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Quick Hit football video game gets NFL makeover

(AP) -- Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they're part of the action.

Technology / Software

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Review: New HTC phones are Ones to look for

When it comes to smartphones, I'm an iPhone guy. But I've long appreciated HTC's Android phones.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Iran: 'Flame' virus fight began with oil attack (Update)

(AP) — Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures — cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs and the hub for nearly ...

Technology / Internet

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google, Samsung unveil new version of Chromebook (Update)

(AP) — Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 3

10 million years needed to recover from mass extinction

(Phys.org) -- It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Malware intelligence system enables organizations to share threat information

As malware threats expand into new domains and increasingly focus on industrial espionage, Georgia Tech researchers are launching a new weapon to help battle the threats: a malware intelligence system that ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Business students better equipped to evaluate peers

Peer evaluation is a touchstone of many business school classes. But does the process of rating the work of one's classmates really shape better businesspeople? A new study from Concordia's John Molson School of Business, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO

(AP) -- Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative ...

Technology / Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Better, stronger, lighter armor

What makes a piece of armor effective? Sure, it needs to be strong, and it should be lightweight. But what is it about a material's composition that gives it such properties? And can we develop materials that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hitting snooze on the molecular clock: Rabies evolves slower in hibernating bats

The rate at which the rabies virus evolves in bats may depend heavily upon the ecological traits of its hosts, according to researchers at the University of Georgia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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