18th century-style coffeehouse opening at Colonial Williamsburg

January 18th, 2009 HONOLULU - Arjun Atwal signed off with an even par-70 to finish the week at two-over 282 in the $5.4 million Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club. Atwal, who was done in by bogeys on the front nine, finished tied 65th and earned $11,178.

November 1st, 2009 more images more images 'This Is It' tops charts with $101M worldwide LOS ANGELES — "Michael Jackson's This Is It" pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run. The film was the No.

June 3rd, 2009 Review: AAA iPhone app offers member discountsWASHINGTON — An organization rooted in 20th century car culture is joining 21st century smartphone culture. AAA has introduced a free iPhone application called AAA Discounts, which uses GPS technology to instantly identify nearby businesses offering deals for AAA members.

October 7th, 2009 Nissan's electric vehicle tilts into cornersATSUGI, Japan — Nissan's Land Glider electric vehicle tilts from side to side, sashaying into curves by up to a 17-degree angle, as though showing off in a fashion statement that it's zero-emissions. The wheel segments of the car can move separately from the cabin, allowing the car, still an experimental concept model, to sway and swerve, almost like a motorcycle.

July 13th, 2009 Handful of hotels offering e-readers to guestsMIAMI — Never mind wi-fi or even iPod docking stations. The latest digital accessory to be offered by hotels is an e-reader.

February 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Global auto major Toyota Motor Corp is eager to bring its fuel-efficient hybrid sedan Prius to the Indian market, but wants the high import tariff (105 percent) on such cars to be lowered, a top official said Monday. 'We are showcasing Prius for the first time in India here though we have no plans to introduce now.

March 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Arguably the world's first flying car took its first test flight sometime this month, a milestone in a project started four years ago by MIT students. At 7:40 a.m on March 5, the winged car taxied down a runway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., took off, flew for 37 seconds and landed further down the runway - a manoeuvre it would repeat about a half dozen times over the next two days.

September 4th, 2009 Maine widens school laptop program to high schoolsFARMINGDALE, Maine — The state that was first to provide laptops to every seventh and eighth grader in its public schools is taking its campaign to the high schools, and Maine's top education official vowed Thursday that every high school student will have a laptop computer within two years. The 67,000 computers currently being distributed at more than half of the high schools will give students the skills they'll need to compete in the workplace, said Don Siviski, superintendent of Regional School Unit 2.

February 3rd, 2009 If you are a passionate about the gadget news from around the world, then you know one thing for sure and that is Asus' compelling products never stop from lining up. The Eee PC 1000HE, Asus' new cool looking netbook, is about to launch this year.

August 5th, 2009 Toyota president says new sports car plannedTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Toyota Motor Corp.

May 26th, 2009 Better late than never. After a prolonged bondage with Vista Sony has at last realized that Vista sucks the resources and makes a high powered notebook perform like a mid-range one.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Digital imaging products manufacturer Nikon Corp is hoping for a reduction in countervailing duty and additional duty in the 2009-10 budget to enable it stay more competitive against grey market products being sold in India. "Sales as much as 30 percent are impacted due to cheaper alternatives in the black market.

September 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Purdue University have created a new system to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices. Indiana's 21st Century Research and Technology Fund provided funding to Purdue and Delphi Corp.

July 13th, 2009 Unless you are one from ancient ages, you must know that teens love gadgets. Previously we wrote about gadgets for students in which we mentioned some gadgets that would be very useful for the students but we carefully neglected not-so-serious, to-die-for brands.

October 6th, 2009 Toyota to show green sportscar with Subaru engineTOKYO — Besides showing off its well-known hybrids, Toyota will take a slightly different tack at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show to display a green sportscar with a special kind of gasoline engine. The FT-86, inspired by a sporty Corolla model from the 1980s called AE86, has a Subaru engine from Toyota partner Fuji Heavy Industries, whose pistons are positioned horizontally, instead of vertically as in standard engines.