Black hole powered jets smash into galaxy

A giant black hole in the center of the galaxy 4C+29.30 is generating two powerful jets of particles.

HP touts Android-powered SlateBook x2

HP has debuted an Android-powered "convertible" tablet set to launch this August.

This tablet boots Android, Windows 8 and Ubuntu

If you're the sort of person who enjoys using multiple operating systems, well, it is probably somewhat difficult for you to choose just one for your tablet. Enter the Ekoore Python S3, which is capable of booting three operating systems: Android, Windows 8 and Ubuntu.

New energy pattern observed at National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Two research teams at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) smashed through a nearly 40-year barrier recently when they observed a never-before-seen energy pattern.
Larry Ellison

Oracle's Ellison earns $3 a second

The CEO of Oracle, dashing Larry Ellison, earned $96.4 million last year and it’s hard to figure out how he can make ends meet.

HiRISE Mars camera observes hundreds of impacts each year

Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across.

Android the top dog in smartphone market share

Together, Android and iOS make up a staggering 92.3 percent of all smartphone shipments for Q1 2013, at least according to IDC's latest worldwide quarterly mobile phone tracker.

New report identifies strategies to achieve net-zero energy homes

Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy expenditures often account for a larger share of the household budget.

Reading the unreadable

Pioneering X-ray technology is making it possible to read fragile rolled-up historical documents for the first time in centuries.

Next destination - space

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano left for Baikonur, Kazakhstan today, his last stop before heading to the International Space Station on 28 May.

US DoE shifts hydrogen car infrastructure into overdrive

There are 5,800 publicly available EV charging stations in the United States and people say that’s a roadblock to selling more electric vehicles. So imagine the challenge for fuel-cell vehicles: In the whole country, there are just 76 fueling stations (out of 203 worldwide), and most of them are private.

Dell intros minitower workstation. And rack

Hardware company Dell has introduced two server products that  it claims are best of class.

IBM sells itself short

IBM lost a lucrative government contract because it made a bid for the work which was too low.

Western Digital ships ultraslim drives

Western Digital has started shipping the world’s first ultraslim 2.5-inch drives, designed specifically to meet the needs of Ultrabook vendors and makers of all things thin.

Patent trolls get a good kicking

Mass suing by copyright trolls could be about to be consigned to the dustbin of legal history, according to the Mail Tribune .

Lotus 1-2-3 is dead

IBM has decided to finally lay to rest the second killer app of the PC - the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet.

Google's Page turns on Microsoft

Google CEO Larry Page is either an arch-manipulator of public opinion or one of the least self-aware people in human history.

Cisco turns its fortunes round

It appears that things are finally starting to turn around for the IT industry, after the industry bellwether Cisco published some decent results for once.

Intel Ultrabooks continue to flag

Chipzilla's efforts to push into the mobile arena are paying off, but the fashion bag maker is still in a holding pattern waiting for Ultrabooks to take off, according to an analyst from Morgan Stanley.

Google asks Microsoft to kill its app

Google wants Microsoft to kill its homebrew YouTube app for Windows Phone 8. T