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It sounded like something pulled straight from a grisly scene in Terminator: an unstoppable military robot that powered itself by devouring everything in its path - including trees, grass and even, according to reports, dead bodies.But after a string of headlines that labelled the machine a 'corpse eater' and 'creepy', the robot's creators have gone on a PR offensive to extinguish the rumour that their invention will feed on human or animal flesh.The machine's inventors say that the Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot - known as Eatr for short - does indeed power its 'biomass engine' by digesting organic material, but that it is not intended to chomp its way through battlefields of fallen soldiers.'We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission,' said Harry Schoell, the chief executive of Cyclone Power Technologies, one of the companies behind the machine.'We are focused on demonstrating that our en

Rambus honored by Pathways Hospice Foundation - - Los Altos, California, United States - Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), one of the world's premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed...

Thursday marked yet another chapter in the short, rocky history of Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser, as the foundation released a security update a little more than two weeks after unveiling it. Firefox 3.5.1 fixes a JavaScript vulnerability in version 3.5 that exposed users to so-called drive-by attacks.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. announced Wednesday it has partnered with Cisco Systems Inc.