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  • With Apple all set to make several announcements tomorrow about its music services and product line, the rumor mill is kicking into overdrive. S…

  • Aug 31, 2010

    No more paper OED

    The days of the150-lb, 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary are numbered. This week, Oxford University Press announced it's just too expensive to…

  • So we read lots and lots of tech headlines at this show. Facebook's after Foursquare's market; Apple's after Microsoft; Google's after everyone&…

  • Research in Motion the creator of the Blackberry smart phone has reportedly backed down in its standoff with the Indian government.  India…

  • Aug 31, 2010

    Killing Cable

    I moved coast to coast about six months ago and I still haven't hooked up a new cable connection in my house. Okay – given I'm a public radio…

  • Aug 31, 2010

    GooglePlex

    Nirvana for film buffs.  Imagine an online movie rental store with every movie, ever made always in stock – an unlimited number screens and an…

  • It's an MIT project called Seaswarm. Little robots drag around nano-fabric that can asborb 20 times their weight in oil.  These robots dragging…

  • Aug 28, 2010

    Blockbuster bust?

    No more evenings wandering around Blockbuster amidst popcorn-y carpet smells and confusion about which recent movies are worth taking home. The…

  • We tend to think the people on Facebook are young, college-aged and writing about last night's party.  Those people are indeed there.  But, there…

  • The American Chemical Society just wrapped up its national meeting in Boston, and among the presentations, a lot of interesting work on batteries…