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9 Common Real Estate Myths That Plague Buyers and Sellers 08/03/2015 08:00pm • Buying or selling a house is not something most of us do every day. You may do it once a decade, or even once in a lifetime. Despite the fact that most of us enter the world of real estate only rarely, we all think we know how it works, based on the experiences of friends and family members, stories Should restaurants be checking you out online? 08/03/2015 03:14pm • WASHINGTON ��� Upscale restaurants around the world are going online to research diners who make reservations, in order to give them personalized service. Some people��think��that's disturbing, but a��survey by OpenTable finds most people don't mind: 40 percent say "It doesn't bother me" 24 HACK ETF: Is It a Fad or the Real Deal? 08/02/2015 08:00pm • I think we can all agree that companies fighting cybercrime are important. No one wants to get hacked. But that raises the question: Is an exchange-traded fund comprised of 32 of the cybersecurity solution providers a good investment? Cybersecurity is all over the news these days and examples of c Verizon contract expires but workers will stay on the job 08/02/2015 01:00am • NEW YORK (AP) �����Verizon and unions representing workers in nine states said employees will work without a contract as more negotiations are scheduled. The wireless carrier and leaders of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced the Does Online Cognitive Behavior Therapy Work? 07/30/2015 08:00pm • Each time Andy Strunk stood up to give a work presentation, the same few doubts ran through his head. "Am I qualified to be in front of these people? Who am I? Why am I credible to be here?" worried Strunk, a 37-year-old marketing manager at a technology company in San Francisco. But about a month U.Md. professor provides the science behind 'The X-Files' 07/30/2015 04:50am • WASHINGTON --��Fox Mulder��and��Dana Scully��are teaming up again as ���The X-Files��� prepares to debut new television episodes in January 2016, and a local professor who has been a science��adviser��to the show since the series��began in the 1990s tells WTOP that much of the science in this sc 5 Apps to Keep Your Cellphone Safe From Security Threats 07/28/2015 08:00pm • How many times have you ... Deposited a check on your smartphone? Paid for something on a public Wi-Fi network? Given your personal information to an app you just downloaded? Yet how many mobile security tools have you downloaded to protect yourself during those transactions? Although a growing nu Pardon Snowden? Nah, White House Says in Petition Response 07/27/2015 08:00pm • The White House responded to a petition demanding a pardon for exiled whistleblower Edward Snowden on Tuesday, 25 months after it crossed the 100,000-signature threshold needed to earn an official reply. The answer, emailed to petition signers and posted on the White House's "We the People" petiti Are we closer to finding Earth 2.0? 07/23/2015 04:59pm • WASHINGTON ��� Last week, we were��captivated by NASA���s New Horizons spacecraft flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto and its complex system of moons. Finally, the last of the nine classic planets had been explored, and we were not disappointed. It's been 20��years that we have known of planets or Is it time to panic about car hacking? Yes and no 07/23/2015 11:55am • WASHINGTON ��� It was a dramatic demonstration of a newfangled problem: Two hackers remotely took control of a Wired reporter���s Jeep Cherokee through its wireless technology and messed with everything from the air conditioning and music to the steering, brakes and transmission. It���s p 11 Stocks That Donald Trump Loves 07/22/2015 08:00pm • Now you can invest like Trump.It may not detail a fortune greater than $10 billion, as Republican presidential contender Donald Trump crowed earlier this month, but Trump's financial disclosure forms made public on Wednesday are a treasure trove of detail about how the author of "The Art of the Deal Column: Carjacking just got real with Wi-Fi hacking 07/22/2015 01:39pm • WASHINGTON - Question:��How worried should I be about my new car that has Wi-Fi getting hacked? Answer:��The security industry has been warning car manufacturers about the growing dangers of adding customer convenience technology without a strong focus on security. The race to have all the coo Radio rewind: When WHFS was D.C.'s on-air hangout for cool people 07/22/2015 09:55am • WASHINGTON -- Long before the Internet and Google, a place existed where local music fans could hear obscure songs and learn about artists they'd never heard of -- its "URL" was 102.3 FM. The in-the-works documentary "Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3" ��will take viewers "on a psyched Teens Need More Sleep to Succeed in School 07/21/2015 08:00pm • With schools out for the summer, ask a high school student about his or her plans for the break, and chances are high that you will hear one word in the response: sleep. Summer is a great time for students to catch up on their rest, but it is also an opportune time for parents, teachers and administ Analyst: Cars aren't safe from cyberattacks 07/21/2015 05:40pm • WASHINGTON -- Two security researchers attacked a Jeep Cherokee earlier this month to show drivers how easy it is to hack the computer system. Andy Greenberg, a senior writer for WIRED, drove through St. Louis while Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek manipulated the air conditioner, radio and winds