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Local gamers share their curiosity about Xbox changes

2013-05-21 11:45:00

Check back on this slug frequently for updated details about the Xbox release. Microsoft today showcased details of its next-generation gaming platform, Xbox One, which will succeed the Xbox 360. The announcement at Microsoft's Redmond campus followed...

Search traffic glancing at Xbox, still focused heavily on the Oklahoma tornado

2013-05-21 07:09:00

Amazon's hosting service has been approved for government use, a formerly obscure math lecturer has received hard-won praise for an incredible accomplishment, and Oklahoma City is working to dig out from a devastating tornado. Welcome to your online...

How to carve a swan from a watermelon (and other institutional analogies)

2013-05-13 04:44:00

Tiger Woods, Microsoft and the Tea Party are all reasserting themselves. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 13, 2013. Woods won his 78th PGA event Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, showing further recovery from a series of injuries and marital...

Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival

2013-05-15 18:23:39

Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...

A new day for U.S. manufacturing

2013-05-05 05:00:00

Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...

Sci-fi worthy of Malthus

2013-05-02 00:00:00

In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...

HCC unveils new non-credit courses for summer

2013-04-30 13:10:00

Howard Community College in Columbia is offering more than 50 new non-credit courses this summer, with many focusing on how to teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to preschool-age children and women and girls. Other non-credit...

Prizing success in aerospace innovation

2013-04-17 09:37:00

The future economic growth and competitiveness of the United States depends on our capacity to innovate. Many ideas have emerged from government, industry and academia regarding how best to inspire and support innovation. But nothing spurs creativity...

Three companies win $100,000 prizes in Md. start-up contest

2013-04-15 18:59:55

A pharmaceutical company, a corporate-data analytics firm and a lighting company learned Monday night that they won the top prizes at the state's inaugural competition for start-up firms — $100,000 each. The InvestMaryland Challenge drew entries...

Dundalk's Danny Wiseman bowls his way into Hall of Fame

2013-03-29 08:41:00

Danny Wiseman is practicing at Country Club Lanes on Pulaski Highway, sounding like the 10-pin version of Rodney Dangerfield while expounding on a favorite topic: why bowling gets no respect. "I hate it when they say bowling's not a sport," he says now....

Instead of speeding tickets, city could offer the Ticketmaster kind

2013-03-11 12:00:00

Probably nothing else needs to be said about the Ticketmaster issue, especially after the well-written letter from Barbara Blumberg ("Ticketmaster is a scalper by another name," March 6). However, it should be pointed out that Ticketmaster is just one...

From bling to bargains, artists show wares at American Craft Council show

2013-02-23 15:01:00

Walking through a giant hall in the Baltimore Convention Center, Susan Johnson and Sherry Mills stopped to admire a bronze-and-steel sculpture with water cascading out of it. "I need this," Mills said. "You may want to come around this side first,"...

Xbox One with the Kinect motions sensor and the controller is pictured during a press event unveiling Microsoft's new Xbox in Redmond

2013-05-21 11:57:50

Don Mattrick, president of the interactive entertainment business at Microsoft reveals the Xbox One during a press event Tuesday.

2013-05-21 10:31:00

Microsoft will unveil its Xbox 360 successor on May 21. Above is a screenshot of the invite sent to media today. (Microsoft)

2013-05-21 09:49:00