http://www.EDGEboston.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:05 -0500 http://www.EDGEboston.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Technology/boston http://www.edgeboston.com/?103233 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103233 Researchers from IBM Corp. and Stanford University believe they have developed a way to significantly improve the quality of recycled plastic and strip away limitations on how plastic can be reused. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103231 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103231 Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103178 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103178 The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103176 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103176 Blending behind-the-scenes nuggets with a defense of President Barack Obama's record, White House and administration officials increasingly are communicating through Twitter. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?101429 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=style&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=101429 In the 21st century, millions of people still worship at the altar of Cupid... OkCupid that is. One of the most popular dating sites for heterosexuals is responsible for bringing singles together. It can lead to anything from an awkward first date to a trip down the altar. An EDGE correspondent tries his hand at finding a match at the site. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103120 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103120 TiVo Inc. prevailed yet again in a long-running dispute with Dish Network Corp. over patents for digital video recorders, as a federal appeals court cleared the way Thursday for TiVo to collect hundreds of millions of dollars. TiVo shares jumped more than 50 percent. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103119 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103119 Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103045 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103045 Hulu's days as a free online video site could be ending soon. Yet Hulu's most viable alternative - charging for access to some videos - could turn off viewers and crimp the site's explosive growth. Ultimately, the remedy to Hulu's current troubles could leave the site even worse off, a poor shadow of its former self. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?103044 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103044 RealNetworks Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop selling technology that lets consumers copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, settling a handful of lawsuits filed against the company by Hollywood's six major movie studios. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102997 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102997 TiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102996 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102996 Ignoring the health risks of heavy cell phone use invites a cancer epidemic, supporters of a bill requiring manufacturers to put labels on mobile phones and packaging said Tuesday. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102913 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102913 Reality television, dominant on the tube, is making its most dramatic foray onto the Web. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102912 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102912 Sony Corp. said a glitch has knocked PlayStation 3 users off the game console's online network, and the company warned that data loss could occur if gamers continued using the machines. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102911 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102911 Four California men were charged on Monday with using sophisticated computer programs to fraudulently obtain more than a million tickets to concerts and sporting events and reselling them for a profit estimated at $29 million. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102865 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102865 Operators of the world's largest atom smasher restarted their massive machine Sunday in a run up to experiments probing secrets of the universe, a spokeswoman said. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102864 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102864 A new Web sensation called Chatroulette feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless sex, or something in between. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102863 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102863 Just over a quarter of American adults now read news on their cell phones, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102811 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102811 One of the first things Mike Ameroso asked while contemplating robotic surgery for his prostate cancer was how many surgeries his doctors had done with the robot. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102810 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102810 Investigations into whatever is lurking behind Toyota's crisis of quality have put a spotlight on all that can go wrong with auto electronics - the growing number of wires, sensors and computer chips that have profoundly changed the automobile in the last decade. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?102809 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102809 European Union data privacy regulators are telling Google Inc. to warn people before it sends cameras out into cities to take pictures for its Street View maps, adding to the company's legal worries in Europe. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST