The Helena Robotics Team finished in the top 1 percent of the 2,500 robotics teams that competed in the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championships held in a domed stadium in St. Louis. Six young Helenans represented the 40 members of the Helena Robotics Club at the world match, which was attended by The…

But unlike the notebook and PC areas, where Microsoft’s hardware partners compete effectively against Apple products on price, tablets are a different game. The first iPad was released in 2010 at $499 (well below what many analysts had expected) and Apple’s maintained that price through two successive generations while keeping Several reports…

Before you can do the robot, you gotta build the robot. Student teams from middle and high schools in Sarasota County will face off in the district’s first ever VEX robotics competition Saturday at Sarasota County Technical Institute. The competition, which includes nine other tech-related contests, will run from 8:30 The…

Apple devices–ever more popular in the workplace–are about to become more popular with cyber criminals. That is one of a number of findings in security vendor Zscaler’s Q1 State of the Web Report that should be unsettling to enterprises that permit employees to “bring your own device,” or BYOD. The…

Computerworld – Twitter yesterday announced support for “Do Not Track,” immediately implementing it to halt online tracking of users who trigger a setting in their browsers. The announcement was made by an official with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) during a Do Not Track (DNT) event hosted by Mozilla,…

You can’t top the iPhone’s versatility. The phone’s design is simple, straightforward and easy to use. The Blackberry is outdated. The screens are too small, and unless the keyboard is a slide-out or a touch screen, it won’t impress anyone. And even that’s not a guarantee. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I…

Apple has reportedly already tagged LCD suppliers for aniPad mini, with an eye towardlaunching thetabletin the second half of the year. This latest scuttlebut comes courtesy of Taiwan news outlet LibertyTimes (Englishtranslation). Citing the usual, vague “market rumors” but also a report fromJapanesesecurities firm Macquarie, the Liberty Times said the…

Ozzie Guillen, the Marlins’ motor-mouth manager, says he is done using Twitter. “I hate Twitter,” said Guillen, who has 230,926 followers to @OzzieGuillen. Earlier Thursday, Guillen sent his final tweet: “my last tweet. me ultimo tweet good luck buena suerte.” He said he is tired of people on the social-media network…

You can use the Internet while riding BART. Just as long as you bring your own. The transit network promised to bring Bay Area commuters WiFi on all cars by 2010, the San Francisco Chronicle observed. But to date, only “spotty service” exists between Oakland downtown and the Balboa Park That’s…

Microblogging site Twitter has joined the Do Not Track party following an announcement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But Internet commentators threatened to overshadow by an “overt admission” that Twitter tracks its users’ movements around the web. Do Not Track allows users to block personal data from being shared…