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How a Man-Made Tornado Could Power the Future

J. Frank Wilson on Jun 26, 2008 (Updated: Sep 12, 2020)

Coiled up in a tornado is as much energy as an entire power plant. So a Canadian engineer has a plan to spin up his own twister and extract energy …

J. Frank Wilson on Jul 18, 2007 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

A strong earthquake shook Japan’s northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world’s most powerful nuclear power plant and causing …

J. Frank Wilson on Mar 6, 2007 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Ex-Paramount Pictures president Gail Berman and former Yahoo! Media Group chief Lloyd Braun have inked a first-look development deal with NBC …

J. Frank Wilson on May 30, 2007 (Updated: Aug 13, 2011)

Google has launched a new home page for Korea that departs from Google's "classic," minimalist home page approach. The new look features animated …

J. Frank Wilson on Feb 7, 2007 (Updated: Aug 26, 2020)

Thinking about upgrading to Microsoft’s new operating system Vista? If you own an iPod, you might want to hold off on Vista… at least for …

J. Frank Wilson on Aug 17, 2006 (Updated: Apr 14, 2020)

The browser wars just went intergalactic. While humans fight it out between Internet Explorer and Firefox, it seems that some Aliens have already made …

J. Frank Wilson on Apr 27, 2005 (Updated: Apr 14, 2020)

“CEO Jon von Tetzchner made a wager last week that if 1 million Internet surfers downloaded copies of his company’s Opera 8 browser for …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 17, 2004 (Updated: Apr 14, 2020)

“The Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox Web browser, an open-source alternative to Microsoft’s market-dominating Internet Explorer, has …

J. Frank Wilson on Jun 24, 2008 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Tired of working at Yahoo!? Ready to resign? Then head on over to http://yahoorezinr.com. The site is a helpful tongue-in-cheek way to help current …

J. Frank Wilson on May 22, 2019 (Updated: Sep 18, 2022)

From blackouts to campouts, there are a lot of reasons to own a generator. For this article, we took a look at some of the best quiet generator …

Lauren Banks on Jun 8, 2011 (Updated: Jan 12, 2023)

If you "Like" us on Facebook, then you've probably already seen our "Superfan" feature in action. A few times a month, we single out some individuals …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 28, 2007 (Updated: Jun 12, 2018)

As a kid Tom Lawton wanted to see the wind. As a grown-up he wants to design cool stuff (like a 360° digital camera) These visions combine in his …

J. Frank Wilson on Jul 2, 2007 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Three months after announcing a plan to form an online video venture, NBC and News Corp. have hired a CEO, tapping Amazon.com exec Jason Kilar to run …

J. Frank Wilson on Feb 25, 2010 (Updated: Mar 30, 2019)

With all the freaks, perverts and self-promoters, it’s hard to believe that there are any real people left on Chatroulette.com. Well, at least …