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Genius comes in all shapes and sizes, and in this case it's a cylindrical 16-ounce water bottle called the Hydros that features a brilliant access port on the side of the cap that lets you fill it from the shortest of ta...

Analytics statup Mixpanel has launched a new page on its website that co-founder Suhail Doshi described as "TED for analytics." The goal, he said, is to help companies get a better understanding of what kind of data to c...

Apple users who think they're immune to malware and other bugs need to pay attention: A new Trojan is infecting Apple computers in order to obtain victims' phone numbers and rob them via unexpected premium SMS charges.

Scoop.it launched last November to give anyone and everyone the ability to create their own digital magazines -- to aggregate and distribute content from across ye olde Internets according to their particular interests -...

Any sort of flying drone is already awesome. How do you make it more awesome? Attach a camera and arm it with a paintball gun so it can fly around and shoot unsuspecting people, animals and/or objects. Doesn't that sound...

No longer do the office drones of the world have to bury their hooch deep inside a drawer, or hide it inside a hollowed-out annual report. This stylish microfiber neckcessory known as the Flask Tie's got a six ounce pouc...

Remember how the world is going to end on December 21, 2012? Well, in case it waits until after Christmas, here are some things to...

As my colleague Harry McCracken reported last night, Google has come to the rescue of lost iPhone users with its own Google Maps app. Although the app has been rumored for some time now, one of the big questions was whet...

By peering at alcohol molecules in a distant galaxy, astronomers have determined that a fundamental constant of nature has hardly changed at all over the age of the universe.

While Zynga’s planned foray into real money gambling is still a long way off, the company has been hard at work reinventing slots for the social web. According to an interview with Polygon, its upcoming Elite Slot...

When you have giant monsters fighting giant machines in a movie, my god, you have my interest. When you have Guillermo del Toro direct your movie, my god, you have my interest. When you have Jax Teller from Sons of Anarc...

1. John Hodgman's Apocalypse Survival 101 Never trust a corgi. Never. John Hodgman, author and frequent contributor to the Daily Show, gives his two cents about surviving doomsday, blood waves and all of the dogs. Click ...

Drunken off-duty San Francisco Police Department officers doing 100 mph in Lamborghini? That's what's alleged in a video, recently unearthed by SFist, which was posted...

For those who think that alternative routes of publishing a book are only for poor schmucks who can't get a traditional publisher, Guy Kawasaki and Tim Ferriss are legitimizing unconventional strategies and opening up a ...

Spreecast founder and CEO Jeff Fluhr believes social video is the next logical step after text- and photo-based social networks like Facebook and Twitter. More About: social video, spreecast, startup, valleygirltv

At the close of the NASDAQ on Thursday evening, SolarCity ended its first day of trading up close to 50 percent, closing at $11.79.

After announcing it would start selling its Surface RT at third-party retailers in the US and Australia, we figured it was only a matter of time before Microsoft would extend this offer over to the UK (among other places...

Apple has updated its Xprotect anti-malware blacklist tool to address a new trojan for OS X that surfaced just two days ago. The trojan, aptly named SMSSend, looks like a normal program installer, but tricks users into s...

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Research In Motion says the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will launch a pilot program with its smartphones using its new operating system BlackBerry 10, likely in J...

Pathfinder Online is a Kickstarter project aimed at translating the popular tabletop game into an MMORPG.

Also BBC Media Player improvements, including background audio playback Yesterday the BBC detailed exactly what it's planning to do with its iPlayer app for Android over the next few months, highlighting the importanc...

The most common "side effects" of masturbation are ejaculation (mostly among men, but sometimes among women); relief of boredom; fun; pleasure; relief of tension; easier time falling asleep; relaxation; and general happi...