Computers and Technology

Here in South Louisiana science plays a big part in what we do. I know we are famous for our food but our other big industries require a lot scientific know how. Where would we be with out scientist in our oil and gas production companies. Or how about the thousands of people that make a living in the medical field?

If you routinely stop for coffee, make sure you have your cell phone with you when you leave. A new study reveals coffee houses are the most likely places to lose a phone or have it stolen — especially if you live in Philadelphia.

Think of this as Rebecca Black meets the Fresh Prince on Facebook and then they are both in a horrific accident and we the listeners are the ones who suffer the pain.

Unless you are an old guy like me you probably don't remember the bag phone. It was the first generation of what we now call our cell phone. I remember having a bag phone back in the day and I thought I was pretty hot stuff. Then came the flip phones, the iPhone, the reinvented Razor phones and now this...

Can you imagine walking out of your house in Lafayette, strapping in to your personal helicopter and then zipping over traffic to a meeting in Baton Rouge in less than half an hour? This could be the next big thing! The personal helicopter!

Whether they realize it or not, the majority of Americans now own smartphones.

Apple will announce the release date of the new iPad 3 at a special iPad event tomorrow in San Francisco. Word is that the new iPad will be HD, have a faster processor, HD Retina Display and an improved camera.

Lafayette is getting more national attention. This time LUS Fiber will be featured on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams with the episode airing later this month or early April.

Parents, don’t let your kids fool you into getting them a Nintendo Wii with promises that it’ll make them exercise more. A newly released study says that’s just a bunch of bologna.

Now that people are getting more used to being on social networks like Facebook they seem to be getting more picky about whom they are sharing their information with. According to a survey from the Pew Research Center, 63 percent of social media network users removed people from their friend rolls in 2011, which was up from the 56 percent of those who did so in 2009.

She was seemingly country music’s final holdout, but with the release of her new song ‘Good Girl’ Carrie Underwood has decided to join Twitter. The singer signed on just before 12PM ET on Friday, and within an hour was following 18 people and had over 10,000 followers.

It’s pretty common for companies to scout out the social media accounts of prospective hires — and now a new study from Northern Illinois University says Facebook profiles are actually a pretty good predictor of job performance.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says wireless resources are not infinite. In fact, the smartphones to which we’re all so addicted are gobbling so much bandwidth that as early as next year, we could be paying more for our service — not to mention seeing slower data speeds and an increase in dropped calls.

A good amount of time and energy on the internet is spent by folks trying to make some sort of romantic connection. Many of these relationship never make it offline, but they can be intense, nonetheless.

It wasn’t so long ago that all you could do on a cell phone is make or receive calls. Now these amazing mini-computers will tell you where you are, where you need to go, and provide you a movie to watch while you get there. Spouses, on the other hand, more or less have the same abilities as they’ve always had.

This short video was made by some very imaginative, and sometimes creepy, high school kids and showcases what kids are learning in school today.

Red light cameras, speed vans and citations in the mail, that's life in Lafayette these days. I was really opposed to the red light/speed cameras at first but you can't argue with the fact that since they have been installed, crashes have dramatically decreased.

Yesterday our friends with the Greater Southwest Mardi Gras Association announced a new app for your smartphone. The app is available for both iPhone and Android platforms and it is chocked full of goodness.

According to a recent study, 87% of adults are on Facebook, but only 10% of them are on Twitter. It's much higher for teens!

I am a guy, that means I love Radio Controlled anything. Whether it's a R/C car, truck, tractor, plane, helicopter or boat I want to play with it. Now there is new technology that might look like child's play but will  probably have an important effect on saving human lives in times of conflict. The...