Users of e-readers can be excused for wondering if they haven't embraced a technology headed for the graveyard of products overtaken by something brighter and shinier -- in this case inexpensive tablet computers.
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Microsoft Corp. said it will join with Google Inc. to sue the federal government over the right to publish surveillance data.
BOSTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A business expert from the Harvard Business School in Boston said companies use fear, perks and appreciation to motivate employees.
TOKYO, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Officials at a Japanese rail company say they've resumed trial runs for the world's fastest magnetic-levitation train intended to reach speeds of 310 mph.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Growing evidence Apple will unveil its new iPhone in San Francisco Sept. 10 now includes a ban on Apple support personnel vacations, industry analysts say.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Energy Department said it was putting $16 million behind efforts to harness energy from waves, tides and currents.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A Google vice president in charge of product management for the Android operating system said he was taking a job at China's smartphone maker Xiaomi Global.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Brazil may be slowing down and Argentina may be struggling with its foreign currency holdings, but Latin America on the whole is heading for strong growth, new research indicates.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Rumors of a September launch date for the next iPhone have been bolstered by reports carrier T-Mobile has banned employee vacation time Sept. 20-22.
BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Homeowners can relax, say U.S. energy researchers who found wind turbine farms do not impact values of nearby properties.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Syrian hackers behind outages on U.S. news websites will likely increase activity if the U.S. military launches strikes on Syria, a cybersecurity expert says.
WASHINGTON, August 27-- Senate is soon expected to pass a bill to revitalize the small airplane industry. The bill passed unanimously in the House of Representatives earlier this summer. Existing small airplane regulations are more than 30 years old.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- President Obama met Tuesday with experts leading a review of the National Security Agency to thank them for their probe of U.S. intelligence and communications.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. government security experts say they are increasingly worried about the threats to law enforcement agencies using older versions of Android.
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Chinese officials report the country was hit with biggest cyberattack it's ever experienced, causing many websites in the country to go temporarily offline.
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics has confirmed it will offer a smartwatch wearable computer to consumers, but hasn't committed to a release date.
PHOENIX, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Venezuelan Air Force colonel has been sentenced to 19 months in U.S. prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act, government officials said.
DELFT, Netherlands, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Dutch researchers say they've built a miniaturized autopilot to allow drones to fly longer, fit into narrower spaces or carry more payloads such as cameras.
PHOENIX, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A furnace in Arizona is melting glass to pour a 27-foot mirror for a giant telescope with 10 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists say.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Struggling Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry says its qwerty-keyboard equipped Q10 will be available from Sprint on Friday.
HAMPTON, Va., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- NASA says it will crash a helicopter in Virginia -- on purpose -- to test improved seat belts and seats and to collect crashworthiness data.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. adults who do not use the Internet has been cut in half in the past five years, a national survey found.
LIMA, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Archaeologists in Peru say they've turned to small drones to speed up surveys and protect sites from squatters, builders and miners.
LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Surfers, swimmers and beach-goers in Britain can get real-time alerts of pollution incidents and sewage spills from a smartphone app, its developers say.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
