Boy Scouts get tech-savvy to boost membership

The Boy Scouts of America is trying to recruit a new generation of kids to join its troops with high-energy, high-tech activities that include thrill-inducing zip lines at a new adventure camp, apps and a television show.

NASA Time-Lapse of Sea Currents
Click on the video below and prepare to be mesmerized.  It’s called “Perpetual Ocean,� and it was put together by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. It was actually done about a year ago, compiling data from several satellites...

‘Xbox 720′ slated for November 2013 release, report claims

Microsoft plans to launch its next-generation Xbox video game and home entertainment console ahead of the holidays next year, according to a recent report. The Los Angeles Times on Monday published a developer contract between Acitivision Blizzard and famed Halo developers Bungie. The firms are currently working on a new Massively Multiplayer Online franchise called Destiny, which will be a first-person shooter with a science fiction theme. While the fact that the companies currently have four titles planned for the series is exciting for gamers in itself, another tidbit may be even more titillating; the contract suggests that the first Destiny title will launch ahead of the holidays next year as an exclusive for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and its next-generation console, which

Facebook, banks sued over pre-IPO analyst calls

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc and banks including Morgan Stanley were sued by the social networking leader's shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering. The defendants, who also include Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, were accused of concealing from investors during the IPO marketing process "a severe and pronounced reduction" in revenue growth forecasts, resulting from increased use of its app or website through mobile devices. Facebook went public last week. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. ...

SpaceX: Multimillionaire's Ship in Orbit
The SpaceX Falcon rocket launch came off successfully this morning; carrying routine supplies for the International Space Station -- and maybe beginning a new era, in which private enterprise handles missions only NASA could before.

Pinterest: 5 Ways to Use the Social Site
Pinterest has taken the Internet by storm. Here are five ways to use the social pinning site.