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We'll be discussing the history and near-future of robotics with luminaries from Willow Garage, Boston Dynamics (yes, the people behind Big Dog) and 3D Robotics. Our editor-in-chief, Tim Stevens, is orchestrating proceed...

Back in the day, typing was something of a specialized skill. Or so I am led to believe. Frankly, it's hard to imagine. Now typing up a document isn't a task for some army of receptionists, but rather something we all do...

During my discussions with Lenovo's team about the research involved in reshaping the ThinkPad line, they clued me in on the beast you see above. That, friends, is cutely referred to as the ThinkPad Terminator edition wi...

We'll be joined onstage by artist, writer and musician DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid to discuss technology's impact on music. March 17, 2013 5:00 PM EDT For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event...

Click here to view this gallery Al Gore and Elon Musk couldn't compete with the SXSWi buzz generated by Grumpy Cat. Not that the grouchy feline cares. Grumpy Cat didn't raise a whisker when you waited two hours in the ra...

We spent some time on stage with two of the Lenovo's honchos to talk about how the ThinkPad brand has braved the test of time and take a look at what's next. The firm's Senior Research Manager Corinna Proctor and its dir...

What would happen if Princess Zelda was the one to save Hyrule, and adventurer Link was trapped in one room waiting to be rescued? That's the question a fan hack of a Legend of Zelda ROM asks. Professional animator Kenna...

LucidWorks’ Grant Ingersoll argues that it’s time to stop using language to diminish the importance of text, one of the defining computational challenges of our time.

If you truly were terrified during the Seven Minutes of Terror that saw the Curiosity Rover successfully land on Mars, you can blame NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Tom Rivellini. As JPL's Principal Engineer for Entry D...

With exactly two weeks to go until the third season of HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones premieres, fans are being tantalized with another minute-long trailer. The newest Game of Thrones trailer, entitled "The Beast," ...

If that $3 million credit-card stealing scam that hit Subway in 2011 didn't convince you to stop using your credit card there (or stop going all together), you might want to consider it again. Recently released documents...

Games like Pocket Tanks have been around in some form or another for decades, on who knows how many platforms. Pocket Tanks itself has been around since 2001, and is now bringing a little slice of nostalgia to Android. T...

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to This Week In Apple Rumors, our regular look back at all of the week's unconfirmed gossip, questionably sourced...

Screenshots for CD Projekt RED's 'The Witcher 3' RPG.

The government is hoping that making a band of unlicensed spectrum available as part of the upcoming incentive auctions will help build a nationwide wireless network. Is that the best use of that spectrum?

Cody Wilson, who heads 3D printed firearms group Defense Distributed, has apparently received a federal firearms license officially allowing him to manufacture or sell the group's guns. Defense Distributed posted a Faceb...

Hashtags are everywhere. You'll find them on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and video app Vine, but not on Facebook, although that may be changing. Here's what you need to know about this important symbol.

Last week Google announced the shutdown of Google Reader as part of its company wide bid to “focus” on “fewer products.” “We know Reader has a devoted following who will be very sad to see i...

Ditching HTML5 cost Facebook the flexibility to tinker and quietly try out design or feature changes on subsets of users. But now it can experiment again. Thursday Facebook launched a beta club offering some Android user...

Click here to view this gallery Dogs are dogs. They pee up things, sniff butts, chase squirrels, bury bones and bark, right? That's how things should be, but we have uncovered some disturbing footage on YouTube — ...

Earthquakes have the Midas touch, a new study claims. Water in faults vaporizes during an earthquake, depositing gold, according to a model published in the March 17 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.

New users flock to the RSS reader app in the two days after Google announced it would retire its own RSS service. [Read more]