NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing out a record-breaking jet—the longest of any object in the Milky Way galaxy—of high-energy particles. The pulsar, a ...
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HTC is offering to replace cracked phone screens for six months, saying it wants to address a leading consumer frustration. The offer applies only to HTC One phones bought in the U.S. starting Tuesday. HTC Corp. will replace the screen ...
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Dick Smith released its first set of results to the ASX today under its new owners, with the company posting better than expected sales, earnings and profit figures. Today's figures come just over two years after the retailer was placed ...
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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) in the States welcomed President Obama's announcement that the U.S. will accelerate the implementation of a system to facilitate international trade in goods that meet American ...
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There's no denying that building the world's smallest battery is a notable achievement. But while they may lay the groundwork for future battery technologies, today such microbatteries are mostly laboratory curiosities. Developing a ...
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LG's mid-tier L Series II smartphones feature Android 4.4 OS and offer larger screens and more processing power than their predecessors. Related LG LG Steps Up Performance With G Pro 2 Smartphone LG LG Cuts Price Of 55" FullHD OLED TV, ...
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Chris Larson, TCL's new North American sales and marketing VP Related TCL TCL Breaks $1,000 Threshold For Ultra HD TV TCL TCL Launching 'Iron Man 3' Promotions For Smartphone TCL Will TCL Theatre Mark A Branding Revolution? Corona, Calif. ...
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Grace's $249 Encore accesses Internet radio stations and subscription services, streams music from a networked computer, and plays music stored on a USB drive. Related grace Grace Digital Adds First Bluetooth Home-Audio Products grace Grace ...
Toshiba's Canvio Home backup and share NAS is available in two capacities, including this 3TB version ($249 suggested retail). Related Toshiba Toshiba Enters Chromebook Market Toshiba Toshiba To Purchase OCZ's SSD Business Toshiba Toshiba ...
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Robots are notoriously horrible at being generalists. The most efficient and effective robots have been purpose-built to do one specific task very, very well. This is why we have Roombas and not Rosies, and it's why robotic telemedicine ...
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America's most successful domestic robots suppliers - iRobot post Roomba cleaning robot has been 11 years. The Roomba family welcomed new members - Roomba880 cleaning robot. Roomba880 removing debris efficiency raised 50% than the last one. ...
A new study published in the journal Science says that the total impact of switching to natural gas depends heavily on leakage of methane (CH4) during the natural gas life cycle, and suggests that more can be done to reduce methane ...
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Quantum mechanics offers the potential for creating communication technologies with an inherently higher security level than today's classical technologies. Using quantum digital signatures (QDS), for example, messages can be sent to ...
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The faint background glow that exists throughout the Universe, called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), is made of photons that have been scattering since the universe was just 400,000 years old. Now in a new paper, physicist Liang Dai ...
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An Israel-based startup specializing in using sounds instead of passwords for logging in said Monday it has been bought by Google. SlickLogin did not disclose financial terms of the deal, and Google did not respond to an AFP request for ...
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