November 29, 2013 Shopping for a Girl? Consider Science and Engineering Toys by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER A small group of toymakers and others are trying to break gender stereotypes by making toys to get girls excited…
November 28, 2013 Europe vs. Amazon: Anger Rising by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD In the United States, where unemployment remains stubbornly high, people are grateful that Amazon.com is hiring so many workers for its…
November 28, 2013 The F.C.C. Puts Onus on Airlines for In-Flight Calls by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT The commission’s announcement that it would consider allowing cellphone use on flights had consumers imagining having to listen to a fellow…
November 28, 2013 A D.J. Booth in Your Pocket by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT Monster, known for its audio cables and headphones, this month introduced the GO-DJ, a portable turntable and mixer. Published: November 28,…
November 28, 2013 A Surge in Value for Bitcoin and Currencies Similar to It by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON The trading price of Bitcoin reached a new high, and the value others like it rose significantly in the last week…
November 28, 2013 The Vaccination Effect: 100 Million Cases of Contagious Disease Prevented by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The estimate of prevented diseases, published in an article in The New England Journal of Medicine, is an analysis of some…
November 28, 2013 Researchers Retract Report That Linked Bitcoin Creator and Silk Road by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF A paper written by two Israeli computer scientists linked a Bitcoin account to a transaction on Silk Road, an Internet black…
November 28, 2013 Lighting Up the Lawn With 16 Million Colors by ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS By ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS New computerized systems and smartphone apps can make Christmas much more than incandescent lights and inflatable snowmen. Published:…
November 27, 2013 Turn Smartphones and Tablets Into Helpful Elves by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Apps can organize holiday shopping, check for the best deals on possible gifts and keep children occupied while grown-ups stress out….
November 27, 2013 Pages Scores Technical Knockout Over Word by MICHAEL D. SHEAR By MICHAEL D. SHEAR To point out the vast improvement in the new version of Pages, we offer a three-round comparison bout between it…