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Electric guitars, when compared to their acoustic counterparts, have the ability to produce a much more diverse range of sounds Inventor Paul Vo, of Asheville, N.C., is hoping to even out the playing board with Vo-96 -- ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation posted to YouTube Thursday surveillance camera footage which it says shows the bureau's two suspects in its investigation of Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon The bureau is reques...

During its Q3 2013 earnings call today, Microsoft's outgoing CFO Peter Klein noted that the company plans to bring Windows 8 to smaller devices. Until now, Windows 8 was mostly geared toward desktops and larger tablets, ...

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If you like to shop online, you may like Perk, which is a new browser that lets you rack up reward points for surfing, searching, and shopping online. Perk is based on the same technology underlying Google's popular Chro...

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for t...

Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. I was never a fan of push notifications. The only alerts I wanted to get while my phone...

Mind mapping is a great way to organize your thoughts, plan out a course of action, or just break down complex ideas and projects into their individual steps. There are tons of apps that can help you do this, but this we...

Google has laid out some pretty specific guidelines on what developers working on "Glassware" apps will be able to do, but it turns out owners of the Google Glass Explorer Edition will be facing some limitations as well....

From human genetics to RDL, SAP's Israel R&D labs are among the facilities working on the next generation of HANA products.

Opinion on Windows 8 may be all over the map, but here's one thing we all should be able to agree on: the more apps that take full advantage of the Windows 8 interface, the better shape the operating system will be in. W...

With PC laptop shipments projected to decline by 7.3% this year, Windows 8 machines desperately need a shot multiple shots of adrenaline. The Toshiba Kirabook may be just that. The Kirabook is Toshiba's first entrant in ...

Companies providing gadgets, components, services and related software have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. The reports come as consumers shift their spending toward phone and tablets and a...

Companies in the video games industry have begun releasing earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here's a look at selected companies that make or sell video games or machines.

Landing with a solid $60.4 million overseas opening last weekend, Universal's Tom Cruise sci-fier "Oblivion" looks to connect with domestic audiences. Tracking suggests the film will earn only half of the international d...

The social network now allows people in 24 countries to use its messaging app for Android to make free calls.

Companies that sell online advertising have begun releasing earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say a...

It was reported last week that PC sales were in a nose dive and that there was no apparent fix to the solution. If this rumor is to be believed, then the fall in sales of conventional computers has not only affected Wind...

Google's CEO Larry Page revealed something during today's earnings call that his company doesn't seem to have actually spelled out before: Google Glass runs on Android. In response to a question about how much people can...

We know what you're thinking: The only thing missing from my ridiculously expensive, excessively tricked-out toilet is a USB port. Well it's time you welcomed your posh posterior to the 21st century, because Kohler's jus...