TechCombo

The best pranks are the simple ones. Or so we used to think, until we discovered the amazing capabilities of the iPhone. Here are 10 amazing apps to let you trick and fool your friends. ...

AP – A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. ...

AP – Antoine Dodson’s angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned into a chart-topping iTunes song and YouTube hit and made the 24-year-old Alabama college student an Internet sensation. ...

AP – Villagers returned to their homes along the fertile slopes of an Indonesian volcano that spewed hot ash and smoke after laying dormant for more than four centuries — an eruption that caught scientists off-guard. ...

Everyone loves a deal when shopping, but what are the best deals for fall? The Daily Green talked to four experts to find out how to become a “discount druid,” as Jeff Yeager, The Daily Green’s Green Cheapskate, calls end-of-season...

AP – As the world’s biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can’t afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones. ...

Reuters – Electric utility Exelon Corp said it will buy Deere & Co’s wind power business for about $860 million, expanding its portfolio of carbon-free electricity generation. ...

The Sprint Epic 4G, a Samsung Galaxy S series phone, is being released today. If you haven’t heard about a Galaxy S phone before, you will soon hear about them more and more. ...

Reuters – U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers’ dinner plates. ...

AP – Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactors much like a consumer buys a light bulb: right off the shelf. ...