<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Computing - Miscellaneous]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:34:23 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Computing - Miscellaneous]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[NASA Bombs the Moon and Finds Water]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-moon-bomb-water-LCROSS,news-5115.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-moon-bomb-water-LCROSS,news-5115.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:31:00 CET Water, ahoy!]]> <![CDATA[NASA Sends Butterflies, Caterpillars Into Space]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Butterflies-Space-ISS-Caterpillars,news-5093.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Butterflies-Space-ISS-Caterpillars,news-5093.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:20:00 CET NASA is sending a butterfly habitat containing monarch and painted lady adults and larvae to the International Space Station. ]]> <![CDATA[Intel: Shape-Shifting Robots Closer to Reality]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Intel-Carnegie-Robots-shape-shifting,news-5098.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Intel-Carnegie-Robots-shape-shifting,news-5098.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 CET Researchers are working on shape-shifting robots that may appear before 2020.]]> <![CDATA[VIDEO: Big Dominoes Recreate Fall of Berlin Wall]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dominoes-berlin-wall-germany-communism,news-5062.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dominoes-berlin-wall-germany-communism,news-5062.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:20:00 CET <![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider Hit By French Bread Bomb]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-LHC-bread,news-5047.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-LHC-bread,news-5047.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:50:00 CET Bird drops bread on LHC, causing it to overheat.]]> <![CDATA[Scientists Grow Sperm and Eggs From Stem Cells]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/stem-cell-sperm-egg-clone,news-4979.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/stem-cell-sperm-egg-clone,news-4979.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:40:00 CET Scientists are reportedly five years away from creating producing artificial sperm and eggs. ]]> <![CDATA[Pilots Using Laptops Go 150 Miles Off Course]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pilot-delta-northwest-off-course,news-4955.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pilot-delta-northwest-off-course,news-4955.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:20:00 CET Distracted pilots on Wednesday accidentally went 150 miles off their plotted course because they were too busy looking at their laptops to pay attention to the radios.]]> <![CDATA[Music Royalties Body Threatens Singing Store Clerk]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Royalties-PRS-Sandra-Burt-Singing,news-4929.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Royalties-PRS-Sandra-Burt-Singing,news-4929.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:20:00 CEST A store clerk in Scotland who was told she was not allowed to sing while she restocked the shelves has received a formal apology from Performing Right Society (PRS). ]]> <![CDATA[Aphrodisiac Bed Sheets Pop Up at Invention Show ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/British-Invention-Show-Aphrodisiac-Sheets,news-4908.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/British-Invention-Show-Aphrodisiac-Sheets,news-4908.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:21:00 CEST Many people dream of inventing something revolutionary that changes people's lives forever. At the British Invention Show, there are plenty of people trying to make that dream a reality. ]]> <![CDATA[Nissan Shows Off Collision-Avoidance Robots]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nissan-Collision-Avoidance-Robots-Eporo,news-4900.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nissan-Collision-Avoidance-Robots-Eporo,news-4900.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:40:00 CEST Nissan is developing robots that can avoid collision and traffic congestion.]]> <![CDATA[Man Finds Military Missile Launcher in Garden]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Missile-Launcher-dragon-javelin-rocket,news-4880.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Missile-Launcher-dragon-javelin-rocket,news-4880.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CEST A Comal County, Texas resident recently found a military missile launcher in his back garden. Surprisingly, when he called the usual suspects (FBI, DHS, the Sheriffs Department), no one really seemed all that pushed about going to his house to pick it up.]]> <![CDATA[Toddler Survives Getting Hit by a Train]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/toddler-hit-train-survives,news-4882.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/toddler-hit-train-survives,news-4882.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:00:00 CEST CCTV cameras capture a toddler getting hit by train, and escaping unscathed. ]]> <![CDATA[Colorado Boy Stuck in Hot Air Balloon]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/boy-fort-collins-air-balloon,news-4877.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/boy-fort-collins-air-balloon,news-4877.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:30:00 CEST Authorities in Colorado are currently trying to figure out how to rescue a boy stuck in a hot air balloon over Fort Collins.]]> <![CDATA[Dyson Bladeless Fan Still Really Blows]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dyson-air-multiplier-bladeless-fan,news-4849.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dyson-air-multiplier-bladeless-fan,news-4849.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:50:00 CEST It's a fan. That's what it does.]]> <![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider Scientist is Aspiring Terrorist]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-Al-Qaeda,news-4828.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Large-Hadron-Collider-Al-Qaeda,news-4828.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:40:00 CEST A nuclear scientist that worked on the Large Hadron Collider has been arrested after being linked to terrorist group Al Qaeda.]]> <![CDATA[Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for Trip to Titan]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Craigslist-Astronaut-Needed-Titan,news-4835.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Craigslist-Astronaut-Needed-Titan,news-4835.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:40:00 CEST We've all dreamed of being an astronaut at one point or another. Now, thanks to Craigslist, you too can see space. As long as you're willing to die/not come home once you arrive on Titan. ]]> <![CDATA[Results of NASA Moon Bombing to Take 2 Weeks]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Moon-Bombing-Results-Water,news-4822.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Moon-Bombing-Results-Water,news-4822.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:00:00 CEST There was actually a point to all of this? Oh right, looking for water, got it. ]]> <![CDATA[NASA's Moon Bombing is Complete]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Moon-Bombing-success,news-4821.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Moon-Bombing-success,news-4821.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:50:00 CEST NASA's mission to crash things into the moon was successful but altogether anticlimactic. ]]> <![CDATA[Don't Miss NASA Crashing Stuff Into the Moon!]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Moon-Bombing-crashing-space,news-4811.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Moon-Bombing-crashing-space,news-4811.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:20:00 CEST It's all in the name of "science" of course! ]]> <![CDATA[VIDEO: Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser; Pew]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/boeing-advanced-tactical-laser-cannon,news-4786.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/boeing-advanced-tactical-laser-cannon,news-4786.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:11:00 CEST "Laser"]]> <![CDATA[Chicago Museum T-Rex Killed by Throat Infection]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/t-rex-throat-infection-t-rex,news-4753.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/t-rex-throat-infection-t-rex,news-4753.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:51:00 CEST There's little in the history books as ferocious and terrifyingly macho about the Tyrannosaurus Rex. However in a bizarre twist, it seems Sue, the T-rex currently residing in the Field Museum of Chicago succumbed to a throat infection. ]]> <![CDATA[Princeton Students Find Kindle "Disappointing"]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/princeton-kindle-dx-amazon-textbooks,news-4743.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/princeton-kindle-dx-amazon-textbooks,news-4743.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:41:00 CEST University students currently taking part in Kindle DX pilots are said to be disappointed with the device. ]]> <![CDATA[Google Confuses Users with 'Googlle' Logo]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Googlle-Google-logo-mispelled-wrong,news-4735.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Googlle-Google-logo-mispelled-wrong,news-4735.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:31:01 CEST Google only just cleared up all the extra-terrestrial/UFO business last week but the search engine had users scratching their heads again this past weekend with a doodle to celebrate the site's birthday.]]> <![CDATA[Robotic Bed Transforms Into Wheelchair]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Robot-Bed-Wheelchair-Transformer-Panasonic,news-4684.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Robot-Bed-Wheelchair-Transformer-Panasonic,news-4684.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:20:00 CEST Its a real-life transformer that changes from a bed to an electric wheelchair.]]> <![CDATA[Student Designs Cardboard PC Casing]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cardboard-Casing-Computer-Houston-Student,news-4674.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cardboard-Casing-Computer-Houston-Student,news-4674.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:00 CEST A University of Houston student has caught the eye of manufacturers and retailers with his computer cardboard casing.]]> <![CDATA[Where's Waldo? Lab Loses Poorly Named Robot]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Waldo-Robot-Mote-Marine-Laboratory,news-4602.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Waldo-Robot-Mote-Marine-Laboratory,news-4602.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:31:00 CEST Can you find Waldo? Mote Marine Laboratory can't, and they spent $130,000 on it. ]]> <![CDATA[NASA Monitors Hunk of Junk Headed for ISS]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-ISS-space-junk-discovery,news-4578.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-ISS-space-junk-discovery,news-4578.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:51:01 CEST NASA is monitoring a large piece of space junk that, if it continues it's current path, will pass extremely close to the International Space Station. ]]> <![CDATA[Boeing Successfully Tested Laser Cannon]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Boeing-Laser-Cannon-Test-ATL,news-4572.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Boeing-Laser-Cannon-Test-ATL,news-4572.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:20:00 CEST Cyberwars, laser beams, magnetic car engines... the world is coming to an end.]]> <![CDATA[Toyota Creating Anti-Drunk Driving Device]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Toyota-Anti-Drunk-Driving-Device,news-4548.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Toyota-Anti-Drunk-Driving-Device,news-4548.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:00:02 CEST Toyota is testing a system that will detect alcohol levels in the driver's breath and lock the ignition.]]> <![CDATA[Newspaper Laptop Bag Thwarts Thieves]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Laptop-Macbook-Bag-Newspaper,news-4533.html#xtor=RSS-211217 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Laptop-Macbook-Bag-Newspaper,news-4533.html#xtor=RSS-211217 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:11:00 CEST MiteMite has a Macbook Pro laptop bag disguised as a newspaper.]]>