Aereo, the startup that offers television stations over the Internet starting at $8 a month, says it will start service in Atlanta on June 17.

Technology - Telecom

May 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

A report by a French expert panel published on Monday recommended imposing taxes on smartphones and tablets but rejected a call for search engine Google to be charged for linking to media content.

Technology - Business

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 1

A problem with a fiber optics cable was responsible for an Internet outage that cut off civil war-ravaged Syria from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said Wednesday.

Technology - Internet

May 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle—if there ever was one—is over. In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace ...

Technology - Internet

May 02, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

By bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred ultraprecise time signals through open air with unprecedented ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 2 |

Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable company and owner of NBCUniversal, says its net income rose 17 percent in the latest quarter, powered by continued strong results from its cable operations.

Technology - Business

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15.

Technology - Telecom

Apr 23, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

If you're a customer of AT&T's U-verse service or have plain-old DSL Internet access, you may feel like you're stuck in the slow lane, especially compared to your friends and neighbors who have cable Internet access. But ...

Technology - Telecom

Apr 19, 2013 3.4 / 5 (19) 7

Fertiliser manufacturing has been implicated in a string of disasters prior to the deadly explosion on Wednesday that wrecked a facility in Texas.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 18, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 4

Think of your car as a smartphone on four wheels. Or your smartphone as a wallet. Or your home as a connected network center where thermostats, video cameras, lights and televisions all "talk" to each other. That "talking" ...

Technology - Telecom

Apr 17, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 1

Dish Network Corp. is trying to snag U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel away from Japan's Softbank Corp., the latest sign that satellite dishes are losing their relevance in the age of cellphones that play ...

Technology - Telecom

Apr 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

Cryogenic Ltd and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have designed and developed the most accurate instrument for comparative measurements of electric current. The instrument can now be used by National Measurement Institutes ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 10, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

WikiLeaks on Monday launched a searchable archive containing 1.7 million US State Department documents from 1973-76 that had been officially declassified but were not easily accessible to the public.

Technology - Internet

Apr 08, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 2

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and California's gay marriage ban enacted by Proposition 8. Northeastern University ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 05, 2013 not rated yet 0

It's the end of the line for Roadrunner, a first-of-its-kind collection of processors that once reigned as the world's fastest supercomputer. The $121 million supercomputer, housed at one of the premier U.S. ...

Electronics - Hardware

Mar 31, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 8