Electronics

Brides, grooms tinkering with tradition

2013-06-14 09:30:00

For their May nuptials, Mount Vernon residents Katie Joost and Nick Garber made careful preparations. They booked a gazebo at Owings Mills' Irvine Nature Center, accessible by a quarter-mile hike. They selected readings that had special meaning to them,...

Microsoft and Best Buy create store within a store

2013-06-14 04:30:00

Microsoft Corp. and Best Buy Co. are teaming up to create a store within a store. The Windows Store only at Best Buy, a new concept announced Thursday by the tech giant and the electronics retailer, will�sell Windows-based PCs, tablets and accessories...

Top Aberdeen Proving Ground general receives national honor

2013-06-14 14:54:00

Maj. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, senior commander at Aberdeen Proving Ground, received the "Military Leader of the Year" award from the Association of Defense Communities during a ceremony in Washington Thursday. Ferrell, commanding general of the U.S....

Howard County Briefs

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Gardening volunteers The Howard County Conservancy seeks Wednesday morning drop-in gardening volunteers from 9:30 a.m. to noon to help maintain its themed and native plant gardens. All levels of experience welcome.�For information, call Tabby Fique at...

Lockheed, Northrop win $91 million contract

2013-06-13 09:48:00

Defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman said Thursday that they've won a $91 million contract for radars to be used on Saudi Arabia's Apache attack helicopters. Northrop Grumman said its share of the Longbow work would be handled from...

Harford councilman withdraws fieldhouse zoning bill

2013-06-13 14:16:00

A bill that would have altered Harford County's zoning code to remove barriers to developing indoor athletic facilities in agricultural areas was withdrawn from consideration by its sponsor at Tuesday night's Harford County Council session. The...

NSA surveillance sparks privacy debate

2013-06-08 12:31:25

You make a call from your land line or text a friend from your smartphone. You browse an online retailer for clothing, a book or music; you create a wish list or write a review. You walk past a security camera outside your home; you use GPS to find...

New APG supercomputers can do a quadrillion operations in a second

2013-06-12 09:33:52

Aberdeen Proving Ground continues to make computing history, as it formally unveiled a new supercomputer system Monday, one of only five such Army facilities in the country to have the sophisticated equipment. The supercomputers, named "Hercules" and...

Privacy advocates outraged, but lawmakers defend collection of phone records

2013-06-06 18:16:00

Privacy advocates expressed outrage Thursday over revelations that the National Security Agency has been collecting telephone records of virtually every phone call made in the United States for seven years, but the Obama administration and a bipartisan...

Kenny Rittenhouse Jazz Quartet to play Glenelg United Methodist [Lisbon Woodbine]

2013-05-30 14:33:47

The Glenelg United Methodist Church will be offering a free program entitled Java and Jazz at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, as part of the congregation's Community Concert Series. The concert will feature the Kenny Rittenhouse Jazz Quartet. Summer...

Navy Reserve airborne electronic attack squadron makes final Md. flight

2013-05-27 20:39:00

For nearly a quarter-century, members of the airborne electronic attack squadron VAQ-209 have launched their jets from this air base in Prince George's County for deployments over Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Earlier this month, Navy Cmdr. James King...

VA looks to American Legion, other veterans groups for help with backlog

2013-05-28 15:06:00

As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups....

Electronic Arts studio DICE is working on a new "Star Wars: Battlefront" game. (DICE / Electronic Arts)

2013-06-10 17:06:00

Electronic Arts studio DICE is working on a new "Star Wars: Battlefront" game. (DICE / Electronic Arts)

2013-06-10 17:06:00

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, which opens Tuesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center, is an important battleground for Microsoft and Sony as they try to reassure hard-core gamers that they are not being betrayed as the companies target a wider audience with their new consoles.

2013-06-10 00:00:00