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President Barack Obama's plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America's overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies.
Dick Cheney's going high-tech with a BlackBerry and a wireless device for reading books. And he's driving a car these days.
Has this reporter completely lost his mind? He’s talking about winter tires in October! But bear with him — he has your best interests at heart. So, without further ado, and as Shakespeare once wrote, here’s “the New News”: High-tech winter tires can keep your family safe, cost less if purchased soon, lower your car insurance costs and (drum roll, please) are made of such high-tech materials, they completely outclass and outperform so-called “all-weather” tires. In fact, the phrase “all-weather” is a misnomer that can give you a false sense of security during the coming cold months.
Could food producers literally squeeze the salmonella out of a jalapeno? Or zap the E. coli from lettuce without it going limp?
Hunched over their laptops, Palestinian software engineers are working on a program that makes desktop computers accessible from anywhere.
Immigration officials expect to be overwhelmed with more high-tech worker visa applications than they can grant when the application period opens April 1.
It may be the world's oldest profession, but prostitution is using some 21st-century tricks.
Technology stocks made an abrupt U-turn Thursday, reducing the gains that had been piling up as investors sought refuge from the lending and housing morass weighing on the U.S. economy.
The placards made clear this was not your typical immigrant rights march: "We played by the rules, now it's your turn," read one. "Legal immigrants keep America competitive," read another.
China plans to accelerate efforts to modernize the world's largest army, state media reported Friday, a day after Beijing rejected a Pentagon report describing China as a potential military threat.
If children didn't get their fill of high-tech toys during the 2005 holiday season, they should brace themselves for more wizardry later this year.
Huge Lockheed Martin Airship Set to Debut in 2011, Survey BattlefieldsAirships to play critical role in future warfare
Spies like us: NSA to build huge facility in UtahHoping to protect its top-secret operations by decentralizing its massive computer hubs, the National Security Agency will build a 1-million-square-foot data center at Utah's Camp Williams.
High-Tech for the Kitchen: Scientists Develop Intelligent Coffee MugMaterials to keep drinks cold or hot for longer have been around for quite a while. Now a pair of German scientists has come up with a high-tech mug they claim keeps coffee at the perfect temperature.
California v Texas: California and Texas can learn from each otherAMERICA'S recent history has been a relentless tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California and Texas, the nation's two biggest states, are the twin poles of the West, but very different ones.
Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense Technology from MITThis demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.
Ultimate virtual reality will trigger five senses Imagine a virtual experience that you can't distinguish from reality.
The Kindle: Good Before, Better Now In the high-tech industry, you live for the day when your product name becomes a verb. "I Googled him." "She's been Photo- shopped."
Applied Materials backs Joint Venture's green effort - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal: Climate Prosperity Project gets jump start in Silicon Valley. High tech Silicon Valley plans to make green money by addressing climate change...
Giant leap in footware: the "smart" shoe that grows with childrens' feet (video report)German scientists are claiming to have to taken a giant leap in footwear technology with the creation of a smart shoe that grows with childrens' feet.
Israel's high-tech industry is robust, but its economy could be doing better 
End of the newspaper with new 'E-paper'? - VideoA factory in Germany has launched production of a super thin electronic reader that was developed at Cambridge University.
Le 1000Club mutualise les profitsConcept innovant de mutualisation des affaires et des profits au sein d'un reseau prive d'affaires.
There are millions of games out there for the gaming consoles. Many people have different opinions of which game is the best. But what IS the worlds best game? One that has been played over and over again and loved by millions?
Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?While we're transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged … and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great -- and perhaps even sinister.
Dead Sea Scrolls go from parchment to the InternetJERUSALEM (CNN) -- More than 2,000 years after they were written, the Dead Sea Scrolls are going digital as part of an effort to better preserve the ancient texts and let more people see them than ever before. The high-tech initiative, announced Wednesday, will also reveal text …
Otohime Saves Face for Bashful Japanese Girls By Sounding Like a FlushToilet noises can be embarrassing, but what's a shy girl to do besides repeatedly flushing in situ? Japan's answer is the Otohime (pronounced "oto-hee-may"), also known as the "Sound Princess" - an electronic "flush" that saves face as well as water.
Speed traps -- new way to avoid themRecently launched in California, Trapster is a service (a cell-phone social network) that allows motorists to hook up with one another for the purpose of issuing real-time alerts about the location of speed traps.
Selectively De-Activate Parts of Your Brain with MagnetsHow a magnet turned off my speech By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Last Updated: 4:01pm BST 16/05/2008
High-tech sound will be all in your headHypersonic waves audible only when directed at you Vito Pilieci, Canwest News Service Published: Monday, May 12, 2008 OTTAWA -- After more than a decade of development, technology that directs a beam of sound straight into a person's eardrums is ready for prime time.
$2 Million In Marijuana Plants Found Stuffed Inside High-Tech HomeMore than $2 million worth of marijuana plants were found packed inside a Lake County home featuring a high-tech irrigation system snaking through the structure, according to investigators.
New swimsuit could break Olympic recordsSwimming's world governing body decided last weekend not to ban the new high-tech suit, despite claims of buoyancy and "technological doping" by some critics.
Cup PC conceptSure, we're all about the futuristic designs around these parts, but the Cup PC concept take futuristic design to a completely new level. This idea takes the average PC and tries to make it as simple as drinking a cup of tea.
Wisconsin a growing 'cyberstate'Wisconsin's high-tech industry added 1,600 jobs in 2006 to reach a total of 81,400, 21st most in the nation, according to a new report by the American Electronics Association, the nation's largest technology trade association.
U.S. business interests at risk from domestic spyingU.S. business interests at risk from domestic spying Commentary: Snooping trend is a danger to us all
High-tech insulator created from rice husksA Malaysian scientist says she has discovered a cheap way to turn discarded rice husks into a high-tech material that could reduce electricity bills, protect buildings from bomb blasts and make airplanes and tennis rackets lighter.
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