Stories by Sharon Gaudin

Would you cut off 10 Facebook friends for a Whopper?

Feeling a bit hungry? Wondering exactly who some of these people are who you befriended on your Facebook page? Maybe it's time to cull a few friends?

Hack Forces Twitter Into 'Full Security Review'

Twitter Inc. has launched a comprehensive review of the defenses in its popular social network and microblogging service after hackers last week hijacked the accounts of several high-profile users.

Google teams with Norad to track Santa on Christmas Eve

Want to know what time Santa will be touching down Christmas Eve to fill your stockings and drink the glass of milk you've left him?

NASA: Space Station crew installs probe

Winding up a space walk in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, an astronaut and a cosmonaut installed a probe on the outside of the International Space Station to monitor electromagnetic energy.

Google unveils new desktop Docs gadget

Google has added a new feature to enable users to find and access their Google documents straight from the desktop.

Stanford researchers use nanotech for early cancer detection

Using the same type of nanotechnology that enables hard drives to read and write data, researchers at Stanford University have developed a system that should be able to detect cancer in the human body.

MIT uses nanotubes to help fight cancer

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology today announced that a group of scientists there have developed nanotechnology that can be placed inside living cells to determine whether chemotherapy drugs are reaching their targets or attacking healthy cells.

Report: US lax on testing nanotech safety

A US advisory council reported this week that the government is lax in its efforts to study the potential health hazards associated with nanotechnology.

Reversal: UK watchdog pulls Wikipedia page off blacklist

The UK's Internet watchdog has reversed its controversial decision made earlier this week to censor a Wikipedia article, enabling users to view the piece and resume editing other articles on the online encyclopedia.

Google gives old magazines new life online

Google announced late yesterday that it's teaming up with a slew of publishers to give old magazines new life -- by bringing them online.

Need a to-do list? Google adds one to Gmail

In today's world where everyone has more and more to do every day, Google is testing out a new Gmail tool designed to help users get those things done.

IBM takes grid to the clouds and aids solar research

IBM has announced that it is teaming up with Harvard University to launch a new world-wide grid project aimed at finding ways to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient.

Google fires back at analyst claim it's a bandwidth hog

An analyst with ties to the telecom industry called Google a bandwidth hog in a report released last week.

IDC: Economic crisis will kill off some PC makers

With credit in a tight squeeze and the economy in free fall, the next few years should see the collapse of some small US PC makers and a restructuring of the rest of the industry, according to an industry research firm.

MIT researchers boost the power of solar energy

Using computer modeling, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working to boost the output and efficiency of solar cells, while lowering the cost of solar power.