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A new study finds that men speak on their phones for longer and with more frequency than women. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Study: Men Talk On Their Phones Faster And Longer Than Women

Men spend more time talking on their telephones and also speak at a faster rate than their female counterparts, a new study finds.

2013/02/15

9 Things Apple Could Do With $137 Billion

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company was sitting on $137 billion —and the heap keeps growing.

2013/02/08

Photo shows how the LRD portal would work. (credit: Barbecan Security Systems)

Security Company Issues Patent For Robotic Door To Stop Gun Attacks

A Seattle-based security company has issued a patent for its robotic Linear Revolving Door in hopes to stop shooting massacres like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

2013/01/08

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (above) and his company have been awarded a patent that allows people to feel hugs through the internet.

Microsoft Patent Allows Long-Distance Hugs, Handshakes

A new Microsoft patent may allow people to hug, grab documents or shake hands through long-distance technology.

2012/12/24

Google has made it more difficult to search for pornographic images explicitly trying to do so.(Photo credit LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images)

Google Tweaks Image Searches Making Porn Harder To Find

Google tweaked their image searching function in order to make it more difficult to find pornography and other sexually-explicit photos.

2012/12/13

A Taiwanese Air Force officer introduces the advanced phased array radar at a missile base in Sanchih, northern Taipei county, on Jan. 15, 2008. (credit: SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Taiwan Wants Apple To Blur Map Image Of Top-Secret Military Radar Base

Taiwan is asking Apple Inc. to blur a map image of its new $1.4 billion early warning radar station that can detect aircraft and missiles coming from as far as western China.

2012/10/10