What do zippers, cheese, electricity have in common?

Did you know the zipper was invented in St. Catharines? Or that the Leon’s furniture chain began in Welland? Niagara has been an inspiration to a number of entrepreneurs and forward thinkers over the years.[...]

'Born in Niagara'

Did you know the zipper was invented in St. Catharines? Or that the Leon’s furniture chain began in Welland? Niagara has been an inspiration to a number of entrepreneurs and forward thinkers over the years.[...]

The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half)

Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened.

The world's first mobile? How an Ohio inventor was having conversations in his car in 1920

Philadelphia inventor W W McFarlane created a telephone from a 'transceiver' box and three sections of stovepipe in 1920, which worked in cars at a distance of 500 yards.

Double-0 heaven

Ute Junker picks the best destinations from 50 years of Bond films. Ute Junker picks the best destinations from 50 years of Bond films.

PG&E and Picarro Demonstrate Super-Sensitive Gas Leak Detector

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Testing ways that new technology can make natural gas pipelines safer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Picarro today demonstrated a car-mounted ...