza?

Picture this: Kodak - the company that invented the first digital camera in 1975, and developed the photo technology inside most cellphones and digital devices - is in the midst of the worst crisis in its ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 10

Streaming to overtake cable in 3-5 years: Netflix

Internet-streamed video will overtake cable to dominate home video viewing within three to five years, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings predicted Tuesday, with stiffer competition to come.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Taiwan's chip makers still face dangers: analysts

Taiwan's chip makers, powerful drivers of growth on the island, may have survived their worst crisis ever, but lacklustre sales and new rivals still make these risky times.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Fighting' IED attacks with SCARE technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maryland researchers have developed and successfully tested new computer software and computational techniques to analyze patterns of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4