Monthly Archives: April 2011

Double entendres have been making us laugh since the days of Chaucer and Shakespeare, but up until now computers weren’t in on the joke. Chloé Kiddon and Yuriy Brun, two computer scientists at the University of Washington, have developed a … Continue reading →

Military and police marksmen could see their rifle sights catch up with the 21st century with a fiber-optic laser-based sensor system that automatically corrects for even tiny barrel disruptions. The system, developed by a team led by Oak Ridge National … Continue reading →

Mozilla has issued the first ever security update for Firefox 4.0, including a fix for two chunks of code that allowed attackers to override a key security protection baked in to recent versions of the Windows operating system. The slip … Continue reading →

A team of mechanical engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania have spent the better part of the past year designing and fabricating the ultimate concept bike, which they’ve called “Alpha.” Thanks to rapid prototyping technology, the bike was realized … Continue reading →

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That non-standard charge port on your Tesla Roadster isn’t proprietary, it’s just outmoded — but don’t worry, a four foot adapter is here to save the day. $750? And I thought Monster Cables were unnecessarily expensive! This new J1772 to … Continue reading →

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Oracle has won an early round in what is sure to be an epic battle against Google over Android’s use of Java. This week, Judge William Alsup issued a “claims construction” order in which he sided with Oracle on the … Continue reading →

A U.S. congressional committee has asked Sony Computer Entertainment to explain several issues surrounding the massive potential leak of information on customers of its PlayStation Network. The network, which serves as an e-commerce and online gaming platform for the PlayStation … Continue reading →

The University of Chicago’s Flash Center for Computational Science released a major new version of supercomputer code, called FLASH 4-alpha, on April 29. Based on previous software for simulating exploding stars, this is the first version of the FLASH code … Continue reading →

A day after Yahoo’s email service suffered a partial outage, the company reported that about 1 million users were affected. The problem began at 7:30 a.m. Pacific time Thursday and was at its worst at 11 a.m., according to Stephanie … Continue reading →

Samsung has launched another counterattack against Apple’s patent, trademark, and trade dress lawsuit in the form of a US patent suit filed in California this week. The lawsuit comes after three patent suits were filed in Europe and Asia last … Continue reading →

It was pretty much established that Google TV wasn’t ready for prime time when it launched last fall, but now comes more proof. Logitech has reported that the company’s Revue with Google TV set-top box and the accompanying gear generated … Continue reading →

Formula 1, the pinnacle of gas-powered racing, is more often at odds with the eco-conscious electric car movement than in tune with it, but here’s an exception to that rule. The FIA, the sport’s governing body, announced back in December … Continue reading →