Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars.

Similar experiments have taken place in the United States and Germany, but they involved either able-bodied patients or invasive brain implants.

Obama takes on college costs, eyes young voters

Wooing young voters, President Barack Obama is on a blitz to keep the cost of college loans from soaring for millions of students, taking his message to three states strategically important to his re-election bid. By taking on student debt, Obama is speaking to middle-class America and targeting an enormous burden that threatens the economic recovery.

Microsoft slates Windows 8 'release preview' for early June

Microsoft's top Windows executive today said that the company will ship an almost-complete version of Windows 8 the first week of June.

Stephen Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, announced the timing Tuesday at a developers event in Tokyo, according to a Twitter message by the company.

AT&T and Verizon iPhone sales disappoint

If AT&T and Verizon are any indication, it could be a rough quarter for Apple.

IPhone activations at the two biggest U.S. wireless carriers came in well below expectations. AT&T (T, Fortune 500) said Tuesday morning that it activated 4.3 million of the devices and Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) reported last week that it activated just 3.2 million in the first three months of 2012.