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Every now and then the question of whether video games should qualify as art or not comes to the fore. A few years ago Roger Ebert famously concluded in...

For some time now there has been talk of Google just going out and building experimental fiber optic networks in the US to test out the infrastructure,...

Pictured above, an unmanned drone taken from the military blog Armybase.us. Washington's unmanned drone airplanes will not just be Washington's anymore....

Yesterday was a day for robots; today is a day for things that don’t need to exist. A team of students a the University of Tromsø, Norway, have gone to...

As a purveyor of offbeat geekery, I am absolutely obligated to show you this. Here’s a girl balancing 15 books on her head while reciting pi to the...

I really, really hope I never get audited like this. Surely you know of EnergyStar - if you’re a PC user, you probably see their logo every time you...

Flexible displays might be on the way and widely used sooner than we think. Recently, HP unveiled a new idea in a demo of its flexible display...

I’m completely fed up with hotels that stay in once place, man. Had it up to here. Haven’t you? They way they...don’t move? What kind of middle-aged...

Apparently, the Taliban have been outwitting Australian forces in Afghanistan by using a relatively inexpensive tool of war: the iPhone. Can someone...

A true gentleman - a man who respects the finer things - realizes the value of slowing it down. Taking time out. Maybe have the manservant fix a beverage....

A few years ago, when Facebook broke out of its college ghetto into the mainstream, many people welcomed it with open arms. At the time, it seemed like...

iPhones? Wii's? Bet you think those are pretty fancy, right? Well, when it comes to sheer wow factor, those technologies have little on Skinput, which...

If you’re not familiar with the telltale sound of a didgeridoo, Australia’s famous aboriginal instrument, think ‘being run over by a musical...

As soon as Blu-Ray high-definition films became available, geeks the world over waited with bated breath for one group of films: Lord of the Rings. Then,...

For all the talk of a reading revolution and Amazon, Sony and now Apple are creating, all of this new technology doesn't actually change reading very...

After a bit clever detective work by the folks over at PadGadget, we now know what games the iPad will be launching with. You will be shocked to learn -...

Now that we finally have confirmation a new Nintendo DS is on the way - with 3D no less! - we're also free to wonder what the new device might look like....

Alright, 'fess up - sometimes, when you're walking down the street late at night, you wish that you could tap your shoes to make music. It's alright,...

I’m an avid gamer. When I say ‘avid’, I mean it in all possible terms. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I’ve held records, I’ve humped a television...

Y’know how in a room with multiple lights, you never, NEVER hit the switch you need on the first try? Like there’s a karmic force taunting you about...

In light of the coming arrival of Apple's magic tablet, you might wonder what reason anyone would have left for an eReader. It's tough to imagine anyone...

Fed up with the tireless Gmail access attempts from continental Asia? Well, no longer! Google has implemented a new warning system that will alert you if...

When Bing first launched, we all treated it a little like the little engine that couldn't; why, we all asked, would anyone switch from Google to Bing? As...

How many times have you been sitting at a Starbucks and, looking over at your fellow coffee-shop customers, been really jealous at the guy with the...