Through viral video, sometimes wild speculation about black
holes and the demise of our planet, and sundry experts trying to define the
event in layman's terms, the start of the particle-smashing experiment has
been a ...   more »

Scientists at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear
Research near Geneva, fired two beams of proton particles in opposite
directions around Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) 27km-long (17 miles) ring,
buried below the Swiss-French border. Experiments ...   more »

The scientist behind the idea of "God's Particle", Peter Higgs,
says he is fairly confident a huge particle-smashing machine in Switzerland
will prove the existence of the Higgs Boson.

(EU) EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER ...   more »

Scientists at a computer centre in southern Germany process data from
CERN's Large Hadron Collider round the clock.

(EU) EGGENSTEIN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 10, 2008) REUTERS -
Eight thousand scientists worldwide are eagerly awaiting results
from ...   more »

New Products, DEMOgods, and a People's Choice Award Close Out a Flawless

DEMOfall 08

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- This evening the DEMO Conferences closed out another successful show with an entrepreneur-studded dinner and ...   more »

Survey of 16-27 year olds defines media consumption choices of the future

BASINGSTOKE, England, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced further results of its research into the consumer technology decisions and ...   more »

HAMPSHIRE, UK -- (Marketwire) -- 09/10/08 -- A new analysis of the NFC mobile payments opportunity forecasts that 700m mobile subscribers globally will have phones equipped with NFC contactless technology by 2013. NFC will enable ...   more »

In the latest example of videogames taking a page from
Hollywood, Electronic Arts enlists model-turned-actress Maggie Q for its new
racing game, Need for Speed: Undercover.

The racing game features 25 minutes of full motion ...   more »

Apple's Steve Jobs unveils thinner, updated ipod.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 9, 2008) REUTERS-
A thin and smiling Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs launched a
much thinner, curved iPod nano music player ...   more »

GENEVA - The European
Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, to begin an experiment to
recreate conditions just after the Big Bang, which scientists believe gave
birth to the universe. Its Large Hadron Collider ...   more »