Third-person shooter improves science skills

Students who play the video game Immune Attack understand cellular and molecular biology measurably better than those who do not, a study finds.

Software giant Microsoft says its Patch Tuesday deploy addresses vulnerabilities in DirectShow, SMB Protocol, ActiveX, Windows Shell Handler, and 32-bit Windows.

Barnes & Noble alerts some customers who preordered the new e-reader that they might not get the device in time for Christmas. Company says it will send a $100 gift certificate, with apologies.

Company is embedding a full HTML Opera Mini mobile browser it calls att.net into four new feature phones.

Bloom Energy CEO K.R. Sridhar spells out how the fuel cell works.

Phone giant nabs Plusmo to help it build more apps and widgets for mobile phones, PCs, and TV.

VistaPrint, an online printing company, says it is no longer connected to Affinion, one of three marketing companies accused of duping consumers into paying monthly fees.

BMW launches the Concept ActiveE at the 2010 Detroit auto show.

Osaka-based Eager Co. is developing corrugated cardboard mannequin robots for that can gracefully display clothing in retail displays.

A Bennington College professor believes the terms are emotionally damaging and need to be eradicated from our vocabulary. Are they really that bad?

That date lets Adobe stick to its quarterly security update schedule. In the meantime, users can disable JavaScript.