Technology

By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company...

Texas auto tuner Hennessey Performance Engineering, the company that supercharges anything with four wheels, has revealed its latest project: a modified Ford F-150 SVT Raptor truck. The company has taken the F-150, a pickup truck that's been the...

SOUTH BEND -- Economic-development groups have rolled out several initiatives over the years in an attempt to boost business here, but the four-year strategy the St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce unveiled Wednesday is different from those past...

By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest country, former company...

GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Central Indiana high school students are putting their best ideas forward as they develop inventions and market them to local businesses. The 11 students at Center Grove High School used three-dimensional computer programs to...

Editor's note: Erin Van Berkmoes, guest relations specialist with the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, submitted the following column. The Petoskey chamber provides administrative support and meeting space for the local SCORE business counseling...

EAST JORDAN -- It will cost the city of East Jordan about $265,000 to service, repair and build a new well house for one of its city wells. The city commission voted unanimously at its meeting Tuesday to accept a proposal for engineering services from...

May 23 (TheWrap.com) - Massive YouTube network Fullscreen has hired Tim Mohn, one of the people who created the HBO Go app, as its new SVP of engineering, Fullscreen CEO and founder George Strompolos announced in a blog post. Strompolos said Mohn would...

Thanks to 3D printing, American society may be about to boldly go where no one has gone before. A Johns Hopkins scientist is seeking to adapt the technology to grow human jaw bones — potentially revolutionizing implant procedures. A Halethorpe...

Pushed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Obama administration may ask Congress for the power to snoop on more types of communication online. The timing couldn't be worse, given the outcry over the Justice Department secretly grabbing...

U.S. News & World Report announced recently two news stories that directly relate to Washington County. First, they published their national rankings of high schools, broken down by state. Of Washington County’s 10 high schools, eight were ranked in...

Remember the last time you got a B in a class? Maybe a B was OK, a hard-earned accomplishment in a difficult, GPA-sinking course. Or perhaps a B just wasn't good enough — a subpar finish that left you mentally shaking a fist at other classmates....