A phenomenon being dubbed Beetlemania is playing out in northern Arizona. As can be expected, it involves rock music. But instead of screaming fans, there are cheering scientists who have found a way to drive bark beetles crazy with sound. In a Northern Arizona University School of Forestry lab, researchers are listening to the sound of western [...]

A new survey on Americans’ use of the Internet done by Pew Internet says that six in ten American adults are now wireless Internet users, and mobile data applications have grown more popular over the last year. Cell phone ownership has remained stable over the last year, but users are taking advantage of a much [...]

It’s not only the radio stations and the music channels that are hunting for good musicians, now it’s even NASA that has entered the music space. NASA astronauts are traditionally awakened each morning by songs chosen by their friends and family. But for the US space agency’s final space shuttle mission in next February, NASA is inviting [...]

The campaign, by the Martin Agency, also brought complaints from music critics, or even music lovers, who disdained the make-believe band that sang — or, more precisely, lip-synched — the catchy songs in the commercials. Now, as Experian introduces a Web site devoted to credit scores rather than credit reports, there will be an actual [...]

If you’re looking for that one Beatles song or album to complete your collection, don’t go searching for it on iTunes. The Beatles’ catalog has yet to land on Apple’s popular music store due to conflicts between the band’s record company and Apple CEO Steve Jobs. “Steve Jobs has his own idea and he’s a brilliant [...]