Chinese buyer says solar firm MiaSole will expand
The Chinese company that bought MiaSole, a California producer of thin-film solar panels, says it can make the emerging technology successful where ...
US seared during hottest year on record by far
America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U
Sandy report details NY's storm needs
Floodgates for tunnels, subways and airports, as well as a network of safe havens like old civil defense shelters, should be among quick, simple ...
Smart TVs get smarter, by just a little bit
In the not-so-distant future, couch potatoes will be waving, pointing, swiping and tapping to make their TVs react, kind of like what Tom Cruise did ...
Year of oppressive US heat illustrated in numbers
Last year was by far the hottest year on record in the United States. Here's 2012's heat by the numbers: — Average annual temperature: 55.32 degrees ...
Google to offer public Wi-Fi in NYC neighborhood
Google said Tuesday it is teaming up with a New York City neighborhood business group to provide the company's first urban Wi-Fi network. The network ...
Main roads flooded in fierce Israel rainstorm
Heavy rain flooded the main highway into Israel's main commercial hub, and an army helicopter was sent to rescue Israelis stranded on a roof in one ...
Gadget Watch: Pen makes old monitors touch-ready
Many people who have tried Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system without a touch screen have hated it because of the inability to use touch and ...
Panasonic shows off ultra-HD OLED TV
Panasonic is showing off a prototype TV that combines the two hottest technologies at this year's gadget show in Las Vegas: organic light-emitting ...
AT&T says it sold more than 10M smartphones in 4Q
AT&T says it sold more than 10 million smartphones in the last three months of 2012, topping its previous record of 9.4 million set in the same period ...
Jaguar cubs born at Milwaukee zoo bring new genes
Two jaguar cubs are providing more than just cooing fans for Milwaukee's zoo. The spotted brothers are introducing new genes to the endangered ...
Inspections planned for drill rig pulled off rocks
Inspectors will descend upon a remote Kodiak Island bay to investigate whether a Royal Dutch Shell LLC drilling vessel will need repairs after ...
Sony uses movie studio to press ultra-HD advantage
Sony Corp. is finally pressing its advantage as a conglomerate that owns both high-tech gadgets and the content that plays on them by being the only ...
CES unveils big TVs with 'ultra-high definition'
The race to make TVs larger and larger has created a colossal problem for manufacturers: As screens grow, picture quality worsens — unless the viewer ...
Drilling barge pulled from rocks off Alaska island
A large floating drill rig that ran aground a week ago on a remote Alaska island arrived as planned Monday in the shelter of a Kodiak Island bay after ...
New Qualcomm chips promise phone video in ultra-HD
TV makers are trotting out sets with "Ultra HD" resolution at the International CES electronics trade show in Las Vegas this week. Few video cameras ...
Panasonic unveils bone-conduction TV headphones
People who don't want to disturb sleeping family members could use a new product from Panasonic that doesn't need speakers or even your own ears: ...
Mock Mars trek finds down-to-Earth sleep woes
Astronauts have a down-to-Earth problem that could be even worse on a long trip to Mars: They can't get enough sleep. And over time, the lack of ...
New Lego robotics kit talks to iPhones
Lego bricks are getting cozy with the iPhone and other Apple devices in the latest incarnation of the Mindstorms robotics kit. Lego announced Monday ...
New Dish box sends TV shows 'hopping' to iPad
Dish Network Corp. revealed a set-top box called "Hopper" last year, named for its ability to send the TV signal "hopping" from room to room, covering ...
LG kicks off CES with 55-inch 'ultra-HD' TV
LG unveiled a 55-inch TV that sports "ultrahigh-definition" resolution with four times the sharpness of regular HD television sets, kicking off what ...
Reid says he misspoke with disaster comparison
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he misspoke when he suggested in a Senate speech that damage from Superstorm Sandy was worse than ...
Cuba to free doctors from onerous travel rules
Cuba is eliminating longstanding restrictions on health care professionals' overseas travel as part of a broader migration reform that takes effect ...
Samsung unveils gesture-control TVs at gadget show
New TVs from Samsung will recognize an expanded range of gestures so people can swipe through on-screen menus in a way that revolutionizes the old ...
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