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When classes resumed last week, Mayor Bloomberg greeted the kids at Public School 172 in Brooklyn. The youngsters must have envied the mayor's now indispensable sidekick - his iPad. You see, that day those students were assigned their textbooks. Soon they would walk home or climb on the bus with backpacks filled with bulky, out-of-date and expensive books.
Western culture has an undeniable fascination with scientists, and with good reason. Patiently using the scientific method, they have brought us many good things, from the telephone to the airplane to antibiotics. And I don't think it's a coincidence that many of the world's first scientists were Christians who were seeking to discover not whether God created, but how he created the universe.
Google Instant may let you search the Web at warp speed, but the debate rages on about whether the new search technology is good for users and Website owners.
Google searches will now predict what users are looking for from the moment they start typing, the company announced. As internet users begin a word, Google's homepage will move instantly to a page of results that is updated as each letter is typed.
New artificial "skin" fashioned out of flexible semiconductor materials can sense touch, making it possible to create robots with a grip delicate enough to hold an egg, yet strong enough to grasp the frying pan, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) announced a deal to buy security software firm ArcSight Inc (ARST.O) for $1.5 billion in a bid by the world's top personal computer maker to cash in on growing demand for security technology.
YouTube, in a move that highlights the Google-owned video-sharing site's broadcasting ambitions, launched a two-day trial on Monday of a live streaming video platform.
Nokia's decision to poach a Microsoft president as chief executive is as surprising for Nokia watchers as it is challenging for the company he leaves behind.
