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Fake Speed Bumps Coming Soon to a Road Near You

by Mary Ann Romans

30 Jun 2008 11:19 AM

(Photo by AP news) What if you were driving along a quite road near your home or a busy street in an unfamiliar town when you suddenly noticed three pyramid-type structures or boxes sticking up in the road ahead.

Friday Funny: Boy Were They Wrong!

by Mary Ann Romans

16 May 2008 07:04 AM

In 1949, Popular Mechanics predicted that in the future "Computers may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Well, we all know how off that one was.

Robotic Animals Decode Animal "Talk" and Behavior

by Mary Ann Romans

06 May 2008 05:21 PM

One of the latest bits of information about technology and science concerns robotic animals that are being used to help decode animal "talk" and animal behavior.

Yahoo Launches New Women's Site

by Mary Ann Romans

02 Apr 2008 06:56 AM

On Monday, Yahoo Inc. announced that it launched a new website geared for women. The new website, called, Shine, will cover such topics as parenting, love, relationships, healthy living, home life, sex, money and career, entertainment, food, fashion, beauty and even astrology.

News Round up for Thursday, March 13th

by Mary Ann Romans

13 Mar 2008 12:34 PM

Microsoft says no Blu-Ray, for the computer user who has everything, AOL buys Bebo Microsoft says no Blu-Ray If you own a Microsoft Xbox 360, you are probably disappointed in the fact that the HD DVD format is dead. You'll won't be able to use that little aspect of the Xbox 360.

Microsoft Fined by a Continent, Suffers E-Mail Outages

by Mary Ann Romans

27 Feb 2008 07:50 AM

You know you've hit the big time when you are fined by a the Continent of Europe. Of course for Microsoft, the company has no doubts it has hit the big time. In fact, when you are that big, you can choose to ignore judgments against you.

Yahoo Buys Video Service, Layoffs and More

by Mary Ann Romans

13 Feb 2008 10:50 AM

Despite the issues surrounding a possible hostile takeover by Microsoft, the slumping Yahoo is actually spending money, to the tune of $160 million. Yesterday, the search engine giant completed a transaction to acquire the online video service, Maven Networks, Inc.

BlackBerry Blackout

by Mary Ann Romans

12 Feb 2008 12:25 PM

Yesterday afternoon, BlackBerry email service went down, leaving users in the dark, so to speak. The popular smart phone device, by Research in Motion (RIM) experienced the email failure due to and outage in the RIM network.

Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Bid: No Solution Yet

by Mary Ann Romans

11 Feb 2008 09:41 AM

Today, Yahoo rejected Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid to takeover the flagging company. Yahoo said that its board has decided that the offer would substantially undervalue Yahoo and its stock.

Reusable Camera Pill

by Mary Ann Romans

08 Feb 2008 12:12 PM

Take one of these and I'll look at your insides in the morning. Well, not quite, but science fiction just got a little closer, thanks to a new tiny camera pill that can be swallowed like a common pain killer. The camera pill is ultra affordable, only $300 and can be used over and over again.



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