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Rumors of a narrower and thinner design for the fifth-generation iPad have been circulating for a number of months now, with Apple reportedly taking some design cues from the iPad mini in redesigning the full-size iPad w...

We were pretty impressed with what Roli showed off at SXSW back in March, and now the company's rubberized keyboard is up for pre-order. The instrument is built in a standard piano configuration, with a soft surface that...

The web is experiencing a 'Java renaissance.' But did Java really go anywhere?

The U.S. Census Bureau, winning the Internet -- and our hearts     

A big regulatory victory for Airbnb today: the company has managed to win an appeal in New York City over a fine against a host called Nigel Warren, whose landlord was fined $2,400 in June after Warren rented out a room ...

A New York City agency has decided in favor of a man who was fined $2,400 for renting his home out on Airbnb. The city now has to pay it all back to Nigel Warren.

Becoming obese or remaining lean can depend on the dynamics of the mitochondria, the body's energy-producing "battery," according to two new studies by Yale School of Medicine researchers featured as the cover story in t...

Nick Jr, the channel for pre-school children and toddlers from Nickelodeon, is trailing a new series of its popular cartoon series Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom using the music and style of Game of Thrones. The opening se...

Court attempts to find a middle-ground for the two companies claiming rights over use of the name in Brazil

Judge puts stop to company's motion to dismiss class-action suit regarding scanning of Gmail e-mails, says Wiretap Act is applicable.

Prosthetic legs have gotten smarter and smarter thanks to advanced sensors and lightweight motors, but this week they're getting their biggest overhaul yet: the latest bionic leg can be controlled entirely by its wearer'...

Details of the new guarantee were revealed at Note 3 launch along with hints that a sub-$50 could be on the cards for developing markets.

The Korean electronics giant is in hot water over the use of patents in lawsuits against Apple. Now it's offering more in a bid to avoid a massive antitrust fine.

A New York agency decides in favor of a man who was fined $2,400 for renting his home out on Airbnb. The city now has to pay it all back to Nigel Warren.

Princeton and Harvard are used to duking it out in search of the top slot in college rankings. On Friday, that battled carried over to Twitter. Princeton sent out a tweet with a mathematical equation promoting TrueShelf,...

The Chinese government, which maintains tight control over Internet use within the country, is taking steps to manage viral posts. Earlier this month, authorities seeking to rein in the spread of what they deem "online r...

Researchers at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering are working on a miniature wide angle lens, taking advantage of the benefits of spherical lenses. At just a tenth of the size of a traditional wide angle lens, a spheric...

Google grants us all unlimited storage of Google Docs on Google Drive, but only a limited amount of space for other file formats. Because of this, it makes sense to convert other formats to Google Docs if possible.

You don't have to work in extreme environments to want a laptop case that can take a serious beating. This DIY project will protect your expensive laptop and also provide more juice for it.

The surviving members of Pink Floyd — guitarist David Gilmour, bassist Roger Waters, and drummer Nick Mason — may not have come together as a whole very often over the past three decades. But that didn't stop them fr...

pacopico writes "About 30 years ago, a young Marine and math savant named Ramona Pierson was out for a run when she got hit by a drunk driver and had her body shattered. As Businessweek reports, Pierson ended up in coma ...

BigDog Walks In The Woods Technically named the LS3, for "Legged Squad Support System. Lance Cpl. M. L. Meier, USMC via Wikimedia Commons BigDog is a cinderblock-hurling robot that shambles like a something out of Lovecr...