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Adobe to launch new software suite for designers

(AP) -- Adobe is launching the latest version of its software package for designers and Web developers.

Technology / Software

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple denies e-book pricing conspiracy

Apple denied a charge that it schemed with publishers to hike prices for e-books, portraying itself as a hero for prying Amazon's "monopolistic grip" from the market.

Technology / Business

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices

(AP) -- The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim Tebow's "Through My Eyes" and Keith Richards' `"Life" - maybe they ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 19

Authors Guild worried by Apple e-book suit report

The president of the Authors Guild expressed concern on Friday over reports that the Justice Department is threatening to file an antitrust suit against Apple and book publishers.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Russia brings astronauts safely back to Earth

Three astronauts landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule on Tuesday after a stay of over five months aboard the International Space Station, Russian mission control said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan firm unveils robot suit for nuclear workers

The Japanese maker of an exoskeleton robot suit to assist walking on Monday unveiled a model that could help nuclear workers weighed down by heavy anti-radiation vests in contaminated zones.

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Warrior web to prevent injury, reduce effects of load

Today’s dismounted warfighters often carry 100 pounds or more of equipment as they patrol for hours across rugged or hilly terrain. This heavy load increases the risk of musculoskeletal injury, particularly ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

First impressions do count: Research shows made-to-measure suit makes you appear more confident, successful

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s often said that we make judgments about people in the first three seconds of seeing them. Now new research from the University of Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Mathieson & Brooke Tailors ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Sony videogame line-up flexes motion control

Sony on Thursday unveiled a holiday season line-up of PlayStation 3 videogames tailored for motion control using the Japanese entertainment titan's Move gear.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antitrust suit a huge blow for AT&T: analysts

The decision by US authorities to challenge AT&T's $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile is a bitter blow for the US telecoms giant, but it could benefit consumers, analysts said. ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disabled Japanese man begins robo-suit adventure

A disabled Japanese man on Friday embarked on an ambitious trip that will take him to a mediaeval French World Heritage site with the help of a cutting-edge robotic suit.

Technology / Other

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 8

New space suit to be tested in Antarctica

University of North Dakota aerospace engineer and researcher Pablo de Leon is part of a unique mission to test a UND planetary exploration suit -- the NDX-1 -- at a remote military base in Antarctica. The team departed for ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Experiment volunteers 'walk on Mars' (Images)

Two volunteers cut off from the rest world for eight months stepped out on a mock-up of Mars on Monday, reaching the dramatic half-way point of their experimental "voyage" to the Red Planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Major exhibit of NASA material opens in Stockholm

A major exhibit of more than 400 space-related objects, from engines to space suits to food rations, opened in Stockholm Friday in the largest gathering of NASA objects outside of the US.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Robots massage, clean, and amuse at CES

The world's first massage robot was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to soothe those sore from dashing about the gargantuan gadget extravaganza.

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1