Technology

Facebook plans to enter into the smart phone market in the next 12-18 months with a phone that they have codenamed ‘Buffy.’

And, yes, that’s because Mark Zuckerberg and company thinks the device will be an iPhone slayer.

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Password management app maker SplashData has released its list of the “worst computer passwords of 2011″ based around the most commonly stolen password data. It should come as no surprise that the password “password” topped the list of no-nos.

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Seventy-six teams from elementary, middle and high schools in Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches, Ouachita and Webster Parishes competed over the weekend in the second round of the Regional Autonomous Robotics Circuit competition

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The second competition of the Regional Autonomous Robotics Circuit is scheduled for Saturday, November 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Bossier Civic Center.  Seventy-six teams from area elementary, middle, and high schools will compete in a “fire-fighting” simulation that requires teams to use their robots to autonomously navigate a home and to locate and fight fires using light sensors and ultrasonic sensors. 

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The man who changed the face of technology as we know it has died. Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who was battling pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant in 2009, has passed away at the age of 56.

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The American Red Cross has made it easier to keep track of family in disaster situations...through its "Safe & Well" website.

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12 years after losing her fingers as a result of sepsis brought on by chicken pox, 15-year-old Chloe Holmes has become the youngest person in Europe (and the first outside of America) to be fitted with bionic fingers.

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United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., released the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) that the federal government in December will hold the first oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.

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Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science Center will be closed on Mondays from September through February.  The Center will be open on the following Mondays that are regularly scheduled 2011-12 Caddo and/or Bossier school holidays: September 5, October 17, November 21, December 19, December 26, January 2, January 16 and February 20. 

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The Louisiana Municipal Association has presented its most prestigious award to the City of Bossier City for its outstanding work in developing and contructing the city's two alternative fueling stations. Mayor Loren