Del. state trooper goes after burglary suspect, recovers colleague’s watch stolen 2 years ago

August 6th, 2009 Soldiers warned about ID theft after laptop stolenMADISON, Wis. — The Army National Guard is warning 131,000 soldiers to take steps to protect themselves from identity theft after a laptop containing their personal information was stolen.

September 30th, 2009 Suspected killer of labor boss charged with murderCARACAS, Venezuela — Prosecutors have brought murder charges against a man suspected of gunning down a union leader at a Toyota car assembly plant in Venezuela, but are saying nothing about a possible motive. A statement from the Attorney General's Office says prosecutors have charged Jesus Acuna with murder for the May 5 killing of Argenis Vasquez, who led a monthlong strike last year that paralyzed the Toyota plant in the eastern city of Cumana.

August 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology (S and T), US, have developed microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, which may be used to make more efficient solar cells. According to Dr.

May 6th, 2009 Ark. launches iPhone application on stimulus cashLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Information on Arkansas' share of federal stimulus dollars is coming to an iPhone near you.

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The first ever "virtual census" of the human characters used in US video games has shown that males, adults and white people are over-represented in such games, while females, black people, children and the elderly are under-represented. Dmitri Williams of the University of Southern California-Los Angeles (UCLA), who carried out the study with colleagues at Indiana University, Ohio University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, says that the mismatch between real-world and videogame populations could be excluding some groups of potential players from games.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - A firm in Edinburgh has designed a Bluetooth-based alarm that can tell absent-minded technology geeks when they have left their mobile phone or laptop behind. The device called 'Nio', a result of years of research, is soon to hit the shops.

May 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unidentified robbers engaged a former Indian intelligence officer in a conversation to divert his attention and lifted a laptop from his car parked in an upscale south Delhi market, police said Thursday. S.S. Bhutalia, a retired Colonel of India's external intelligence wing RAW, told police that he had gone to South Extension market with his wife for shopping Wednesday evening when the incident took place.

September 10th, 2009 Motorola shows off its first Google Android phoneSAN FRANCISCO — Struggling handset maker Motorola has unveiled its first phone using Android. It is banking on Google's free operating system to power features and applications that will attract consumers looking to use their phones to connect with their friends, family and colleagues.

August 4th, 2009 OC man charged with modifying video game consolesLOS ANGELES — A Southern California college student has been arrested on federal charges that he illegally modified video game consoles to enable the machines to play pirated video games. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 27-year-old Matthew Crippen was released Monday night after posting $5,000 bond.

September 15th, 2009 Xbox exec Shane Kim to retire after 19 yearsNEW YORK — Shane Kim, the Microsoft Corp. executive who oversaw the growth of its video game business from the original Xbox and through such hits as "Halo" and "Gears of War," is retiring after 19 years with the software maker.

June 30th, 2009 Porsche denied credit demand, Qatar eyes stakeSTUTTGART, Germany — Porsche said Tuesday that a state-owned German development bank has rejected its application for euro1.75 billion ($2.46 billion) in credit, but that a Qatar investment fund has offered to buy a stake in the sports car maker. Porsche Automobil Holding SE said the KfW bank had rejected the application.

June 5th, 2009 Toyota plant on a roll with hit PriusTOYOTA, Japan — Toyota's Tsutsumi plant was abuzz with drills and other machinery Friday, with workers brought in from other, less busy plants to crank out the new Prius to keep up with bursting demand for the hybrid car. But the Toyota Motor Corp.

August 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Whether video games can boost memory and thinking skills in the elderly is being investigated as part of a new study, funded by the National Science Foundation in the US. Having received a 1.2million-dollar grant for the study as part of the federal stimulus package, researchers at North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology now hope that their findings will eventually pave the way for a prototype video game that will be helpful in boosting thinking skills among old people.

May 7th, 2009 STUTTGART - Owners of the German sports car maker Porsche announced plans Wednesday for merging with the Volkswagen group into what is to be an 'integrated car concern', the final structure of which still has to be worked out. In a disclosure by the family stakeholders of the Porsche-Holding company which owns the carmaker, the future concern consist of 10 independent brands, including the Porsche brand.

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.