Good night moon, hello new rocket technology
President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket…
Technologies
Apple’s approach to eBooks could be problematic
Even as Apple's iPad is poised energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move…
‘Kindle killer’ might not be iPad, but Blio
Despite all the buzz about Apple’s iPad tablet and how it could be useful for reading electronic textbooks, a new software program on the way might hold even…
Wireless mic frequency change could affect colleges
Colleges and universities that use wireless microphones operating on the 700 megahertz (MHz) frequency band have until June 12 to change the radio frequency or buy new equipment,…
iPhone users can now make internet-based calls
Users of Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone now might be able to save money by making internet-based phone calls over AT&T Inc.'s cellular network, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Nova Southeastern dean making IT grads more marketable
Leo Irakliotis doesn’t just want to develop academics and researchers. The newly appointed dean of Nova Southeastern University’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences also wants tech-savvy…
Google expands its social search test
Google's Social Search service, which includes public content from users' social networks in search results, is getting promoted to Google.com from the company's Labs site, meaning it is…
Educators intrigued by Apple’s iPad
Apple’s new tablet computer, the iPad, could push other companies to bring more color-capable eReaders to the market in a move that could make digital books more commonplace…
Microsoft calls for cloud-computing regulations
A Microsoft official argued Jan. 13 that the U.S. Congress should create rules and regulations for cloud computing, a burgeoning technology that has gained traction among schools and…
Apple courts publishers, while Kindle adds apps
A tablet computer from Apple could threaten Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, but the Kindle, which now accounts for 70 percent of electronic reader sales, is getting more versatile,…