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Over the weekend a memory problem with the Mars Curiosity Rover forced NASA engineers to switch it into "safe mode" so a backup system could take over. According to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, that process has pr...

Worldwide PC shipments dropped in 2012 on an annual basis for the first time in more than a decade and that is expected to continue this year, research firm IDC said on Monday. Worldwide PC shipments are projected to dro...

We don't tend to get excited about any CCD sensor-equipped point-and-shoot nowadays, but Nikon's Coolpix S3500 has at least one feature that we don't often see on a camera in this price range: lens-shift optical image st...

A really good knife can accomplish an endless number of tasks in the kitchen. But there are other culinary accoutrements that literally have one job and only one job. Are they clever? Sure. Are they at all necessary? Not...

In the US startups like TaskRabbit, where anyone can run an errand for anyone else, seem like a novelty even today. But in emerging economies, where the mobile phone rules, it's become the mainstream lifeblood of almost ...

Super Hexagon, that ridiculously difficult and ridiculously awesome game from Terry Cavanaugh, received an update today that, among other things fixes input lag on a number of devices, notably the Nexus 7. That's been a ...

Have you ever wondered how big Jerry Seinfeld's New York apartment actually was? Or where all the rooms were in Homer Simpson's Evergreen Terrace house? DeviantArt user Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde draws out TV and film's ...

Patriot has just announced a new addition to its collection of storage offerings called the AERO. As the name suggests, the new device is of the wireless variety, which Patriot hopes will garner favor with owners of memo...

If you're looking at the picture above and now checking your screen to see if you have a dead pixel, don't worry, you don't. That's just Venus hiding through Saturn's rings. Taken by the Cassini, Earth's twin planet look...

Twitter announced that it's shutting down its Tweetdeck apps for iPhone and Android, encouraging users to take advantage of the Tweetdeck web app instead.

Welcome to Brooklyn, where you can live in a giant condo with a hole in it. On the Brooklyn side of the East River next to the Williamsburg Bridge there lies a giant, abandoned building, emblazoned with giant yellow lett...

Last year, Yosemite National Park's famed "firefall" fizzled out because of a lack of snow. But this year, the "firefall" is burning bright, and the park's Horsetail Fall flows like lava under a clear sky and favorable l...

Facebook responded to criticisms of its newsfeed algorithms on Monday, arguing that it's constantly tweaking the formula but working to make sure posts in the feed are relevant to all users.

Google updated its Transparency Report on Tuesday with details about the the US government's use of national security letters, a controversial investigative technique that was...

A planned story from Orson Scott Card will no longer open DC's new Adventures of Superman series after artist Chris Sprouse withdrew from the project. Adventures of Superman was set to open in April with a two-chapter st...

Valve's Gabe Newell said his company wasn't canceling any projects after a recent spate of layoffs, and it certainly sounds like the company's Steam Box initiative is still on track. The co-founder told the BBC that his ...

With the much-anticipated PANSTARRS comet emerging into the evening sky this week, we might keep our eyes open to another sight happening at nearly the same time. If you live where the sky to the west is very dark, look ...

The sun is surprisingly quiet at the moment, but that may be because our star is gearing up for the second phase of a one-two wallop in its 11-year activity cycle, some scientists say.

The case accusing Apple of fixing ebook prices is heating up. New court documents show that Steve Jobs' biographer have been dropped from the case but that Jobs himself is still at the center of it.

Tesla's press conference at the 2013 Geneva auto show turned into a raucous affair as CEO Elon Musk repeatedly took the New York Times to taks for its Model S review. [Read more]

We've known that game company and Steam operator Valve Software was going to offer prototypes of its hardware to Steam users for some time, but company head Gabe Newell says those prototypes will start arriving in the ne...

LG's just pulled back the curtains on Quick Cover: a magnet-infused case for the Optimus G Pro. Thanks to a Smart Cover-like design, the jacket turns the smartphone's screen on when its front flap is lifted, and off when...