Gadget gift ideas for Father's Day[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:09:10 EDT ]Let's face it: in 2013, the words "dad" and "tech" don't clash like they used to. So here are some gadgets to consider for Father's Day.

Law would let cops read your texts[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:55:34 EDT ]You've been in an accident. The police officer goes through the normal drill, asking for your license and registration.

The face behind 'BioShock Infinite'[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:53:32 EDT ]The creator of "BioShock Infinite" explains what it took to create one of the year's most critically acclaimed games.

We're all Web-famous. So what next?[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:54:58 EDT ]We've created this socially enmeshed world in which private and public are blurred. How can we keep the two separate?

Online, we're all celebrities now. So what next?[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:16:30 EDT ]We've created this socially enmeshed world in which private and public are blurred. How can we keep the two separate?

Jim Cramer: Apple’s new release lacks ‘wow' factor[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:11:07 GMT ]

China launches spacecraft from Gobi Desert[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:51:48 GMT ]

Pre-caffeine tech: Apple, E3, 3-D and more[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:09:46 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Yesterday at the World Wide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled OS 7, iTunes Radio, a new MacBook Air and offered a sneak peek at the new. Check it out! By combining the best of Apple design with good ideas from its competitors, Apple's latest and greatest is exactly what Apple needed to ...

New kind of dark matter might form 'dark atoms'[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:49:03 GMT ]By Charles Q. ChoiSpace.comThe mysterious dark matter that makes up most of the matter in the universe could be composed, in part, of invisible and nearly intangible counterparts of atoms, protons and electrons, researchers say.Dark matter is an invisible substance thought to make up five-sixths of all matter in the universe. Scientists inferred the existence of dark matter via its gravitational e...

Google buys Waze in bid to improve mapping services[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:47:31 GMT ]The acquisition, for which terms weren't disclosed, will leave the Waze in Israel and operating separately for now [Read more]

Dish still unwilling to let Sprint go, despite SoftBank deal[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:52:12 GMT ]Although there is just one day before shareholders vote on SoftBank's bid to acquire Sprint, Dish is still scrambling to change the fate of the deal. [Read more]

Humans not in South Asia before major eruption[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:11:31 GMT ]By Tia GhoseLiveScienceHumans didn't enter the Indian subcontinent until after the massive eruption of Mount Toba in Sumatra nearly 75,000 years ago, new research suggests — overturning a previous idea that humans arrived much earlier.The research, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used a combination of archaeological and genetic data to suggest a new...

What is 1080p24?[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:55:00 GMT ]This number/letter combo is the key to film-like movies shown closer to the way the director intended. [Read more]

iPhone 5 beaten by Galaxy S4 in our brutal destruction test (video)[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:02:11 GMT ]We dunk, scratch and drop the two hottest smart phones, to discover which is tougher. And then we run them over. [Read more]

The 404 Throwback: Episode 634, 07/30/10[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]Here's a throwback episode of The 404 Show where we interviewed Michael Showalter. The comedian behind "The State" and "Wet Hot American Summer" joins us in the studio to chat about his new "Making of..." Web series on Babelgum. [Read more]

Teen builds working submarine [ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:17:24 EDT ]An 18-year-old high school student, Justin Beckerman, has built a one-man submarine. The Nautilus took its teen inventor six months and US$2,000 to put together. All while keeping on top of his homework.

Vine gets 'Rickrolled' by 16-year-old[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:53:47 EDT ]Oh, Rickrolling. Even on Vine, Twitter's app that lets users shoot and share six-second videos, the Web is never gonna give you up.

Tech tools for better fitness[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:50:41 EDT ]Last November, avid biker Leon Shaner found himself pushing harder than usual to keep up with a new friend.

Google and 'The Internship'[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:17:44 EDT ]In "The Internship," co-stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson share the screen with a somewhat demanding co-star: Google.

The bold new Mac most people won't buy[ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:55:24 EDT ]The big hardware unveil at Monday's Apple press event was the new Mac Pro, a sleek cylindrical desktop computer and the most powerful machine Apple has ever built. It was the announcement that prompted Apple executive Phil Schiller to exclaim, "Can't innovate anymore, my ass."

Top Google searches: ‘Man of Steel,’ Jim Carrey[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:31:59 GMT ]

Google doodles wild things for Maurice Sendak[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:42:37 GMT ]It's Maurice Sendak's 85th birthday, and Google's homepage has turned into an animated fantasy world inhabited by Max, the star of Sendak's most famous book, "Where The Wild Things Are." Sendak, children's book author and illustrator, died in May 2012, but lived to see "Wild Things" turned into a movie in 2009. In today's Doodle, a Max in full wolf costume sails away to the island of the Wild Thin...

Study: Millennials are most-connected consumers[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:42:38 GMT ]

8 gadget ideas for Father’s Day[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:42:38 GMT ]

Light pollution can impact nesting sea turtles[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:05:07 GMT ]By Elizabeth HowellLiveScience Light pollution along the Mediterranean is changing the nesting habits of sea turtles in Israel, according to new research.Orbital pictures of the region, coupled with sea turtle nesting data from Israel's National Parks Authority, revealed that the species of turtles in that area cluster their nests in darker spots."The two species of sea turtle in our study are noc...

Apple Store goes down in anticipation of WWDC[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:01:33 GMT ]As is customary with Apple events, the company's online store is officially down as it prepares for the WWDC keynote on Monday. [Read more]

AT&T brings enhanced push-to-talk app to iPhone[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:13:56 GMT ]The carrier's new iPhone app allows business users to communicate with large groups of people via a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. [Read more]

Stay away from meetings with iRobot Ava 500 telepresence bot[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:21:29 GMT ]With an iPad interface, the Ava 500 navigates to distant meetings while you stay put. Could this be a Roomba for the office? [Read more]

One in three Americans are toting tablets now[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:47:12 GMT ]Tablet ownership has nearly doubled in the last year, a Pew study finds, and the people buying them tend to be older and richer than those gravitating to devices like smartphones. [Read more]

'Star Wars' actor's lightsaber cane gets him detained by TSA[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:57:45 GMT ]Peter Mayhew, the extremely tall man who plays Chewbacca, confounds TSA operatives in Denver with his lightsaber cane. Apparently, it was too long for their liking. [Read more]

Teen builds working submarine [ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:17:24 EDT ]An 18-year-old high school student, Justin Beckerman, has built a one-man submarine. The Nautilus took its teen inventor six months and US$2,000 to put together. All while keeping on top of his homework.

Vine gets 'Rickrolled' by 16-year-old[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:53:47 EDT ]Oh, Rickrolling. Even on Vine, Twitter's app that lets users shoot and share six-second videos, the Web is never gonna give you up.

Tech tools for better fitness[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:50:41 EDT ]Last November, avid biker Leon Shaner found himself pushing harder than usual to keep up with a new friend.

Google and 'The Internship'[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:17:44 EDT ]In "The Internship," co-stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson share the screen with a somewhat demanding co-star: Google.

What to expect from Apple today[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:20:33 EDT ]All the tech world's eyes will be on Apple Monday, when the computing giant's 24th annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco.

Innovation vs. cheating on the battleground of golf science[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:40:57 GMT ]Golf might not look like a sport for science geeks, but there's actually a lot of physics and engineering that goes into playing the game right — and making sure it doesn't get played wrong."Anything that could be detrimental to the game of golf is important for us to rule on," Steve Quintavalla, senior research engineer at the U.S. Golf Association, told NBC News.The USGA Research and Test Center...

Asteroid the size of a small truck buzzes Earth: NASA[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:51:55 GMT ]CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An asteroid the size of a small truck zoomed past Earth four times closer than the moon on Saturday, the latest in a parade of visiting celestial objects that has raised awareness of potentially hazardous impacts on the planet. NASA said Asteroid 2013 LR6 was discovered about a day before its closest approach to Earth, which occurred at 12:42 a.m. EDT (0442 GMT ...

Have leftovers? There's an app for that[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:40:48 GMT ]

Iran ups cyber attacks on Israeli computers: Netanyahu[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:08:38 GMT ]TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese allies on Sunday of carrying out "non-stop" cyber attacks on major computer systems in his country.He gave no details on the number of attacks but said "vital national systems" had been targeted. Water, power and banking sites were also under threat, he added."In the past few months, we have ide...

'One giant leap': Bill would name NASA center after Neil Armstrong[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:08:39 GMT ]LOS ANGELES - Neil Armstrong's name is attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more than a dozen schools and a museum, but not a single NASA facility is christened in honor of the man whose "giant leap" made him the first to walk on the moon. All that could soon change on the fringes of the Mojave Desert, where leaders at the space agency's top flight research center are mulling the consequences ...

After PRISM, 'Boundless Informant' tool comes to light[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:01:36 GMT ]Meet the U.S. National Security Agency's global intelligence tracking tool, Boundless Informant, the latest intelligence secret exposed by leaked information. [Read more]

The carriers' not-so-secret weapon to improve cell service[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]They're called small cells, and they've got the industry buzzing about them. CNET explains what they are and why you should care about them. [Read more]

First Borders, then Best Buy. Now Amazon's gunning for Safeway[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]After five years of tinkering with a grocery delivery service in Seattle, Amazon is reportedly set to roll it out in California and elsewhere. Here's why the business, with its razor-thin margins, appeals to the company. [Read more]

The Audiophiliac's top digital music tracks for testing speakers[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:06:00 GMT ]If you want to hear your speakers or headphones sound better than ever, listen to some of the Audiophiliac's best-sounding CDs and SACDs. [Read more]

Google reportedly close to $1.3B acquisition of map app Waze[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:55:55 GMT ]The Web giant "will soon" close a deal for the mobile mapping and navigation startup, according to a report in the company's home country of Israel. [Read more]

Teen builds working submarine [ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:17:24 EDT ]An 18-year-old high school student, Justin Beckerman, has built a one-man submarine. The Nautilus took its teen inventor six months and US$2,000 to put together. All while keeping on top of his homework.

Vine gets 'Rickrolled' by 16-year-old[ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:53:47 EDT ]Oh, Rickrolling. Even on Vine, Twitter's app that lets users shoot and share six-second videos, the Web is never gonna give you up.

Tech tools for better fitness[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:50:41 EDT ]Last November, avid biker Leon Shaner found himself pushing harder than usual to keep up with a new friend.

Google and 'The Internship'[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:17:44 EDT ]In "The Internship," co-stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson share the screen with a somewhat demanding co-star: Google.

What to expect at Apple's WWDC[ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:11:25 EDT ]All the tech world's eyes will be on Apple Monday, when the computing giant's 24th annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco.