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The latest national security related revelation to come from the documents leaked by Edward Snowden is an account of how offensive computer operations work, and how many there are. The Washington Post reports that in 201...

Boobs, tatas, naughty pillows, fun bags--we've got so many nicknames and objectifications for the human breast that the fact that they're still attached to people is often ignored. NYC-based artist and animator, Louisa B...

Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days. Some things become obsolete, some things rise to live again. Two of our stories over the fold demonstrate new tricks from o...

Plenty of today's best gadgets and devices are well-known and basically mandatory. A good laptop, a decent smartphone, an HD TV. But under that surface, there's a whole other breed of toys that you never actively knew yo...

Google's Project Loon is sort of insane. Then again, that's kind of the point. And to make it actually work, the squadrons of balloons are taking a cue from nature.

As IFA starts to slowly edge its way over the horizon, the product teasers start to rain. We've already seen hints from Sony, an outright admission from Samsung, and speculation from HTC. The latest tidbit, comes via ASU...

Well this is it folks; summer is basically over. Take your final dip in our kiddie pool of summer-style stories. We've got the worst college football uniform designs, Facebook GIFs, humans breathing liquid, how to add a ...

It's believed that last week the Syrian government murdered hundreds of its own civilians with chemical weapons. We don't know which weapon they used, but we do know it's one of a handful of chemicals called nerve agents...

Unlike babies that wail when they're born, the three new members of Alcatel's One Touch family have silently slipped into the company's website. The two handsets, the Idol S and the Idol Mini, follow the original trio re...

The Maps Wars are on in earnest--with Apple Maps now finding its feet after a shaky start, and Bing Maps forming an integral part of Windows Phone, Google Maps can't afford to stand still. A recent overhaul brought bring...

These easy trade-in services offer most of the convenience and more of the green.

Think 150Mbps LTE-Advanced data is quick? KDDI could offer far more bandwidth next year. Nikkei claims that the Japanese carrier plans to upgrade its cellular network to 220 Mbps data as soon as summer 2014. Service woul...

It's common knowledge that if you want to find a truffle, you'd do well to find a pig first. Truffle hogs have been used for centuries to sniff out the prized fungus, which is often valued at thousands of dollars per pou...

You might want to hold off on buying that Moto X. According to the often reliable Evleaks, its price is going to drop to $100 on contract later this year. And apparently it'll have four new wood-back options too. If you'...

We all love our smartphones. Who could ever go back to a time before having an all-knowning internet brick on hand at all times? But there is one trick dumbphones were better at: flipping. I don't know about you, but I m...

When Motorola announced it's first flagship since becoming part of Google's empire, it was to mixed response. But, if evleaks is right, as is often the case, then a forthcoming $100 price-drop could suddenly change a few...

Proposed National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) for data centres will provide consumer-style six star energy rating for infrastructure and equipment.

Earlier today, several top designers at HTC were arrested in Taipei under suspicion of fraudulent expense claims, as well as stealing trade secrets ahead of leaving the company to run a new mobile design firm in both Tai...

There was a time when Windows Phone 7 users could only look on as WP8-using peers Like status updates on their newer and shinier Facebook app. Not anymore. An update to the Beta version is now ready for download, bringin...

Cigarettes are bad for you. No one--not even the guy smoking on the street corner right now--will argue that. But e-cigarettes are just ridiculous looking. It looks like you're playing with a dumb toy that lights up and ...

UPDATED: The wearables war is officially on.

The Internet is not that hard. We all know that, right? But some people out there (probably duckface selfie-ing on Facebook right now) just aren't very good at the Internet. They just don't get it. They don't know that G...