In today's Tech bytes, DVRs are about to become much more widespread. The Supreme Court declined to hear a case attempting to block so-called network DVRs. That technology allows you to store programs on your cable company's computers instead of a se...
So you see, you got all kinds of work to do: the house needs a coat of paint, the concrete needs to be fixed. Well, pity the Royal Family, even they are not immune to the global recession. Queen Elizabeth reportedly is raiding Her piggy bank to pay f...
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His waxwork takes center stage at Berlin's Madame Tussauds Museum, as many believe it should. He was an icon everywhere. His death has shocked millions. My first thought was like, wow, and it's a funny feeling. I think it's bad news for me and I like...
MPs who break the rules could face up to a year in jail under new government plans. Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harmon has been outlining Ministers' ideas for cleaning up Westminster in the wake of public anger over MPs' expenses claims. T...
Whats cooking in Tokyos International Food Machinery and Tech Expo? For this robot chef, its Okonomiyaki-Japanese pancakes. One of a crew of sideboard servers dishing out the latest at the industrial event,Toyo Riki President Narito Hosomi says robot...
All right. From riding bareback to rating backfat, a Japanese study found that overweight people over the age of 40 like me live six to seven years longer than skinnier, more / annoying counterparts like Bill. Tohoku University, which, if memory serv...
If you know anyone who is deaf, then you know the cochlear implant has offered hope and help for some people. This next story may be the equivalence where restoring sight is concerned. While the science is very different and very tricky, the promise...
Well, you know, when we first got into the room, there was this very large fly that was circling, and we didnt quite know what to make of it, tried to get it, tried to get it out of the room. We thought it was out of the room. But when I was talking,...
One blue, one brown, he's kind of a one-eyed jack. Go on, go get it. So that's what Jen Nestor Waddell named him when she adopted this stray 11 years ago. He hasn't had a health problem since. He is jumping into the woods. Until a run through the woo...
French researchers are predicting doom for Planet Earth. They believe neighboring planets could stray out of orbit and collide with the Earth billions of years from now. The BBC's David Shukman explains their theory. A view of Earth from orbit and a...
Italian car maker Fiat has become an even bigger player in the global automobile industry, now that it has closed its takeover of privately held Chrysler. In the next few months, Fiat will begin the process of transferring its technology, platforms a...
Unlike most images of World War II that are in black and white, these never-before-publicly-seen photos of Adolf Hitler are all in color. The immediacy of these photographs is one of the most chilling aspects of them. They look like they were snapsho...
Well, the weather's deteriorated from those ceremonies earlier in the day when we had plenty of sunshine. Now, this is a pretty good imitation of what the soldiers, sailors and airmen must have faced 65 years ago on D-Day morning, its of course eveni...
There may not be anybody alive today with a TV who hasnt heard of or seen Susan Boyle, the singer from Scotland whose saga has a lot of people wondering if it all wasnt too good to be true. It came to a less than romantic ending Saturday night with m...
