Apple pulls "gay cure" iPhone app
Apple pulls app promising "freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus"
/ CBS/AppleAn iPhone and iPad app promising "freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus" is no longer available on Apple's app store.
Google goes (Lady) Gaga
Who woulda thunk it? When she was in high school, they thought she would turn out as Lady Google.
Crowdsourcing Japan radiation readings
Crowdsourcing Japan radiation RDTN.ORG
The wisdom of a crowd armed with radiation detection devices is helping to chart radiation readings across Japan as the country struggles to avoid a nuclear catastrophe. RDTN.ORG, built by Portland, Oregon-based Uncorked Studios, with the help of many external contributors, asks people to submit readings from their locations for posting on a Google map that aggregates the data.
Senators want Apple to remove apps
On Monday, we reported that more than 100,000 people had signed their names to an online petition protesting Apple's decision to allow an anti gay app on its app store. Today, we bring you word of a trio of Democratic Senators - New York's Charles Shumer, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Nevada's Harry Reid - urging Apple to remove apps for the iPhone and iPad that they claim can help drunk drivers evade checkpoints errected by the police.
Poll: AT&T's blockbuster deal for T-Mobile
AT&T headquarters in Michigan
/ Associated PressShould government regulators let the nation's worst phone carrier - already a colossus - grow even larger through a blockbuster acquisition that would turn it into the biggest cell phone company in the United States?
Continue »Shock wave engine for cars gets closer
Despite several attempts to take technology in a different direction, Gottlieb Daimler's century-plus-old still invention of the internal combustion engine still reigns supreme - though it's not been for a lack of trying.
Continue »Gallup finds partisan split on global warming
A man rides a bicycle through the steam funneling out from the heating system along a street in Beijing.
/ Getty ImagesMaybe it's the condition of the economy. Or our fascination with the latest exploits of Charlie Sheen. But this much is certain: when it comes to concerns about global warming, the American people aren't especially concerned. And when they are asked for their opinion, a big divide shows up based upon their political affiliation.
Debunking Earth's oldest fossil find?
Photomicrograph of clast in rock showing features under discussion (arrows point to some of these)
/ Univ. of Kansas,Julienne EmryChalk it up to a case of mistaken identity?
Over twenty years ago, researchers came upon what they said were the 3.5 billion-year-old remains of bacteria fossils in western Australia's Apex Chert Formation. But new research by a team of geologists from the University of Kansas debunks that claim, arguing instead that what was under review was actually an assortment of minerals - basically a "series of quartz and haematite-filled fractures."
Space laser proposed to zap space junk
Orbital Debris-Debris Collision Avoidance
/ arxiv.orgWhat to do with all the space junk now in orbit around the Earth? Each year, that question grabs a headline or two before disappearing.. But that doesn't mean the problem is getting any closer to resolution.
Can atom smasher double as time machine?
Inside the Large Hadron Collider. A view of the CMS, or Compact Muon Solenoid
/ SteMaximilien Brice/CERNThe Large Hadron Collider as a time machine? According to a physics professor and his assistant, the world's largest atom smasher could indeed allow people to travel back in time.
Theoretical? To be sure. But they say it's theoretically possible.
Seawall failure reignites debate
The now largely-destroyed Kamaishi City in Japan spent $1.5 billion to construct the world's largest sea wall. The municipality deserves a refund.
Continue »Japan quake may lead to gadget delays, higher prices
Toshiba is attempting to gauge the impact of the earthquake on production
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Stunning story revealed in latest Netflix movie stats
Consumers are shifting from mail-in to digital movie demand
/ Getty ImagesOn a day when the stock market got creamed - at one point down more than 200 points - shares of Netflix were up more than 14% in early afternoon trading. Irrational exuberance or the smart money laying bets?
Internet Explorer 9: Hands-on review
Microsoft VP Dean Hachamovitch, announces the launch of Internet Explorer 9, at SXSW March 14, 2011 in Austin, Texas.
/ Getty ImagesInternet Explorer 9 is surprisingly competitive across the board. Zippy browsing speeds, minimalist layout, and innovative features make this not only the best version of IE to date, but catapult Internet Explorer back into the browser wars. The one big drawback? You must have Windows 7 or Vista to use it. XP users are stuck on IE8. Forever.
Rare image of runaway star speeding through space
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of the star Alpha Camelopardalis, or Alpha Cam.
/ NASA/JPL-CaltechHere's an extraordinary sight to take in, courtesy of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The probe sent back this rare image of what scientists call a runaway star. Astronomers believe it was set in motion either through the supernova explosion of a companion star or the result of a close encounter with some other stars in space.
