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People who have had "near-death experiences" (NDEs) often report seeing a light at the end of a dark tunnel. TV shows, movies and books drill this crossing-over concept into viewers' minds. However, a study published in Neurology, a scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, finds that...
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a blind bidding process for wireless spectrum auctions, a move that is both supported and opposed by major wireless carriers, depending on their own spectrum situations. The FCC votes Wednesday on whether to change the wireless auction process to ...
Sprint Nextel, the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S., plans to begin testing in its joint venture experiment to offer an integrated bundle of cable and mobile phone services in a single package. The company will offer the services in a small number of pilot markets as early as late summer, ...
Is that a newspaper article you are reading online? Or an excerpt from a blog with commentary to follow? It's getting difficult to tell these days -- and it may get more difficult starting this week. Pluck is set to release a syndication service on Tuesday that delivers commentary from 600 bloggers....
Silicon Valley startup Webaroo is angling for position in the search industry with an approach that is based on storage capacity. The company has introduced a software service that allows laptop and handheld users to search a portion of the Web without an Internet connection. It's entirely differen...
IBM has reportedly come up with a hardware-secured processor design that incorporates encryption onto semiconductor chips. The technology could be used to lock down PCs and mobile devices. Big Blue made no official announcement, but company executives indicated the technology, dubbed "SecureBlue," w...
With cell phones now becoming popular fixtures among the masses, securing coverage in even the most remote geographic areas has become an important goal for service providers. Cell towers are expensive, however, costing from US$100,000 to more than $1 million to set up, and present logistical proble...
Silicon Valley startup Webaroo is angling for position in the search industry with an approach that is based on storage capacity. The company has introduced a software service that allows laptop and handheld users to search a portion of the Web without an Internet connection. It's entirely differen...
IBM has reportedly come up with a hardware-secured processor design that incorporates encryption onto semiconductor chips. The technology could be used to lock down PCs and mobile devices. Big Blue made no official announcement, but company executives indicated the technology, dubbed "SecureBlue," w...
Last November, a European probe took off on a 250-million mile trip to visit Earth's nearest neighbor, Venus. The European Space Agency Venus Express team is now standing by as it waits for the probe to touch down tomorrow. The mission's first, and most important, objective is the Venus Orbit Insert...
Violent video game play leads young men to believe it's acceptable to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol, according to the latest study on the digital entertainment medium. Dr. Sonya Brady at the University of California, San Francisco and Professor Karen Matthews at the University of Pittsburgh set ...
Last week, Apple became a tentative Windows platform OEM with its announcement of Boot Camp, which allows new Mac hardware to run Windows XP and, eventually, Vista. Apple had said it wasn't planning to support Windows -- just like it said it didn't plan to support Intel or bring out flash-based medi...
His name is Jack Bauer. He's a federal agent, and he has almost no time left to complete his urgent assignment for the President of the United States. So, he's going to have to kill you if you don't cooperate. That's a typical, weekly scenario from the smash hit Fox TV drama, "24," starring Kiefer S...
Archaeologists have learned that a pre-Hispanic pyramid recently found in a low-income, high-crime area about 30 miles north of Mexico City is 1,500 years old. They've been digging on the Iztapalapa hillside, known as the Hill of the Star, which is used for the annual re-enactment of Christ's crucif...
Discovery Communications will be adding clips of its video to Google Earth so users can view the footage while surveying national and global sites on the Internet. The streaming video will accompany Google's 3D, satellite mapping solution and will feature major world attractions such as natural wond...
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