2011-12-19 Teens, Sexting and ‘Cyberbaiting’
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. How common is teen sexting? Last week we reported on a new study of more than fifteen hundred Internet users age ten…
2011-12-12 ‘Sexting’ Study Finds Low Rate Among Young
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. New research shows that “sexting” is not as common among young people as earlier findings suggested. Last week the Crimes Against Children…
2011-12-05 A Room Where Nurses Learn How Not to Get Hurt
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Nurses spend their lives helping other people recover from injuries and illnesses. Yet nurses suffer a surprising number of injuries and illnesses…
2011-11-28 A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too…
2011-11-21 India on Way to Topping US in Internet Users
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. India could pass the United States in the number of Internet users in less than two years. A new report says India…
2011-11-14 A Soccer Ball That Gives You Energy — Really
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Have you ever heard the expression “a ball of energy”? People often use the term to describe very active children. But today…
2011-11-07 Internet Group Makes Way for Dot-Anything
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A top-level domain is the part of an Internet address after the dot. The most common of what are called generic top-level…
2011-10-31 A Kitchen That Talks? This One Teaches French
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A “talking kitchen” teaches students how to cook French and speak French. Researchers at New Castle University in the United Kingdom have…
2011-10-24 How the Edsel Became ‘an Edsel’
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. ANNOUNCER: “They’ll know you’ve arrived, when you drive up in the nineteen fifty-eight Edsel — the car that’s truly new, from nameplate…
2011-10-17 No More Guesses at How to Say a Name
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A new online service offers a simple way to let other people know how to say your name correctly. It lets others…
2011-10-10 Steve Jobs Remembered
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Steve Jobs made technology fun. The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six. He had fought for years…
2011-10-03 Nigeria Launches First African-Built Satellite
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Nigeria has launched the first satellite designed and built by Africans. The NigeriaSat-X is one of two Earth observation satellites that the…
2011-09-26 Amazon Launches E-Book Lending for Libraries
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Amazon.com launched its Kindle library-lending service in the United States last week. Millions of users of the Kindle reader and app can…
2011-09-19 South Korea Tops ‘Information Society’ Report
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Falling prices are fueling growth in high-speed Internet services, especially in developing countries. Last week the International Telecommunication Union released its “Measuring…
2011-09-12 How Technology Has, and Has Not, Changed Since 9-11
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. It has been ten years since terrorists used hijacked airplanes to attack the United States. In the years since then, much has…