Technology
Digital books replacing print in schools
Why a prep school in Massachusetts replaced its library books with digital versions, and colleges are moving to electronic textbooks.
The return Steve Jobs and other Apple news
The MC at recent Apple media event was CEO Steve Jobs, who explained why he had been out of the spotlight for months....
Internet-based telephony
Once upon a time, internet-based phone service was "the future"; now tech watchers are wondering about its survival....
App turns iPhone into musical instrument
The Ocarina iPhone app lets you play music by blowing into the phone -- it was a blockbuster, and its maker recently released a trombone app. ...
Sorry Ashton Kutcher, John Quincy Adams' tweets cooler
Tweeting the diary entries of John Quincy Adams from 200 years ago, when he journeyed to Russia as a US minister....
Hi-tech piracy gets political in Europe
A new type of political party is springing up in countries across Europe: The Pirate Party wants to reform intellectual property law in the cyber world....
Yahoo! searches for energy efficiency
Chris Page, Director of Climate and Energy Strategy at Yahoo! shares the company's plan for cutting CO2 emissions....
A British spy, a Speedo and Facebook
Security concerns over photos posted on Facebook of head of Britain's spy agency playing Frisbee in Speedo....
BBC project saves endangered sounds
Save Our Sounds, a new BBC project, features an online map of sound clips uploaded by people all over the world....
Google in the phone business
Google rolls out a free phone management service, making phone use more like email and instant messaging. ...
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