Microsoft TV in the Works?

The company is reportedly negotiating with networks and premium services, preparing to launch its own streaming service.

Microsoft is planning its own streaming TV service to compete with Netflix, Apple, Google, and a host of other companies, according to sources.

The Man Who Invented the Computer - John Atanasoff

“You know the story of the invention of the computer?” one character asks another midway through Jane Smiley’s best-selling 1995 novel “Moo.” The speaker, an animal scientist, dreams of striking it rich by pioneering a new dairy-farming technology.

Google Takes Office to the Cloud.

Google has launched a plugin for Microsoft Office that saves documents to the cloud, but security issues remain unaddressed.
Google has begun testing an intriguing plugin for Microsoft Office. Google Cloud Connect is a devastatingly simple concept: rather than save your files to your computer's hard disk, it allows you to save them to your online Google Docs space.

Lose your iPhone? See its location on a website.

Lose your iPhone? There's been an app for that since June, but now it's free for owners of newer Apple gadgets.

Netflix offers stream-only service, hikes prices

Netflix Inc will offer its first unlimited streaming-only subscription plan in the United States and raise prices on some of its other streaming and DVD plans, which accelerates the company's move away from its DVD-by-mail business.

Apple’s iAd Coming to Europe in December

Revolutionary Mobile Advertising Network Will Launch in Europe with L’Oréal, Renault, Louis Vuitton, Nespresso, Perrier & Unilever

Apple®  announced it will expand its revolutionary iAd℠ mobile advertising network to the UK and France this December, with Germany to follow in January. iAd will launch in Europe with iAds from L’Oréal, Renault, Louis Vuitton, Nespresso, Perrier, Unilever, Citi, Evian, LG Display, AB InBev, Turkish Airlines and Absolute Radio.

3D Laser Scanner

It seems like every week 3D scanning technology is getting easier and easier to get in your home, but this week one MacGyver-esque individual managed to build a 3D scanner out of a few custom parts and a pile of Lego bricks.

Laser camera takes photos around corners

A camera that can shoot around corners has been developed by US scientists.

The prototype uses an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light to illuminate a scene.

The device constructs a basic image of its surroundings - including objects hidden around the corner - by collecting the tiny amounts of light that bounce around the scene.

Holiday Central in Video Games

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Design Concept Turns Your iPod Nano Into a Watch

Two new design concepts turn your iPod Nano into a rather sexy, rather geeky watch.

Back when Steve Jobs introduced the new multi-touch iPod Nano in September, he joked that one of the members of Apple's Board of Directors was going to wear it as a watch.

How do you recycle a computer?

Many people don't know that electronics have all kinds of nasty chemicals in them. For example, the glass in a typical CRT has about ten pounds of lead in it. Most flat panel displays contain significant amounts of mercury.

Brain Exercises in a Social Game

If you like social networks and video games, a new product that mashes the two together could help exercise your brain while keeping it entertained online.

Beatles coming to Apple's iTunes

The Fab Four's music is expected, finally, to be available for sale at Apple Inc's online music store, a source said after the consumer electronics giant signaled a major announcement about iTunes set for Tuesday -- igniting a frenzy of speculation.

Top 10 iPhone Annoyances--and How to Fix Them

Is your iPhone suffering from poor battery life, a frozen touchscreen, or an inability to connect to the Internet? You're not alone, and we can help.

iPhone annoyances

The Apple iPhone is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of device. The people who won't buy one love to talk about how much they hate it. And although some iPhone fanboys won't admit to a problem, other people who love it (including me) often find themselves complaining about some frustration or another.

Is Google building Facebook rival?

Internet search leader Google Inc is not building a social network to compete with Facebook, a company executive reiterated on Thursday, despite an intensifying rivalry between the two leading Internet groups.

Facebook E-Mail Service Expected Monday

An invitation to a Monday announcement hints that Project Titan is a new service that raises concerns along with new capabilities.

FCC looks at Google's Street View data grab

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is looking into Google Inc's "Street View" maps service, to see if the company's collection of emails and other private information violated federal laws.

Bubbles of Energy Are Found in Galaxy

 Something big is going on at the center of the galaxy, and astronomers are happy to say they don’t know what it is.

Chrome Browser Set to Become ‘Wicked Fast’

A new feature expected next year for the Google Chrome browser will have Web pages ready before you need them.

Earlier this fall Google promised that hardware acceleration advances were going to make Chrome 7 as much as 60 times faster than its predecessor, and now the company is working on a new feature that could boost the browser's speed even more.

Facebook grabs bigger slice of display ad pie

Facebook, the world's No. 1 Internet social network, is proving as popular among advertisers as it is among Web surfers.

Google bars data from Facebook

Google Inc will begin blocking Facebook and other Web services from accessing its users' information, highlighting an intensifying rivalry between the two Internet giants.

Kinect Gets Disconnected In Teardown

Microsoft's Kinect motion controller for the Xbox 360 gets torn apart by the folks over at iFixit.

Kinect, Microsoft's new motion control gaming system, launched across America this Thursday.

Microsoft Kinect

Kinect for Xbox 360 Banishes the Controller at Expense of Precision

"You are the controller." It sounds so simple, so friendly, so patently cool. Take an Xbox 360, plug in the new $150 Kinect motion-sensing camera, devote a few minutes to waving your arms around like a traffic

Apple iPhone 5 Advantage

The next iPhone could take advantage of Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow you to take your preferences, files and even applications from your home Mac and use them on other Apple computers. The inclusion of NFC tech could make having Macs on premises a priority for hotels and other businesses.