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Phones, tablets transform handheld game market

Jun 08, 2012 (AFP)

Smartphones and tablet computers are expanding the market for handheld video games and challenging traditional devices, forcing game developers to adapt to a ra...

Skeleton key

Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)

Northwestern University researchers are the first to discover that very different complex networks - ranging from global air traffic to neural networks - share ...

Artificial muscle as shock absorber

Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)

Engineers are working on intelligent materials that can diminish vibrations and extract power from the environment. These electro-active elastomers could dampen...

Study: Vacations are going digital

Jun 08, 2012 (UPI)

Packing smartphones, tablets and laptops is as much a part of vacations these days as remembering the sunscreen, a Michigan State University study found. Even f...

Smooth moves: how space animates Hollywood

Jun 08, 2012 (ESA)

If you've been to see Wrath of the Titans, then you've watched it in action. A computer programmer is using software he developed to control spacecraft to help ...

Videogame play becomes a spectator sport

Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)

Videogame play is becoming a spectator sport. "It is the next evolution in gaming," said Matthew DiPietro of TwitchTV, an online platform that enables people to...

Samsung vows US launch of Galaxy despite Apple suit

Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea's Samsung Electronics vowed Thursday to press ahead with the US launch of its newest smartphone this month, despite a fresh lawsuit filed by rival A...

Taiwan's HTC denies Microsoft snub over Windows 8

Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC on Thursday denied reports that it would be excluded by Microsoft from adopting the new operating system Windows 8 in its ...

Repelling the drop on top

Jun 07, 2012 (SPX)

It would make life a lot easier if the surfaces of window panes, corrosion coatings or microfluidic systems in medical labs could keep themselves free of water ...

Economic woes slow mobile phone market: survey

Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)

The worldwide mobile phone market is expected to grow this year at its slowest pace since 2009, hurt by sluggish economic conditions, a survey showed Wednesday....

Elvis Lives! US firm to create 'virtual' Presley

Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)

An Oscar-winning US firm is to create a "virtual" Elvis Presley to bring the King of Rock and Roll back to life for today's music audiences, it announced Wednes...

Artemis keeps talking the talk

Jun 05, 2012 (ESA)

Although ESA's Artemis telecommunications satellite has officially completed its mission, it still has plenty to offer. Reaching its working orbit almost 11 yea...

Nintendo touts games for Wii U GamePad console

Jun 05, 2012 (AFP)

Nintendo fired its riposte Tuesday in the battle for living room entertainment by boosting its game offerings for its new Wii U console featuring a tablet-style...

Commonly used painkillers may protect against skin cancer

Jun 04, 2012 (SPX)

A new study suggests that aspirin and other similar painkillers may help protect against skin cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal ...

Taiwan's Acer unveils tablets that use Windows 8

Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's leading personal computer maker Acer Monday took another shot at gaining a foothold in the tablet market, unveiling two new products running on Microso...

Microsoft links Xbox with smartphones, tablets

Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)

Microsoft on Monday stepped up its quest to be at the heart of home entertainment by synching Xbox 360 videogame consoles to smartphones and tablets while addin...

Windows 8 to dominate Taiwan computer show

Jun 03, 2012 (AFP)

Microsoft's much-anticipated Windows 8 operating system is set to take pride of place as tens of thousands of people head to Asia's leading IT fair opening in T...

E3 to showcase big videogame titles, hot trends

Jun 02, 2012 (AFP)

Sequels to blockbuster console titles and play on smartphones or tablets will be showcased with Times Square-like glitz starting Tuesday at the E3 videogame ext...

Netflix tops Apple in booming US online movies

Jun 01, 2012 (AFP)

The US online movie business more than doubled in 2011 to rake in $992 million and will almost double again this year, a research report showed Friday. The bigg...

Microreactors to produce explosive materials

Jun 01, 2012 (SPX)

The larger the reaction vessel, the quicker products can be made - or so you might think. Microreactors show just how wrong that assumption is: in fact, they ca...