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A female cow's privates aren't so private anymore with Anemon, a system that senses when she is in heat and texts an alert to the farmer. [Read more]

Did you ever make fortune tellers or create origami animals? If so, you should give your paper folding skills a challenge by making a Hexaflexagon. A hexaflexagon is a geometric figure that can be folded in different way...

While online social exchanges have the potential to turn into friendships, business contacts and partnerships, for those who don't know how to strategically play the "Social A-Game" it is possible to risk our reputation,...

It turns out people really are interested in hearing what brands have to say on Twitter — in a presentation today at the IAB MIXX advertising conference, Twitter's vice president of global brand strategy Joel Lune...

Apple Store employees, dressed in matching blue T-shirts, clapped and sang and made intermittent "woo!" cheers as they walked past John H., who was waiting in line to buy the iPhone 5 in Atlanta last month.

Just give in. There's no escaping Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know."

The Swedish web host PeRiQuito AB, PRQ, is one of the most controversial web hosts on the planet, valuing free speech so highly that it serves up web content for Pirate Bay, WikiLeaks and even sites like Pedophile.se. Ye...

We all need to exercise, but lets face facts, burning those carbs are downright boring at times. We need some thing more exciting than running in place or lifting weights while screaming at the mirror, admiring ourselves...

It's relatively easy to demonstrate what physical reality isn't. It is much harder to work out what it is (full text available to subscribers)

There's a new mobile app called Go-Matic that you can use to form instant groups with the people around you, giving you an easy way to make connections with people you've just met and to coordinate among large groups. Th...

Catches the Ball, and Your Eye. Via reddit, ConMan2Click here to view this gallery. Brandon Lloyd is a wide receiver with a mile-wide grin. A lucky photographer on Reddit managed to snap a photo of the New England Patrio...

Imagine a world that's not completely and totally explored yet—sort of like in Warcraft where the unexplored terrain is dark because your character never went there. It exists in real life too. It's the own world y...

Side by side, Google Maps is better than Apple Maps. No matter what anybody says, that's the truth. But unbeknownst to most people, there's actually something that Apple Maps is better at and it's pretty damn important: ...

After raising thousands of dollars to develop a free, 3-D-printable handgun, a group calling itself Defense Distributed has had to put its plans on hold, after the company providing their printing hardware refused to do ...

Ever wished you could watch a surgical procedure unfold? Seattle's Swedish Medical Center is getting set to share a play-by-play of a cochlear implant operation. [Read more]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The good news is that the northern lights hit the heights this weekend, with auroral displays visible as far south as Illinois — and the bad news wasn't all that bad.

Although I've been a relatively loyal follower of the network through the years, one not-so-minor issue befuddles me: Why does Facebook continuously change its interface against the wishes of its users?

The days before the launch of our business Barrel of Jobs reminds me of that feeling I had as a kid as I approach slowly the top of a rollercoaster. Huge excitement for the ride, tempered by the growing fear of the unkno...

Predicting the future of this country's fastest growing, most innovative marketplace is a difficult task. But if the FCC chairman is successful in bringing new spectrum to market and opening more channels for commerce an...

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility has dropped a complaint of patent infringement against Apple without explanation. In a brief filing...

MSN is getting a Windows 8 makeover. With Microsoft's new desktop and tablet OS just around the corner, the company's MSN homepage, a portal to...

Samsung and Apple continue their legal battles, even after a jury recommended Samsung pay $1 billion for copying Apple patents. Judge Lucy Koh has lifted the U.S. ban on Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 tablet, and Samsung argues A...