Rays of light will cover historical landmarks, including the Berlin Wall during the seventh annual Festival of Lights.
Gibson Guitar Corp.'s chief slammed the U.S. government on Wednesday for sending armed agents to raid two Tennessee factories under a law aimed at curbing the illegal harvest of tropical hardwoods.
Safeway Inc reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' low expectations, benefiting from higher fuel sales and cost cuts, and its shares rose nearly 4 percent.
The Ballestas Island in Peru, like the other 21 islands along the Peruvian coast, is home to nearly 4 million migratory birds such as guanays, boobies and pelicans.
Apple on Wednesday released iOS 5, its most advanced operating system for mobile Apple devices, along with its iCloud service. After waiting a relatively a long time for an updated mobile operating system, users of devices that run on previous versions of iOS can upgrade their operating systems and gain access to more than new 200 features, many of which have been rumored since July. The devices that are compatible with iOS 5 include the iPad and iPad 2, the iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation mod...
215 million years ago, a 100-foot long sea monster was believed to be ruler of the seas. On Monday, paleontologist Mark McMenamin of Mount Holyoke College claims he has discovered its lair in the Nevada desert.
Jake Winebaum is betting on a Web-based solution to take the hassle and price worry out of a health obligation many of us fear and some can't even afford - going to the dentist.
Apple Inc debuts its fifth generation iPhone this week minus its visionary leader for the first time. But CEO Tim Cook may already be thinking ahead to his greatest challenge: repositioning the company's fabled marketing apparatus to safeguard the brand.
Universal cried uncle on Wednesday.
Research in Motion is blaming technical problems in its highly secretive communications network for a three-day disruption in service to millions of BlackBerry users around the globe.
Steve Jobs always use to titillate audiences with his famous “Oh, and one more thing” line at the end of his product intros — saving the best and most groundbreaking stuff just as he was walking off stage.
A three-day disruption of BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating millions of users of the Research In Motion smartphones and putting more pressure on the company for sweeping changes.
A three-day disruption of BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating millions of users of the Research In Motion smartphones and putting more pressure on the company for sweeping changes.
Next year, NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour will move from Los Angeles to retire at the California Science Center. At 122 feet, the Endeavour was built 20 years ago and is now the last shuttle to fly a mission into space.
The world's largest virus has been discovered off the coast of Las Cruces, Chile. Appropriately named Megavirus chilensis, it is about 10 to 20 times larger than the average virus and 6.5% bigger than its nearest competitor, the Mimivirus. The Megavirus measures about .7 micrometers (thousandths of a millimeter) in diameter and is an oddity among its virus brethren, which are usually smaller than bacteria.
Two former executives of a bank that received a $300 million federal bailout before its collapse during the financial crisis are facing criminal and civil fraud charges for their role in trying to conceal loan losses.
Dawn spacecraft discovers huge mountain on asteroid.
In the UK, a team of scientists have set out on an Antarctic expedition to get to the bottom of climate change mysteries. Quite literally, the group is planning to drill through three kilometers of Antarctic ice in order get samples from its lake.
Even as Wall Street is being occupied and corporations are reviled, there is a revolution quietly raging across the country that empowers corporations to be a strong force for good. This week, California joined that revolution when Governor Jerry Brown created two new classes of corporations for businesses that seek to pursue both profit and purpose: Benefit Corporations and Flexible Purpose Corporations.
Conde Nast's new president of entertainment Dawn Ostroff saw the potential in cable TV before many of her peers. Nowadays, she's excited about the digital future.
This Tuesday night, the moon will turn full but it will be the smallest we've seen for the year. Last Saturday, we saw a large luminous moon during the International Observe the Moon Night, and now we'll see the opposite tonight.
Broadband technology and software provider ARRIS Group Inc said it is to buy BigBand Networks , a video networking service provider, for $2.24 per share in cash -- a premium of 76 percent -- to strengthen its networked video technology capabilities.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has joined forces with U.S.-based carbon portfolio manager TerraPass Inc in a bid to enter the nascent Californian emissions market, the bank said on Tuesday.
Clean Diesel Technologies Inc forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations, helped by a 50 percent jump in sales at its heavy duty diesel systems unit (HDD), sending the emission control systems maker's shares up 33 percent.
The Raine Group has closed its inaugural $475 million private equity fund, the entertainment and media investment company said Tuesday.
Prosecutors on Tuesday showed a shocking autopsy photograph of Michael Jackson in court as the involuntary manslaughter trial against his personal doctor Conrad Murray continues.
It's a good story - so good, in fact, that it's survived hundreds of years, passed down from the lips of ancient mariners to be incorporated into impressive CGI jet propane-fuelled blockbusters. The legend of the kraken - the terrifyingly huge, violently belligerent giant squid capable of snapping ships in twain with a snap of its tentacles - has endured and tickles our imagination even today. But what evidence is there for the murderous cephalopod?
Google, NASA, and countless international space agencies just launched what they are calling the YouTube Space Lab. The idea is to hold a video contest allowing students to submit experiment ideas they will consider performing on the International Space Station (ISS).
Sony is negotiating for the movie rights to the Steve Jobs' biography, the only authorized biography on Jobs. If Sony succeeds, the movie would like to be released late next year or the year after next.
U.S. solar startup Abound Solar said its chief executive will step down from that post for family reasons and become chairman.
