UK researchers create bacteria that can produce diesel biofuel
Posted by: arkar
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-04-25 05:17:26 -0700 | technology-news
If a group of researchers from the United Kingdom is to be believed, the world’s energy problems, or at least its dependence upon fossil-based fuels, may be at an end. The researchers claim to have made a strain of bacteria...
Hubble releases 'comet of the century' images
Posted by: Punditty
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 23:02:16 -0700 | technology-news
If you happen to look up in the sky this November and see an object brighter than the moon, have no fear: It’s only the “comet of the century.” That’s the impressive moniker being given to Comet ISON because it...
Ways To Use Social Media To Generate App Revenue
Posted by: susan1234
Dallas :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 12:48:39 -0700 | technology-news
Social media has come a long way, from being a flirting and dating avenue for teens to becoming a primary content consumption platform for the masses, and a great marketing strategy. It is the most effective way to strike up...
Kepler space telescope temporarily disabled
Posted by: arkar
Pasadena :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 18:40:31 -0700 | technology-news
Kepler, the famed NASA space telescope, has been temporarily disabled following an error in one of its mechanical systems. The space telescope has come to earn quite a reputation for itself, as over the past couple of years it has...
2.7 billion-year-old water discovered!
Posted by: Avaline
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 18:48:00 -0700 | technology-news
Water that is around 2.7 billion years old has been discovered some two miles below the surface of the earth. This water is even older than the beginning of multicellular life on our earth. There is a possibility that ancient...
Traffic police in Dubai: Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Bentley, Ferrari
Posted by: mahhy
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-12 14:20:37 -0700 | technology-news
Traffic police of Dubai continues to expand its fleet, adding to its ever new supercar. The vehicles will be used primarily as a "deterrent" exceeding the speed limit in the emirate. Dubai police has at its disposal three new supercar:...
LivingSocial website hacked, 50 million customers' information compromised
Posted by: Dava Castillo
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 07:43:58 -0700 | technology-news
Owned by Amazon, LivingSocial daily deals site has had a massive cyberattack on its computer system. An email sent to employees spoke of “unauthorized access to some customer data from our servers.” This breach has impacted 50 million customers of...
Hollywood hit: Big studios pull nearly 2,000 movies off Netflix
Posted by: Joe Kukura
Los Gatos :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 22:09:40 -0700 | technology-news
At the stroke of midnight Wednesday morning, a total of 1,794 movies straight-up disappeared from the Netflix streaming movie library. Films from the big Hollywood movie studios Warner Bros., MGM and Universal Pictures were pulled from Netflix when the clock...
Boeing Dreamliner back in the air with passengers
Posted by: Robert Weller
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | updated 2013-04-30 15:55:58 -0700 | technology-news
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner returned to the skies Saturday with an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The day before, Japanese authorities authorized Japan Airlines and its domestic counterpart, All Nippon Airways, to resume flights. The US Federal...
The new Xbox is coming May 21
Posted by: Joe Kukura
Redmond :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 07:23:40 -0700 | technology-news
Everybody says that Microsoft can't do anything right anymore, but that Xbox 360 gaming console of theirs certainly was a huge hit. Nearly 80 million Xbox 360 units have been sold worldwide, and it's the most popular gaming console in...
Internet Sales Tax bill cruising through US Senate
Posted by: Joe Kukura
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-04-27 11:34:11 -0700 | technology-news
The tax-free heyday of Internet shopping may be coming to an end. A bill is moving at broadband speed through the US Senate that would require all online retailers to charge sales tax on Internet purchases -- even in states...
Ammonia leak outside International Space Station fixed
Posted by: Avaline
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 11:04:33 -0700 | technology-news
Two astronauts fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station on Saturday. The leak was in the cooling system of the space station, and fixing it was of utmost significance, reports SPACE.com. NASA astronauts Christopher Cassidy and Tom Marshburn...
U.S. infantry makes annals by launching a new kind of jet-powered drone from an aircraft carrier
Posted by: mashfaq90
Waller :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 14:34:56 -0700 | technology-news
The controversial X-47B rocketed off the deck of the carrier George H.W. wilderness, assessing the first time a drone has been commenced at ocean. The U.S. infantry made annals Tuesday by commencing the first unmanned plane from an airplane carrier....
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