05/22/2013 07:46 AM

10 fun Tumblr blogs to follow

Sure, serious-minded folks from the White House on down have taken to Tumblr, the popular blogging platform that Yahoo announced it had purchased this week.

05/20/2013 03:45 PM

'Toilet of the future' solves big issues

05/20/2013 01:25 PM

What you should know about Tumblr

Yahoo's purchase of hot blogging platform Tumblr, which it announced Monday, was big news for the hundreds of millions of folks who already post to the site or check in to follow those who do.

05/20/2013 01:28 PM

The etiquette of Google Glass

In recent weeks, Google Glass has been distributed to its first group of beta testers outside Google and in the real world. As the pool of new smart-glass wearers grows, they are feeling out the etiquette of using the new technology.

05/17/2013 04:52 PM

Google+: One tool to bind them all

For two years, Google has pushed its Google+ as more than a social network or cool video-chatting tool. This week, it is working to hammer home that point with a spate of new features.

05/17/2013 08:40 AM

Meet your robot bartender

Crowd control took on a whole new meaning last night as a room full of partygoers in San Francisco were given power over a cocktail-making robot controlled by their smartphones.

05/17/2013 08:38 AM

Tech tools tell you you're drunk

Even if they don't admit it, most people know when they're hammered.

05/15/2013 05:28 PM

'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'?

Photon torpedoes and proton torpedoes. Warp speed and hyperspace.

05/22/2013 04:26 AM

5 robot suits to make us superhuman

Bionic exoskeletons that make us superhuman could soon be a reality -- take a look at five of the most incredible robot suits being developed.

05/20/2013 01:25 PM

What you should know about Tumblr

Yahoo's purchase of hot blogging platform Tumblr, which it announced Monday, was big news for the hundreds of millions of folks who already post to the site or check in to follow those who do.

05/22/2013 07:19 AM

7 mobile tools to help you survive tornadoes

A series of deadly storms that pummeled Arkansas, Missouri and other states this week reminds us that tornado season is upon us once again.

05/20/2013 03:43 PM

Recharge your cellphone in 20 seconds

A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University.

05/20/2013 01:32 PM

The real-world etiquette for Google Glass

In recent weeks, Google Glass has been distributed to its first group of beta testers outside Google and in the real world. As the pool of new smart-glass wearers grows, they are feeling out the etiquette of using the new technology.

05/20/2013 09:20 AM

'Toilet of the future' solves global issues

05/17/2013 04:52 PM

Google+: One tool to bind them all

For two years, Google has pushed its Google+ as more than a social network or cool video-chatting tool. This week, it is working to hammer home that point with a spate of new features.

02/27/2013 08:37 AM

Meet the Rules of the Internet

Hello! Welcome to the Internet. It's a big place, so let me show you around.

01/23/2013 08:46 AM

Why disc drives are an endangered species

Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes.

12/28/2012 04:03 PM

Netiquette: Saying farewell

So many folks manage to lose their netiquette heads when they scramble, legs flailing and akimbo, toward the denouement of events and life chapters. So here is the ultimate (get it?) digital-etiquette guide to a polite big finish.

10/08/2012 11:00 AM

10 smartphone habits to avoid

How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop.

08/27/2012 02:53 PM

Five texts you should never send

We're texting more than ever, and, like society, the texts themselves are getting worse and worse. Read on to learn just how terrible silent cell phone users are these days.

08/03/2012 10:59 AM

An open letter to texting-mad teenagers

Put your phone down for a second, teen texters -- there are some things you've got to hear.

05/14/2013 06:02 AM

Meet the real Robocop

Take a pair of hi-fi speakers, an old radio, a couple of DVD players and countless other household appliances, apply some ingenuity and what do you get? If you're Mark Haygood, an ex-cop turned robot maker, you get HEX -- a four foot, three-inch tall humanoid robot.

05/06/2013 11:39 AM

Gamma-ray burst riddle

On April 27, NASA satellites detected a strong signal from the brightest gamma-ray burst in decades. Because this was relatively close, it was thousands of times brighter than the typical gamma-ray bursts that are seen by Swift every few days. Scientists are now scrambling to learn more.

05/02/2013 06:50 AM

Designs to define the future

From digital tattoos to mind reading headphones, in what areas will the next major technology breakthroughs occur? We spoke to a host of design and tech experts -- from academics to magazine editors -- searching for the shape of things to come.