Drivers of Volkswagens could soon forget about fender benders or lane drifting on the Autobahn — their cars will take care of those little problems.
The German automaker debuted a new “Temporary Autopilot” (TAP) program that can control the car semi-automatically at speeds up to 80 mph. It combines existing driver-assist functions...
Microsoft Looks to Business Tools for Health Care Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, demonstrated some applications on Thursday that apply current technologies to problems facing the health care industry. Technology developments aimed at businesses can help the medical field more than many people...
Tech Turns Junk Plastics into Diesel. But improvements on an existing technology could divert billions of tons of "end-of-life" plastics from landfills and turn them into gas to run cars and trucks. Called pyrolysis, the technique is being advanced by more than a dozen U.S. and foreign firms, some of which are producing synthetic...
J.K. Rowling isn’t giving Harry Potter devotees what they really want – an eighth book – but she’s coming close.
Her new Harry Potter online universe, Pottermore, which launches in beta version in July, will reveal hitherto-unpublished passages from Ms. Rowling’s notebooks and pepper devotees with inside scoops about characters,...
Magnetic Field Sensed by Gene, Study Shows A researcher studying how monarch butterflies navigate has picked up a strong hint that people may be able to sense the earth's Magnetic Field and use it for orienting themselves. Many animals rely on the Magnetic Field for navigation, and researchers have often wondered if people,...
FDA urges caution for silicone breast implant recipients Women with silicone breast implants need to know that they probably will not last forever and might need to be removed or replaced within a decade of implantation, according to a report released yesterday by the US Food and Drug Administration. About 20 percent of women...
Probing colons has never been this much fun. Japanese researchers have developed the world’s first self-propelled endoscopy device, a remote controlled tadpole-like camera that can “swim” through the digestive tack gathering imagery along the way.
This kind of endoscopy isn’t wholly new, of course, but previous iterations...
Today Microsoft promised to transform TV advertising into an interactive experience, unveiling the highly anticipated ad platform for the Kinect called NUads. The platform uses the voice and gesture controls of Kinect for the Xbox 360, and will allow people to interact with television commercials as early as Spring 2012.
“I...
Remember cameras that would have to focus themselves before taking a snapshot? And how that could lose vital seconds, making a mockery of the term “point and shoot”?
Oh, right — that would describe every digital camera currently on the market. But if one Silicon Valley startup has its way, the very idea of focusing, or adjusting...
Here are the reasons why the FCP X video editing software, which was launched on Tuesday, was a failure:
Firstly, to use the Final Cut Pro X you will need Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or Lion (when it is released), which is as good as useless in your existing Apple OS.
Final Cut Pro X is unaffordable and it costs $1,000....
A study using rats suggests synthetic fat substitutes used in low-calorie foods could lead to weight gain instead of weight loss, U.S. researchers say.
Study leader Susan E. Swithers, a Purdue University psychology professor, and colleagues used laboratory rats, giving half of the rats high-fat chow and the other half low-fat...
Want to use Facebook at work without your employer thinking you're a slacker?
You need Excellbook -- a new application from the socially-minded people at clothing company Diesel -- that transforms Facebook into a clever and undetectable spreadsheet.
You can download the application for both Mac and PC at Be Stupid At...
you’re one of the four gamers out there who hasn’t yet played Team Fortress 2, now is the time to do so. Game developer Valve is letting gamers play the game for free for a week ahead of a massive content patch.
The new “Uber” update features extra pieces of equipment for some of the character classes. The company is also...
"Bad Teacher" has attracted Hollywood stars to its New York premiere on Monday, June 20. During the special screening at the Ziegfeld Theater, Cameron Diaz heated up the event by sharing a kiss with ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake. Diaz wore a black see-through top and a mini skirt, while Timberlake donned a matching black suit....
Fury of Ryan Dunn's grieving co-star as Roger Ebert accuses Jackass stuntman of drink-driving... hours after fatal horror Porsche crash
Jackass star Bam Margera is outraged after film critic Roger Ebert tweeted a message, blaming his co-star Ryan Dunn's fatal car smash on drink-driving.
Dunn, 34, died when his sports car flew off the road at around 2.30am on Monday while he was driving to his home in West Goshen, Pennsylvania, following a night out in a bar...
The competition between iOS 5 and Android is getting more intensed day by day. With each update and head-to-head comparison between the biggies, striking similarities as well as dissimilarities have forced millions of gadget lovers to think twice over their smartphone of choice.
Check out the top five useful features of Android...
How would you like it if your TV could fart? It sounds absurd, but that's what's on the table with Samsung's latest revival of the Smell-O-Vision concept. And this time the tech looks real enough that it might actually happen.
Researchers at UCSD are partnering with Samsung to create a compact device for your TV or phone...
With a number of news stories lately about kids under 13 on Facebook ( on the site against the social network's terms of service), you'd think there weren't any other social networking sites that were geared for kids or where kids wanted to be. That's hardly the case, as there are many social networks, gaming sites, and virtual...
Its Erin Hatley, a gorgeous lady with a beautiful voice, dedicated to promoting volunteerism who will be representing Tennessee at the Miss America 2012 pageant, next January in Las Vegas.
Saturday night saw the crowning of Erin Hatley as Miss Tennessee 2011 by outgoing Miss Tennessee 2010, Nicole Jordan.
Erin and Nicole...
Kim Kardashian's perfume reminds her of her fiance.
The socialite was wearing her own self-titled fragrance when she first met Kris Humphries and now sprays the scent on her pillows so the sportsman will always think about her when she isn't at home.
She said: "I was wearing it when we first met, so now I have the memory...
OK, so it's the big day – Dad's big day. And you still haven't gotten him something. We have the answer for you. Check out these ideas we've been sending your way all week:
The Manly Man: From cigar shops to barbecue businesses, there are options right around the corner.
The Athlete: Dad doesn’t have to be pumping iron...
