By Barry Newhouse Washington, DC 25 October 2006 watch Youth Vote, Internet With the American election season in its final weeks, candidates are scrambling for any advantage to help them win at the polls on November seventh. This year more politicia...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 29 August 2006 watch High Tech Supermarket Supermarkets are using technology to get shoppers to spend more time and money at their stores. VOA's Mil Arcega reports that if your local supermarket doesn't have wi-fi access...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 26 July 2006 watch Water Purification report Villagers in Iraq are better off today, thanks in part to NASA engineers from the Marshall Space Center in America's deep south. ------- Concern for Kids is a non-profit organ...
By Paul Sisco Washington 03 July 2006 Watch Competition Report Some of the best young minds in the world were in the U.S. state of Washington this week for a technology competition. Bill Gates was there too. --------- Bill Gates Microsoft's Bill Gat...
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 13 May 2006 In February of 2009 all television stations in the United States are required to convert to digital transmission. This move will bring an end to traditional an...
By Barry Unger Washington, D.C. 27 March 2006 watch Train Safety report Statistically, trains are the safest mode of transportation. But the U.S. Department of Transportation is testing new technology...
Technology Time: How Well Do You Manage It? 2 11. Do you have shortcuts on your desktop, with easy access to commonly used toolbars ? 3 2 1 0 12. Do you prevent data loss by regularly backing up your...
Technology Time: How Well Do You Manage It? By Richard Ensman 1 You might have read books about time management, attended seminars on this important subject, and studied the key principles of managing...
Emerging Technologies 3 Mobile-phone viruses By Stu Hutson V alleZ has released a digital epidemic—or maybe he’s delivered an early inoculation. ValleZ is the online handle of a 24-year-old comput...
Emerging Technologies 2 Bacterial factories By Erika Jonietz I n the valleys of central China, a fernlike weed called sweet wormwood grows in fields formerly dedicated to corn. The plant is the only s...
