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Spy robot can jump 30 feet straight up

Apr 3, 2012

The U.S. Army has tested a reconnaissance robot that can jump 30 feet into the air, high enough to vault into a second story window, its maker says. (YouTube) Developed by Massachusetts firm Boston Dynamics, with U.S. Army funding, the tiny robot -- looking something like a radio-controlled model car minus its body -- can stop, stand up and launch itself with a CO2-powered piston, The Christian...
Flying car gets closer to reality with test flight

Apr 3, 2012

Flying cars aren’t just science fiction anymore. Woburn, Massachusetts-based Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle -- dubbed the Transition -- has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. Last month, it flew a...
LG Display begins mass production of e-paper displays

Mar 29, 2012

LG Display Co., the world’s No. 2 flat-screen maker, said Thursday that it started mass production of a thinner and lighter electric paper display. The plastic-based E-Ink display maintains a thickness of just 0.7 millimeters and a weight of 14 grams, much thinner and lighter than a conventional glass-based e-paper display, according to LG Display. LG Display said the 6-inch electric paper disp...
Chinese buy paper iPads for ancestor worship

Mar 29, 2012

Paper replicas of Apple's iPad and iPhone are selling like hot cakes in China this year as millions prepare to honour their ancestors in an age-old annual festival that has taken on a modern twist. Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on April 4 this year, sees families remember their ancestors by laying out food at their grave sites and burning paper replicas of daily necessities such as clothes, mon...
Zuckerberg's China trip sparks Facebook frenzy

Mar 29, 2012

The sight of a vacationing Mark Zuckerberg in Shanghai has sparked a frenzy of online speculation over the possibility Facebook might return to China, even though the site remains firmly blocked. Excited Chinese bloggers posted photographs of the Facebook founder and his girlfriend at an Apple store and in Shanghai's art gallery district on Tuesday, expressing hopes it might mean access to the p...
Clearwire-fueled freebie services threaten AT&T, Verizon

Mar 28, 2012

AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, working to wring more profit from their next-generation data networks, face a new obstacle: Smaller competitors are offering similar services for free. FreedomPop, a company funded by Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom, will sell an iPhone case that gives consumers free access to 1 gigabyte of data from Clearwire Corp.’s 4G wireless network. Another Clearwire partner,...
100-year-old light bulb still works

Mar 28, 2012

GE Lighting said a 100-year-old light bulb from a time capsule uncovered at its Nela Park facility in Ohio still shines. The company said the time capsule containing five incandescent light bulbs was unearthed Monday as part of the run-up to the East Cleveland facility's 100th anniversary celebrations in April 2013. It was discovered one of the 40-watt bulbs still glowed when inserted into a spe...
IBM, NYC hospital training Watson in cancer

Mar 22, 2012

WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) _ The medical training of IBM's speedy Watson computer will continue with a residency at a renowned Manhattan cancer hospital. FILE - This Jan. 13, 2011 photo provided by IBM shows the computer system known as Watson at IBM's research center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The medical training of IBM's speedy Watson computer will continue with a residency at Memorial Sloan-...
Bird-like wings carry man 330 feet

Mar 22, 2012

A Dutch man said he completed a flight of about 330 feet using homemade wings based on those of a bird. Jarno Smeets, 31, an engineer, said he controlled the 55-foot wings using two Nintendo Wii controllers, the accelerometers from an HTC Wildfire S smartphone and Turnigy motors when he took off Sunday at a park in The Hague and flew for about a minute. "Ever since I was a little boy I have bee...
Google customers sue over changes to privacy policy rules

Mar 22, 2012

Google Inc. (GOOG) customers sued the company over claims they were deceived by its new privacy rules merging separate policies for about 60 services into one. The suit seeks to represent in a group, or class action, people who held Google accounts and mobile phones powered by its Android operating system from August 19, 2004, until after March 1, when the new privacy policy went into effect, ac...
Windows 8 expected to be unveiled in Oct.

Mar 21, 2012

Microsoft Corp. will finish work on Windows 8 this summer, setting the stage for personal computers and tablets with the operating system to go on sale around October, according to people with knowledge of the schedule. The initial rollout will include devices running Intel Corp. and ARM Holdings Plc chips, making good on Microsoft’s promise to support both standards, said the people, who declin...
Overheating problem on the new iPad?

Mar 21, 2012

Some early purchasers of U.S. company Apple Inc.'s new iPad tablet computer are reporting the unit is generating too much heat. Several users have posted on Apple support forums about their experience with heating on the third-generation tablets, USA Today reported Tuesday. "Mine seems to get very warm ... much more so than my original or my iPad 2," user Grandparr wrote. "Mine does get warm o...
Samsung to focus on smart, 3-D TV sales in Middle East

Mar 20, 2012

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said that it will focus on smart and 3-D TV sales in the Middle East in order to strengthen its dominant presence in the large emerging market. The company said it aims to aggressively market its latest high-end TV sets and expand cooperative tie-ups with content suppliers to solidify its status as the No. 1 smart electronics product supplier in th...
Apple has sold 3 million iPads

Mar 20, 2012

People purchase the new iPad at Apple's flagshop store, in New York, Friday (AP-Yonhap News) Apple Inc. says it has sold 3 million iPads since Friday when it released the latest version of the tablet computer. The new, third model comes with a faster processor, a much sharper screen and an improved camera. As with the previous models, prices start at $499 in the U.S. Apple said Monday that thi...
Apple to make announcement on huge cash holdings

Mar 19, 2012

Apple scheduled an announcement Monday on plans for its huge cash balance, estimated to be at least $97 billion from sales of its hugely successful gadgets like the iPad and iPhone. An Apple statement said chief executive Tim Cook and chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer would hold a conference call at 6:00 am (1300 GMT) "to announce the outcome of the company's discussions concerning its c...