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Case of the 8-Month Erection, Jury Sides with Defendant

SCIENCE | Tuesday Jun 18, 2013
A jury in Delaware says there was no medical negligence in a penile implant procedure that the patient said left him with an 8-month erection.


Homo Tech: Latest High-Tech Must-Have Toys

By Shaun Knittel | Apr 16
At the February Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, 1,700 exhibitors tempted 72,000 visitors. Here are the must-haves, from a digital camera (yes, that’s correct) to a pet tracker to a high-tech cane.

Personal Technology

Netflix to Run Original TV Series from Dreamworks

Jun 17
Netflix is going to start running original television series from Dreamworks Animation.

Google Settles Suit, Clears Way for Stock Split

By Michael Liedtke | Jun 18
Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of non-voting shares later this year.

Apple Details Government Requests for Data

Jun 17
Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.

Russ Martin of American Automobile Association (AAA), is seen on a monitor in a research vehicle skull cap to the research vehicle during a demonstrations in support of their new study on distracted driving.

Voice-Operated Dashboard Technology Still Risky

By Joan Lowy | Jun 14
Dashboard technology that lets drivers text and email with voice commands - marketed as a safer alternative - actually is more distracting than simply talking on a cellphone, a new AAA study found.

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Video Games

A gamer plays a video game at the Sony PlayStation E3 media briefing in Los Angeles.

Sony takes aim at Microsoft with PlayStation 4

By Lou Kesten | Jun 12
Sony broke out the heavy ammunition Monday against Microsoft, announcing its forthcoming PlayStation 4 will cost $399 - $100 less than the competing Xbox One.

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Science

Artist rendering provided by Xijun Ni, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences shows a reconstruction of Archicebus achilles in its natural habitat of trees.

Meet Your Distant Cousin: Tiny Hyperactive Primate

By Seth Borenstein | Jun 11
New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed creature so small you could hold a couple of them in your hand - if only they would stay still long enough.

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