How 'smashing' & 'spearing' shrimp attack prey[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:15:42 GMT ]Spearing mantis shrimp hide in their burrows and wait for an unsuspecting creature to come along. Then, in the blink of an eye, they spear it with their long claws, like an underwater archer. How do they spear their prey so quickly?

Avoid early bird remorse: 10 Black Friday gadget do's and don'ts[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:55:10 GMT ]With many stores opening Thanksgiving evening, this year you won’t even have to digest your turkey before you put on your elbow pads and line up outside your favorite big box store. But to make body checking your fellow shoppers worthwhile, you’ll need a plan.

Is Thanksgiving a big waste of turkey?[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:53:38 GMT ]Americans love Thanksgiving, they just don't love turkey. It turns out that more than one-third of the turkey meat we buy each holiday gets thrown in the garbage. Blame it on bad planning, lack of leftover ideas or just a wealthy, slothful society.

Thanksgiving on Mars: Working holiday for Curiosity rover[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:42:44 GMT ]NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has some plans this Thanksgiving, and they don't involve watching football in a food-coma stupor.

Don't be fooled! Great camera deals are harder to spot on Black Friday[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:25:58 GMT ]While there are plenty of deals and discounts to be had on TVs, phones, laptops and other tech products, camera-wise, there aren't a lot of reasons to wait in line until midnight after Thanksgiving dinner. That's because the year's best cameras — many of which are rounded up here — simply aren't subject to fire-sale pricing.

Black Friday deal: Audyssey Wireless Speakers for $199[ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:00:00 GMT ]Here are two ways to get Audyssey's excellent Bluetooth stereo speakers for around $200. [Read more]

Friday Poll: When did Black Friday start for you this year?[ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:00:00 GMT ]Black Friday is getting some stiff competition from Mobile Thursday. What does your holiday shopping calendar look like? [Read more]

The Cheapskate Fifth-Anniversary Giveaway Spectacular, Round Three[ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:44:24 GMT ]The celebration continues with five amazing prizes, including a Roku box and Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Enter by Sunday! [Read more]

Watch high-powered flashlights cook a turkey[ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:29:36 GMT ]This Thanksgiving, cooking a turkey in an oven or deep fryer just isn't as impressive as some of the alternative methods out there -- such as cooking with a flashlight. [Read more]

Your first glimpse of Walmart shoppers fighting over phones[ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:52:37 GMT ]There is no greater post-Thanksgiving tradition than witnessing what the craving for gadgets has done to humanity. Here's some of the first footage of the Zombie Apocalypse, Walmart-style. [Read more]

Great gadgets for holiday giving[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:03:39 EST ]Gadgets aren't just for the tech-savvy people in your life.

61-year-old computer comes to life[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:34:04 EST ]The WITCH is back.

How Pinterest inspires gift ideas[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:20:32 EST ]There are slews of apps and websites to help you make the most of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the two mondo-consumerist U.S. holidays.

The end of digital democracy? [ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:08:24 EST ]Unless Facebook users fight back, the days of the social network's experiment with democracy may soon come to an end.

Facebook and the end of digital democracy? [ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:15:35 EST ]Unless Facebook users fight back, the days of the social network's experiment with democracy may soon come to an end.

Group says it hacks Israeli official's accounts, leaks documents[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:24:38 GMT ]A group calling itself the ZCompanyHackingCrew has taken credit for the defacing of the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Blogger accounts belonging to Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom. The same group has posted what it claims are the partial contents of Shalom's Gmail inbox along with contact information and a variety of seemingly confidential documents.

Avoid early bird remorse: 10 Black Friday gadget do's and don'ts[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:55:10 GMT ]With many stores opening Thanksgiving evening, this year you won’t even have to digest your turkey before you put on your elbow pads and line up outside your favorite big box store. But to make body checking your fellow shoppers worthwhile, you’ll need a plan.

Is Thanksgiving a big waste of turkey?[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:53:38 GMT ]Americans love Thanksgiving, they just don't love turkey. It turns out that more than one-third of the turkey meat we buy each holiday gets thrown in the garbage. Blame it on bad planning, lack of leftover ideas or just a wealthy, slothful society.

Thanksgiving on Mars: Working holiday for Curiosity rover[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:42:44 GMT ]NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has some plans this Thanksgiving, and they don't involve watching football in a food-coma stupor.

Don't be fooled! Great camera deals are harder to spot on Black Friday[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:25:58 GMT ]While there are plenty of deals and discounts to be had on TVs, phones, laptops and other tech products, camera-wise, there aren't a lot of reasons to wait in line until midnight after Thanksgiving dinner. That's because the year's best cameras — many of which are rounded up here — simply aren't subject to fire-sale pricing.

iTunes 11 launch imminent, says music firm[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:52:28 GMT ]A report suggests the next-generation iTunes software is only days away from release, according to a German music distribution service. [Read more]

My hunt for the perfect Windows 8 convertible laptop[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:00:00 GMT ]What device offers the best blend between being a tablet and a full-fledged laptop? Common Sense Tech explores the possibilities. [Read more]

Mozilla quietly ceases Firefox 64-bit development[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:09:10 GMT ]Mozilla's engineering manager has requested that developers stop work on Windows 64-bit builds of Firefox. [Read more]

Irish regulators seek 'urgent' clarity of Facebook data changes[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:11:08 GMT ]Following recently announced changes to Facebook's data-use policy, Irish privacy regulators are seeking "urgent" details on the proposals. [Read more]

Low Latency No. 44: Wii U the time machine[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:05:50 GMT ]Nintendo's newest console packs in some new ideas but it's plagued with problems we've been seeing for years. [Read more]

Great gadgets for holiday giving[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:03:39 EST ]Gadgets aren't just for the tech-savvy people in your life.

61-year-old computer comes to life[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:34:04 EST ]The WITCH is back.

How Pinterest inspires gift ideas[ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:20:32 EST ]There are slews of apps and websites to help you make the most of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the two mondo-consumerist U.S. holidays.

The end of digital democracy? [ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:08:24 EST ]Unless Facebook users fight back, the days of the social network's experiment with democracy may soon come to an end.

Great gadgets for holiday giving[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:12:47 EST ]Gadgets aren't just for the tech-savvy people in your life.

Water on Mars and Earth had similar origins[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:11:42 GMT ]The Earth's oceans and the water that once flowed on Mars likely came from a similar source: meteorites that landed on the planets when they were first forming, new research suggests.

Astronauts to enjoy Thanksgiving feast[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:47:15 GMT ]Turkey and all the trimmings are a staple for Americans on Thanksgiving, and that doesn't have to change for Americans in space. Astronaut food has come a long way from the early days of human spaceflight, and crew members on the International Space Station these days can enjoy many Turkey Day traditions.

Video: Don't forget your smartphone while holiday shopping[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:52:00 GMT ]Your iPhone or Android is probably in your pocket no matter where you go, so why not take advantage of it during your shopping trips? NBCNews.com's Rosa Golijan shows you how. (NBCNews.com)

Man convicted of stealing 120,000 iPad user IDs[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:36:03 GMT ]A federal jury convicted a New York man on Tuesday of hacking into AT&T Inc servers and stealing the email addresses and other personal data of about 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users, a U.S. attorney in New Jersey said.

Avoid early bird remorse: 10 Black Friday gadget do's and don'ts[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:55:10 GMT ]With many stores opening Thanksgiving evening, this year you won’t even have to digest your turkey before you put on your elbow pads and line up outside your favorite big box store. But to make body checking your fellow shoppers worthwhile, you’ll need a plan.

FCC chair backs Dish Network as wireless carrier, but with a catch[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:45:26 GMT ]Julius Genachowski favors Dish's plan to become a wireless provider but wants to impose power limits on the company's network. [Read more]

T-Mobile revs up network for better iPhone service[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:59:50 GMT ]The carrier extends its faster HSPA+ network on the iPhone-compatible 1900 megahertz band to 10 new markets. [Read more]

News Corp. eyeing HarperCollins merger with Simon & Schuster?[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:18:35 GMT ]That's the claim in a new report, which says News Corp. would like to have more leverage in negotiations with booksellers. [Read more]

B&N to sell Nook Simple Touch for $59 on Black Friday[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:47:31 GMT ]Barnes & Noble's well-regarded entry-level e-reader gets a $40 price chop in stores -- while supplies last. [Read more]

FCC to hold hearings on post-Sandy wireless performance[ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:54:27 GMT ]The Federal Communications Commission said it will hold hearings to look at how to make the communications more resilient after disasters like Super Storm Sandy. [Read more]

Google error cancels December[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:36:23 EST ]Is Google in a hurry to get 2012 over with?

Why Facebook's about to slow down[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:40:07 EST ]Bad news: Your Facebook page is likely about to slow down. Good news: The change will help keep online thieves away.

Oprah plugs Surface -- from her iPad[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:05:33 EST ]Oh, Oprah.

Great gadgets for holiday giving[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:03:39 EST ]Gadgets aren't just for the tech-savvy people in your life.

Great gadgets for holiday giving[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:03:39 EST ]Gadgets aren't just for the tech-savvy people in your life.

Mission to find if dust levitates from moon[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:57:29 GMT ]Did you hear about the new restaurant on the moon? Great food, but no atmosphere. While that wisecrack has been floating about in space circles for decades, a NASA lunar orbiter will gather detailed information about the moon's atmosphere next year, including conditions near its surface and environmental influences on lunar dust.

Pre-caffeine tech: Smart deer, dumb cats[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:47:51 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Whoops!

Apple will hold a Black Friday sale this year[ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:44:03 GMT ]As they tend to do each year, the lovely guys and gals of Apple are teasing us with a reminder that the company is participating in the usual Black Friday festivities. There are no details about actual deals just yet, so we'll just have to use last year's deals as a reference point.

Is Windows 8 off to weaker start than Win 7?[ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:27:48 GMT ]Microsoft is spending big-time bucks to get the word out about Windows 8 (reportedly to the tune of $1.5 billion). But are folks buying it?

Oprah raves about Microsoft's Surface — from an iPad[ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:01:02 GMT ]Oprah was called out on a social media gaffe after she tweeted enthusiastically about Microsoft's Surface RT tablet — but the tweet showed that it was sent from an iPad.