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Television networks seeking to dismantle a startup that delivers over-the-air broadcasts via the internet want to know what the hell Barry Diller, the chairman of the IAC/InterActiveCorp media empire, was thinking when his company invested $20.5 million in to a legally questionable startup called Aereo.
In World War II, it could take up to 30,000 bombing runs over a period of weeks to destroy a thousand ground targets. Yesterday in North Carolina, a single U.S. Air Force fighter wing hit 1,000 targets in a single sweep, using just 70 or so Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles. It took merely a couple hours.
The social network's new Listen button instantly connects you with bands' music, played through Spotify, Rdio and other unlimited-streaming services.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stand in a San Francisco courtroom today to testify in the copyright infringement case between his company and Google, saying that developing software platforms is one of the hardest things that Oracle does.
One of the most disruptive men in the sprawling U.S. spy community, someone who turned the military's elite killers into top spies, will likely soon be in charge of all military intelligence.
The Samsung Galaxy S III has been the source of speculation for months, but on Tuesday a new rumor emerged: the Galaxy S III will be the "official device" of the 2012 Olympics.
Michael Fassbender cries robot tears -- and creeps everyone out -- in the latest teaser for Ridley Scott's highly anticipated sci-fi epic .
This deceptively simple-looking gadget could totally change your life. Or at least your golf game.
The Pebble smartwatch project broke Kickstarter's funding record when it reached $3.34 million in only five days.
Millions of young stars shine brightly in this enormous stellar nursery at the heart of the Tarantula Nebula.
SpaceX and NASA are moving ahead with the scheduled April 30 launch date of the Dragon spacecraft and its historic docking with the International Space Station after the flight readiness review was approved at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Google outlined its defense Tuesday in its high-profile legal battle with Oracle over Android?s use of the Java programming language. Presenting Google?s opening arguments on day two of the trial, Lead Counsel Robert Van Nest argued that Google was free to write its own version of the Java virtual machine.
Injuries like tendonitis, stress fractures and inflammation often occur among athletes in low-contact sports like rowing, swimming or cross-country running. It turns out that such injuries comprise 30 percent of all injuries sustained by collegiate athletes, according to a study from Michigan State University. What?s more, 62 percent of those injuries occurred in female athletes.
Teri Hatcher of ABC?s fame was the emcee on the opening day at this week?s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas, which is expected to attract 90,000 people. And NAB's president and CEO, Gordon Smith, gave his annual state of the industry address. But it would behoove NAB to have handed Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff the honors instead, writes Victor Cruz.
With lots of cash in the bank and all eyes upon it, how could Tiger Style avoid the sophomore slump and create another hit with ?
In the last year we have unknowingly been watching Dell, a hardware vendor, transform itself into what could be the next big cloud provider -- one that could rival and achieve what Google and Microsoft will have trouble achieving, writes Todd Nielsen.
As worldwide demand for data storage skyrockets, so do the power needs of the servers where all our digital archives live. While some companies (like Facebook) have made great progress in ditching dirty fossil-fuel energy for cleaner renewables, a few internet giants (like Apple) lag far behind.
Google treats its infrastructure like a state secret, so Google czar of infrastructure Urs H?lzle rarely ventures out into the public to speak about it. Today is one of those rare days. At the Open Networking Summit in Santa Clara, California, H?lzle is announcing that Google essentially has remade a major part of its massive internal network, providing the company a bonanza in savings and efficiency. Google has done this by brashly adopting a new and radical open-source technology called OpenFlow.
Last September was my son's second birthday party. Unlike with his first, I spent a long time considering what theme to go with; at two he was certainly old enough to have an interest in his own things, but not yet old enough to choose his own party theme. I eventually picked a pirate theme for two reasons: firstly, he was enjoying the Disney Junior show Jake and the Neverland Pirates a lot and secondly, it seemed fairly easy for me to do. Here then are my tips and ideas for hosting a pirate party for little ones:
Back in the eighties, we loved sci-fi thrillers set in the "real" world with just one technological twist to build an exciting story around. High-schoolers building nuclear bombs, runaway killer robots, and recording full-sensory input were just a few of the movies that, though a bit dated now, kept us in our seats while the last vestiges of the cold war played out in the news. And there was one interesting little sub-genre that popped up long enough to generate a couple amusingly geeky flicks which, thanks to Netflix, we can go back and pit against one another now.
Mac users were once relatively insulated from malware attacks, if only because their OS platform didn't attract the attention of criminals. But now a spike in security threats is making it clear that the bad guys are no longer ignoring Apple's OS X.
Four years of filming near the Earth's poles have yielded some amazing footage in the new series series, this new epic includes unparalleled views of the Arctic and Antarctic landscapes as well as beautiful, enlightening and even suspenseful looks at polar wildlife.
Ben Franklin dies, and America loses one of its most inventive minds.
A new documentary series, , premiers on the web today. It follows three eighth-graders through the hopes and challenges of their student council election. The filmmakers, Catherine Orr and Elena Rue, are also using the release of the first episode, out of three, to launch their promising new production company, StoryMineMedia.
On Friday, the Navy quietly released a "market survey" asking the big defense contractors for their "candidate[s]" for "strike fighter aircraft" in the decades to come. Which is a little weird, considering the Pentagon is currently spending a trillion dollars on just such an aircraft: the troubled Joint Strike Fighter.
Sie wollten schon lange wieder mal die alten NES-Klassiker spielen? Und brauchen sowieso einen neuen Couchtisch für Ihr Wohnzimmer? Wir haben die Lösung für Sie; mit etwas «Kleingeld» sind Sie dabei.
Eine schlaue Armbanduhr, die sich drahtlos mit dem iPhone oder Android-Handy verbindet: Für dieses Kickstarter-Projekt sind in Kürze mehr als 3 Millionen Dollar gesammelt worden.
Internet-Kriminelle greifen vermehrt Apple-Computer an. Die Sicherheitsfirma Kaspersky Lab hat einen weiteren Schädling für Mac OS X entdeckt.
Jedes sechste in der Schweiz verkaufte Elektrogerät ist mangelhaft. Experten sprechen von einer «Verluderung der Qualität». Schuld sind vor allem Online-Händler - aber nicht nur.
Das Internet-Startup Kaggle macht aus der Analyse riesiger Datenmengen einen sportlichen Wettbewerb. Das Zauberwort lautet Crowdsourcing.
Das Drama um 25 Millionen Gigabyte an gesperrten Daten der Megaupload-Nutzer ist noch immer nicht beendet. Die US-Regierung sagt, sie wäre mit dem Löschen der Dateien einverstanden.
Das Chochichästli-Orakel ist auf dem iPhone gelandet. Es analysiert den persönlichen Dialekt der User und versucht herauszufinden, aus welcher Region der Schweiz sie stammen.
In eigener Sache: Am 25. April steigt die «Starhawk»-Pregaming-Party. Das leserstärkste News-Portal der Schweiz und Sony laden hierzu sechs Leser ans «Starhawk»-Turnier in Zürich.
Der französische Designer Philippe Starck fantasiert von einer streng geheimen Zusammenarbeit mit Apple. Doch der US-Konzern dementiert. Des Rätsels Lösung ist beim verstorbenen Firmenchef zu suchen.
Die deutsche Spieleschmiede Crytek kündigt mit «Crysis 3» die Fortsetzung ihres Egoshooters an. Im Exklusiv-Interview verrät Studio-Boss Cevat Yerli, worauf sich Ballermänner freuen dürfen.
Das Warten vieler Fans hat (fast) ein Ende. Der südkoreanische Smartphone-Titan hat die Präsentation des neusten «Smartphone-Highlights aus der Galaxy-Familie» am 3. Mai 2012 offiziell bestätigt.
Der Engel Pit fliegt wieder: Nach seinem ersten Auftritt 1986 im NES-Game «Kid Icarus» und einer weiteren Episode für den Gameboy landet Nintendos vergessener Held auf der portablen Spielkonsole 3DS.
Der Google-Mitgründer Sergey Brin hat vor zunehmenden Einschränkungen der Freiheit des Datenverkehrs im Internet durch Firmen und Regierungen gewarnt.
Über 20 Millionen YouTube-Klicks innerhalb von fünf Tagen: Der belgische TV-Sender TNT hat einen Werbespot lanciert, der im Web wie eine Bombe eingeschlagen hat.