A Bettendorf businessman, branded as the “boss from hell” by some of his employees, offered prizes to workers who could predict which of them would next be fired. A state judge has called that a “deplorable” act and sided with the company’s ex-employees. William Ernst, 57, the owner of a Bettendorf-based chain of convenience stores called QC...
Campaigning for the 2012 presidential race has already begun, but what the candidates don't know is that come election day, hackers could be the ones whose votes have the biggest impact. Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois have developed a hack that, for about $26 and an 8th-grade science education, can remotely...
Sober up: Scientists are developing a pill that stops you getting drunk on your favourite tipple
If after-work drinks tend to leave you cringing with embarrassment the next morning, help could be at hand.
Scientists are developing a ‘stay sober’ pill which may spare the blushes of those who get drunk too easily, by limiting the effects of...
