Hardware guru wins computing's 'Nobel prize' A Microsoft researcher has received the Turing Award in recognition for his pioneering work in personal computing hardware and networking technology development.… […]

Sector inspector Western Digital is to help Windows XP users more easily make the transition to so-called '4K' hard drive technology, the new standard for basic drive formatting.… […]

Dual-node MS2 cluster Criticising the pain of single-silo deduplication products, Sepaton has introduced a dual-node clustered product that can be upgraded to its larger ES2 system.… […]

Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan. […]

Facebook calls on game designers to make an iconic title, such as Mario or Halo, specifically for the social network. […]

Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT. […]

I have two kids and both are years outside the baby bed today. I can remember putting the beds for them both together only to toss them out in a few years when they learned to scale the side of the bed. Andensen Furniture has a new design concept that is perfect for the new parents looking to get some mileage out of their furniture. The Smart Kid furniture s […]

If Bender and his shiny metal butt ever decided to buy a new HDTV, this full chrome set from Sceptre would be what he would get. The frame, stand, and surfaces of the TV are all clad in shiny chrome. The upside is that you can always see who is walking up behind you. The downside is any sunlight hitting the thing might set your eyebrows on fire like a magnif […]

I have never broken a bone despite the fact that I frequently jumped off the roof of my house as a kid and ran wild on a three-wheeler with no parental supervision at an early age. My cousin on the other hand could break a bone if he farted too hard. We are sort of like Mr. Glass and David Dunn from Unbreakable. If you or someone you know has broken a bone r […]

HP has been offering its interesting line of MediaSmart Home servers for a while now. The line of servers runs Microsoft Windows Home Server software and allows the user to store all sorts of digital content from their network in one place for management and streaming to other machines on the network. HP has announced a new and cool feature for the MediaSmar […]

For those enjoying media bliss thanks to a little MediaSmart box humming away somewhere in the corner life just got a even more lovely. HP has announced a partnership with TiVo that allows MediaSmart users to install a Windows Home Server add-in, enabling the two devices to talk sweet nothings to each other. From within the WHS console you'll be able to […]

Another day, another CEO with more lip gloss than brain matter. Jeffrey Katzenberg has been talking to USA Today on what seems to be his favorite topic these days, 3D, and telling us that the glasses ain't no big deal. After all, "many many many people" wear glasses -- that's three lots of many for those keeping count at home -- and the n […]

David Riesenberg obviously had his head in the clouds when he dreamed up the OO High Definition Wireless Projector, but it's not like we're kvetching about his imagination's ability to go far beyond the limits of most humans. For one thing, the concept 1080p projector looks (and lands) like a stunning orange UFO; for another, the specs are oth […]

Ready for your daily dose of ingeniousness? That word is actually real, and so is the Happy Hour Timepiece -- a watch that doubles as a bottle opener, because as the tagline reminds us, "it's 5 o'clock somewhere." It has just become available to buy from Time Tap's website, and its black leather-strapped awesomeness can be yours for […]

Robots are coming out of their industrial cages and into our lives, prompting engineers to search out new kinds of safety features […]

The ice at the planet's north pole may be moving on a bed of salty sludge, which one day could be handy for fuel […]

A new material based on nanotubes matches the efficiency of solar cells – but scavenges power from heat leaking from hot pipes, not sunlight […]