Jun 14 2008
My dad’s not Pa Ingalls. He’s not even Homer Simpson. He’s Marty. He’s one of the forgotten dads who marketers ignore every Father’s Day. He neither wants—nor deserves—the new grill (with matching “King of the BBQ” apron), the GPS...
Jun 13 2008
Qik has a video showing off a demo app for the iPhone, bringing the popular video streaming service to the Apple platform.
Jun 13 2008
Up until yesterday, Intel was showcasing its ray-tracing research using Quake 3 and Quake 4, which were nice demos, but did not exactly reflect fresh software. Over past several months, the company has been working one converting Enemy Territory: Quake...
Jun 13 2008
Glaciers, lakes and forests have disappeared from Africa at an alarming rate in the past 36 years, satellite photographs have revealed.
Jun 12 2008
The retreat lies in the easternmost part of Switzerland near the Italian border in a pristine area of land around 3,173 meters above sea level. This uninhabited stretch of forests, alpine grasslands and bare rocks are strictly protected, and normally...
Jun 12 2008
At its closest approach, Solar Probe will be 7 million kilometers from the sun, witnessing the Sun at 23 times wider than what we see it from Earth. The vessel will have to withstand temperatures greater than 1400 degrees Celsius, and suffer radiation...
Jun 11 2008
Twenty-six percent of New York City residents have genital herpes, compared to 19 percent nationally, New York health officials say.
Jun 11 2008
Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America\’s anger over $4 a gallon gasoline.
Jun 10 2008
The Cuban government has expressed their displeasure at being named to a U.S. list of the world’s worst countries involved in human trafficking.
Jun 10 2008
n an effort to address oil market speculation democratic leaders attempted to pass a bill that would tax the 5 largest oil companies\’ windfall profits from $4 per gallon gasoline.