Massachusetts Science & Technology News

P udge Eldredge doesn’t need an MIT scientist to tell him the razor clam is a fast digger. "They go right out of sight quick," said Eldredge, an Orleans shellfisherman. Like many of those who dig for what is known...

A recent study by Skyhook Wireless shows developers are unhappy with Android's answer to the Apple Store. That could spell trouble for the Verizon Droid. 12.01.09 About a year ago, Google pushed live its Android Market, a software store intended...

A North Andover municipal employee charged with embezzling nearly $30,000 from the town has been fired. Town manager Mark Rees tells The Eagle-Tribune that purchasing director Joseph Lydick was hand delivered a letter on Tuesday notifying him of his termination....

Exploring philanthropy, non-profits and socially motivated business, from the Gates Foundation to your donation...Public libraries in five states received grants for plans to improve and maintain Internet connections -- Arkansas ($735,207), Kansas ($363,099), Massachusetts ($367,789),...

12.01.09 A Barnes and Noble Nook in time for Christmas?...Last month, Barnes and Noble announced it had sold out of its much-hyped e-reader, and told some consumers they would have to wait until after the holidays to get their hands...

Jack Tibbels built his life and livelihood along the Ohio shore of Lake Erie, offering a marina, a motel and a fleet of six charter boats to people eager to catch walleye and perch. Now, he fears that his business...

NASA has got its sights firmly fixed on the Red Planet. While one group is developing the rockets and spaceships, another group is engaged on an important aspect of space travel, namely the effects of prolonged exposure to space. No...

There are more than a million Sidekick smartphones in the US, and a single set of servers keeps them all running. Well, last weekend, this set of servers collectively stepped on a rake...T-Mobile USA on Monday, Oct. 12, said owners...

The federal government is scheduled to begin a massive onslaught on Americans’ right to financial privacy and online freedom on Dec. 1. That’s when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act passed by Congress in 2006 is scheduled to go into...