Jessica Sanchez took on rock and roll on American Idol, channeling her inner Freddy Mercury as she kicked off the evening singing Queen’s 1975 hit, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Sanchez, 16, gave the...
Chinese teen sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad
Authorities have indicted five people in central China for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad. The case has prompted an outpouring of concern that not enough is being...
Read MoreGoogle creates a spectacle with project
If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google’s futuristic, Internet-connected glasses. Directions to your destination appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to friends over...
Read MoreGoing ape for apps: young orangutan plays with iPad
The young orangutan reaches his hand through the cage and rubs his knuckles over an iPad, drawing wide colors across the screen with his favorite app. A few minutes later, Mahal presses his face up against the mesh, stretches out his long...
Read MoreGoogle chief betting big on social and mobile
Google co-founder Larry Page said his first year back at the company’s helm has been marked by big bets on social networking and mobile gadgets. Page marked the anniversary of his return as chief executive of the Internet colossus by...
Read MoreRIM launches software to accommodate Apple users
Research In Motion on Tuesday launched software that enables its large “enterprise” customers to manage Apple and other rival devices through the same servers as they use for the BlackBerry smartphone and Playbook tablet. The...
Read MoreBlackBerry maker RIM sued by NXP over patents
A Dutch semiconductor company said on Tuesday it had filed a patent infringement suit against Research In Motion Ltd, adding to the BlackBerry maker’s troubles and sending its shares tumbling. An affiliate of NXP Semiconductors NV...
Read MoreBlackBerry maker out to capitalize on rivals
Research In Motion launched a new software platform Tuesday that lets businesses manage smartphones made by rivals that have been devouring the BlackBerry maker’s market share. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion was launched as a...
Read MoreApple’s iPad tops Consumer Reports’ list despite heat issue
Apple Inc’s new iPad topped Consumer Reports’ list of tablets despite the influential watchdog’s having earlier stoked doubts about the latest iteration of the best-selling tablet by saying it threw off more heat when...
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Maria Burns Ortiz: NFL Draft Lacks Latinos
Tune into Thursday night’s first-round coverage of the NFL draft and the ensuing six rounds over the next two days, and there are a few near certainties. Expect Andrew Luck to go No. 1. Expect...
Carl Crawford seeking answers about elbow
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said Wednesday that outfielder Carl Crawford is going to see Dr. James Andrews on “a fact-finding mission’’ to determine exactly what is wrong with his left...
‘Sexy Baby’ Documentary Filmmakers Jill Bauer And Ronna Gradus Talk Women, Girls And Porn
After three and a half years of work, journalist Jill Bauer and photographer Ronna Gradus premiered their new film, “Sexy Baby: A Documentary About Sexiness and The Cyber Age,” at the...
Men are saying yes, please, to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
They’re young and old, doctors and churchgoers, gay and straight — and those are just the MEN who have devoured oh-so-naughty “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an erotic trilogy that has earned...
Edwards attorney attacks ex-aide’s credibility
John Edwards’ defense lawyer on Thursday picked apart ex-aide Andrew Young’s story that he was asked to conceal Edwards’ affair with a mistress with campaign money, accusing him of...
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