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Just Posted: Our review of the Ricoh GR, compared with the Nikon Coolpix A. We've already reviewed the conceptually similar Nikon Coolpix A and concluded that in some respects it was it out-gunned by the Ricoh, so what d...

Our first impressions of Samsung's Android-powered professional camera The Samsung Galaxy NX is a first for Android and digital imaging -- the first professional camera with high-end smartphone internals, the latest vers...

As if having the most comfortable and most innovative boardshorts weren't enough, Hurley has gone and one-upped themselves with the Phantom Fuse 2. Which apparently only touch the body at the waist. Also, each pair is ma...

Does Samsung's miniaturized Galaxy S4 live up to its name? Each new generation of smartphones seems to bring with it ever larger screens. Just a couple of years ago a 4.3-inch screen was considered large -- unwieldy, eve...

It is difficult to believe that anyone was genuinely shocked to learn today that the FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance. But if news of FBI drone operations bothers you, you're not going to like what came next dur...

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Consider this. The Universe is enormous. There are as many as four-hundred billion stars in our galaxy: the Milky Way. And there are more than one-hundred-and-seventy billion galaxies in the observable Universe. Most of ...

Categories: Finds Ideas Tags: behindthescenescreativefriendsinfauxfunnyinstagraminstagrammimationstopmotionstopmotionvideo Instagram announced the ability to shoot video earlier today, but before they did, two friends em...

WASHINGTON -- A government watchdog testified Thursday there may have been problems with a security clearance background check conducted on the 29-year-old federal contractor who...

Carl Icahn, relentless corporate raider, is back again and with a proposal that could put computer maker Dell on the road to becoming another Blockbuster or TWA.

The government will subsidize half of the construction costs of new electronics manufacturing clusters, as it aims to grow the US$70 billion production industry more than five times.

When "Bill Nye the Science Guy" went on the air in 1993, one of the smartest smartphones around was an $899 brick-sized contraption called the Simon Personal Communicator. Today, Simon is ancient history -- but Bill Nye'...

The shopping site becomes the second Southeast Asian e-commerce business under Rocket Internet's stable to get a US$100 million injection in as many months.

Microsoft today announced a new experiment for its Bing search engine that's a bit different from the usual social search and algorithm updates we've come to expect from the service. Bing Boards, as this new effort is ca...

Police tend to think that intuitive strategies are best for fighting crime, but they should be using research to discover what works - and what doesn't (full text available to subscribers)

I think it's time to tame the tiger. Not the tawny, majestic creature that stalks the Indian jungle. The tech tiger, the wizard, the miracle, conceived in-vitro by geeky young scientists and bred in captivity by dotcom w...

Sick of endless patent wars yet? According to the New York Times, so is the Federal Trade Commission. Referencing the usual persons briefed on the matter, the NYT reports that FTC chairwoman Edith Ramirez is preparing to...

Five years ago, cosmetics giant Revlon's balance sheet wasn't looking too good. But after its IT overhaul, the company is one of the most successful in its category, said the company's CIO.

Who doesn't love a good fireworks show? People the world over--from Beijing to New York--set off pyrotechnics to celebrate everything from home runs to national independence. Mexico has a similar celebratory tradition, t...

Categories: Culture News Tags: deathhollywoodhomelesskilledlosangelesstreetphotography A young woman was fatally stabbed last night after photographing homeless men holding offensive signs while begging in Hollywood. The...

In the wake of 9/11, the US government was forced to turn to independent contractors as it scrambled to beef up defense and intelligence. That influx of private sector employees was never meant to be a long-term solution...

Worried that your face is being detected and recorded on everything from security cameras to Google Glass? Don these infrared-emitting glasses to prevent your face from being recognized, and your only worry will be how d...