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Amazon unveils new Kindle, starting at $139

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:33:18 GMT

Just weeks after lowering the price of the Kindle e-book reader from $259 to $189, Amazon unveiled a fully revamped Kindle on Wednesday. It's sleeker, better looking, easier on the eyes — and starts at $139.

Another ugly reminder to check your Facebook settings — NOW!

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:56:12 GMT

If we take any lesson from this latest Facebook privacy brouhaha, it's one we should have already learned: Facebook isn't for people who don't wish to be known. Because here's the deal: Facebook has not now, nor will it ever, protect your information.

Cosmic Log: $1.4 million for oil cleanup ideas

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:05:53 GMT

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Kevin Costner, here's your chance. Sparked by the disaster in the Gulf, a well-connected environmental activist is offering $1.4 million for new methods to clean up oil spills.

BlackBerry may be berry good with new OS

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:08:18 GMT

A new BlackBerry, but more importantly, a new BlackBerry operating system upgrade, is coming. "Yawn," you say? Don't be too quick to dismiss Research In Motion and its sturdy line of smart phones.

'World's oldest Twitter user' Ivy Bean dies at 104

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:07:42 GMT

Ivy Bean, the Internet-famous centenarian heralded as world's oldest Twitter user, passed away last night at her retirement home in Branford, England. She was 104.

Google: China blockage report likely just a glitch

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:47:45 GMT

Google says its search engine and several other services are working normally in mainland China after previously reporting the service had been completely blocked.

Tales for your summer science odysseys

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:11:47 GMT

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Books about scientific subjects let you travel through space and time … which is the perfect prescription for summer reading.

Chinese space junk buzzes past space station

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:12:49 GMT

A piece of Chinese space junk passed harmlessly by the International Space Station on Thursday after worries that the outpost's crew of six might have to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats as a precaution.

Ballmer: Tablet coming 'as soon as we can'

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:02:12 GMT

Microsoft will compete with Apple's iPad, but it isn't saying when, according to comments made Thursday by company CEO Steve Ballmer.

Adult industry sees iPorn potential in iPhone 4

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:04:03 GMT

When Apple launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.

We're through — now get off my Facebook page

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:21:17 GMT

Lovers still see a face-to-face encounter as the ideal way to break up their relationship in the complicated age of Facebook and cell phones, according to a researcher's interviews with college students and middle-age adults.

100 million Facebook users' details published online

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:59:38 GMT

The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will no longer be able to make the information private.

Slideshow: How zoos beat the heat

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:18:57 GMT

Zookeepers give animals some tasty ways to cool off.

Women rule on social networking sites

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:57:26 GMT

Social networking sites are reaching a higher percentage of women than men worldwide, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting such sites in May, versus 69.7 percent of men, according to a new report from comScore.

Donkey's wild ass ancestor confirmed

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:17:20 GMT

Five thousand years ago, in North Africa, humans formed an alliance with the wild ancestors of the donkey, twice.

'Limbo' is heaven to play

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:45:52 GMT

While everyone is busy talking about how 3-D is going to revolutionize gaming, a little 2-D game is setting the summer on fire.

Bunker-busting ATM attacks show security holes

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:25:22 GMT

A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them.

Snake robots could disable explosives

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:28:01 GMT

Snakes can creep and they can crawl, but they're not very good at defusing bombs or going on search-and-rescue missions. Snake robots, however, might be a different story.

Twitter empire strikes back with 'WookieLeaks'

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:47:35 GMT

While the government, military and news outlets attempt to assess the fallout from the formerly top secret documents, the tweeting public is turning its attention to a topic that —admit it — is never very far from any true American's heart or mind: "Star Wars."