Mobile phones to sense gestures
Posted by: Avaline
Cambridge :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:48:20 -0700 | technology-news
A Goa, India resident has made an innovation, one that allows devices like mobile phones to sense gestures, making touchscreen seem like a thing of the past. This technology will enable users to interact with their devices through merely “air.”...
Judge approves marathon bombing suspect's request to see prison records
Posted by: Nathan Salant
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:48:57 -0700 | disasters-news
Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has won a court order allowing him to review records kept on him during the past month, while he has been in federal custody. A federal magistrate judge in Boston agreed Monday that Tsarnaev's...
A vacation to the moon: Worth the splurge?
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:37:11 -0700 | technology-news
Worth the splurge? NASA isn't planning a return trip to the moon, but private companies are speculating on the Moon's tourism and colonization possibilities. How much would you pay for a trip? By Mike Wall , SPACE.com / May 23,...
Game 4: Rangers 4, Bruins 3 (OT): Lucky Bounce Helps Keep Brooms Away for Rangers
Source: International Herald Tribune
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 20:05:04 -0700 | sports-news
Barton Silverman/The New York Times The Bruins' Rich Peverley (49) chased the puck as Zdeno Chara pinned the Rangers' Rick Nash against the boards. Before the Rangers could dream of becoming the fourth team in N.H.L. history to rally from...
Ashour racks up 38th successive win
Source: The Star
Hull :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:54:59 -0700 | sports-news
Ramy Ashour, seeking to become the first Egyptian in nearly 50 years to win the British Open title, scored his 38th successive victory as he hurtled into the quarter-finals in little more than 20 minutes on Thursday. Ashour overcame Chris...
Sports social media startup makes its pitch, with help from David Ortiz
Source: Boston Herald
Cambridge :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:49:21 -0700 | sports-news
Not many startups get to borrow the star power of a Major League Baseball player when they're pitching to a crowd of investors. So when CEO Kash Razzaghi introduced Big Papi yesterday at an event at the House of Blues,...
Whitey's attorney: We won't be bullied
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:47:26 -0700 | allnews
In a blistering response to federal prosecutors' demands that James Whitey Bulger's lawyers stop speaking to the press, J.W. Carney Jr. fought back by listing a host of recent presidential scandals, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's struggles in Boston and a...
Travelers get help for Memorial Day
Source: Boston Herald
Bourne :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:47:16 -0700 | technology-news
Motorists stuck in traffic as they head off for Memorial Day weekend getaways will see something new on many of the state's most congested highways today: digital message boards telling them how many more miles and minutes to major points....
Tesla repays $465 million loan. Will Energy Department lend to more firms? (+video)
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:54:13 -0700 | business-news
Will Energy Department lend to more firms? (+video) Tesla $465 million loan is no more. As the Department of Energy gets back its Tesla $465 million loan, the new Energy secretary will have to decide whether to make more such...
Casino stance hurts Daniel F. Conley in crucial Eastie
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:47:22 -0700 | political-news
A key political power broker in the battleground neighborhood of East Boston has yanked his support for Daniel F. Conley's mayoral bid after the district attorney called for a citywide vote that was seen as a threat to the Suffolk...
IRS replaces official: How many heads will roll?
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:54:13 -0700 | health-news
IRS replaces the official who oversaw the agents that targeted tea party groups, placing her on paid leave after she refused to resign...Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) started...
Mass. man sentenced decades after fleeing state
Source: Boston Herald
Dedham :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 18:17:34 -0700 | allnews
As Massachusetts fugitive Gary Irving started a new life, married and became a parent, none of the women he was convicted of raping in 1978 was ever able to do the same, victim family members testified Thursday. Instead, the women...
Immigration reform is stuck in House, but 'gang' is resolute
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 17:55:53 -0700 | political-news
Washington Bipartisan immigration reformers in the House haven't yet managed to clinch a deal, missing their self-imposed deadline, but neither has the group called it quits. Skip to next paragraph
Trooper who wrote book on Bulger on witness list
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:47:28 -0700 | allnews
Two state police detectives, including one who wrote a book about James Whitey Bulger are expected to testify during the upcoming trial of the aging gangster, according to federal prosecutors who released a partial witness list today. Retired state police...
Fidelity sells BostonCoach to Harrison Global
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:51:04 -0700 | business-news
Fidelity Investments is selling BostonCoach to Harrison Global for undisclosed terms. The Waltham-based Harrison plans to maintain the BostonCoach name, the majority of its 500 drivers and other staff, and its Everett headquarters. CEO Larry Moulter, who's led BostonCoach for...
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