The wireless industry is feeling an urgent need to keep customers happy before the advent of a new government rule on switching services. Starting in November, customers will be able to keep their old phone numbers when switching wireless services.
The so-called number portability rule scares wireless companies because it essentially makes it easier for disgruntled [...]

Notebook computers with the kind of performance that will satisfy most students now carry a price tag that won’t make a parent cringe.
Computer parts have become cheaper this year, and now $1,000 can buy a notebook with a sufficient-sized hard drive, more than adequate memory and a speedy microprocessor so that students can surf the [...]

Blocking the formation of neurons in mouse brains blocks the behavioral effects of antidepressants, supporting the theory that the drugs spur brain cell growth and helping explain why they take a few weeks to work.
“If antidepressants work by stimulating the production of new neurons, there’s a built-in delay,” says Rene Hen, a researcher from New [...]

A robotic insect that walks on water like a water strider has helped researchers understand how the bugs propel themselves across the surface of ponds and lakes.
A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a robotic version of the water strider that captures the essence of the organism’s movement.
The team was [...]

Hewlett-Packard is introducing more than 100 new consumer gadgets on Monday, from digital cameras to photo-quality desktop printers, in anticipation of what could be a grinch-like holiday shopping season.
CEO Carly Fiorina and other senior executives are to unveil the devices at a New York gala that HP calls its largest product rollout ever. The [...]