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Like the decidedly unsexy Depends underwear, Dear Kate underwear can hold lady liquid without getting ruined. The secret sauce is the thin wicking material that it's made of that can withstand three teaspoons. But unlike...

Big data is a big deal, but it means nothing if no one can make sense of it. But Jer Thorp can. More About: Dev & Design, Leaders in Design Series, big data, data visualization, features, mashable

It might be the right thing to do for Zynga and the shareholders, but that won't make it any easier for the game and forum moderators who won't have their contacts with Zynga renewed. The company is executing the cost-cu...

HTC's second Windows Phone 8 device follows the same design as its bigger brother, the 8X, with a unique look and feel that's separate to the company's Android devices. It's another big bet on Windows Phone 8 for HTC and...

Remember when you thought personalized ceramic mugs were cool? Forget that. With 3D printing, you can now turn yourself into an action figure. Even if you're not inclined to keep a heroic-looking, 3D-printed bronze bust ...

Logitech Ultimate Ears launched some new audio products and these are two of the best ANC headphones you will find today. At $200 and $400, they are price competitive as well.

Singly, a startup aimed at simplifying the integration of third-party services in both web and mobile applications, is today launching its platform into open beta. Until now, the company has been in private beta te...

Yale scientists have discovered an ancient, small, insect-eating lizard in the badlands of Montana and have named it Obamadon, after President Obama. The lizard, which is less than a foot long and had "elaborate teeth wi...

Twitter released an update for its iPhone and Android apps Monday, adding the ability to edit and apply filters to photos — and further distancing itself from now-rival photo sharing service Instagram.

From Siri to NeXT, retracing Apple's biggest acquisitions over the years.

The first time I saw this photo at the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space telescope site I couldn't believe my eyes. It didn't look like any space structure I've seen before. It actually look like some kind of weir...

The deadliest sea snakes in the world can be found from the Arabian Peninsula to Australia. They like to live in estuaries and lagoons near the shore and have been known to get tangled in fishermen's nets and inflict fat...

As we become more and more reliant on silicon and bandwidth, the need for fundamental technology breakthroughs has never been more acute. Scientists are working on those solutions and the marriage of optical and silicon ...

With the holiday quarter nearing its end, Apple looks set to receive a big push in iPhone sales from China. Apple’s oldest carrier partner in the country, China Unicom, announced Thursday that it received over 200...

Rovio celebrated the 3-year anniversary of the Angry Birds franchise by releasing new levels for the game and announcing details for the Angry Birds movie. More About: Angry Birds Movie, Entertainment, Film, Gaming, Movi...

Twitter and Instagram want you to decide between the two of them. They used to be very different, but as of today, you can use them both to apply faux-vintage filters to your pictures. But only one can be the best. More�...

The chip maker Broadcom lured some of the local ink-stained wretches to a conference room in San Francisco's financial district late this morning for a sneak peek - they called it a "geek peak" - at trends to watch at ne...

Twitter has recently been moving towards self-sufficiency, downplaying the importance of third-party tools, and that's become apparent in a new blog post about image hosting. In 2011, Twitter started letting users upload...

Gmail went down yesterday for a relatively short period of time -- service was intermittent for about an hour (compare that to the extended outage of 2009). However, this outage had an unexpected complication: It also ca...

WordPress just launched version 3.5 of its self-hosted blogging and CMS platform. This new version, called "Elvin" in honor of drummer Elvin Jones, mostly changes how WordPress users interact with images and includes a n...

Microsoft is going to expand retail distribution for its Surface tablet/PC devices starting in mid-December, company officials are confirming. [Read more]

Microsoft's new Surface tablet will be coming to more retailers as soon as mid-December. More About: Microsoft Surface Tablet, Mobile, Tablet, microsoft