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Emoticons are used daily when we chat over instant messenger, with some messengers coming bundled with their own set of emoticons instead of relying on third-party alternatives. BBM is one of them and the messenger platf...

The Nimbus Smart Dashboard + Clock is just as wickedly cool and trendy as Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 flying broomstick. This one doesn't fly, but it provides you with a dashboard and four dials that make you a seeker of....

The Grab Opener aka the GrOpener is a one-handed bottle opener. It's hardly necessary to explain why this is the most useful invention since sliced bread. You have a chilled beer in one hand and a slice of pizza in...

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has outlined how his company is introducing new measures to block child pornography from appearing in its searches. Schmidt explained the changes to Google's search function in an...

You've probably wondered what it'd be like to stay in Sweden's Icehotel , or similarly frigid accommodations. But you may have neglected to consider the danger posed by fire in these facilities. How shortsighted of you.

These are the tuners Gibson used for its Robot guitars, but these look improved, and they are available for a wide range of guitars. I'm going to get a set for one of my older guitars and see how they work.∞ Read this ...

Square Enix's upcoming Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is a title we're sure many RPG fans have been looking forward to as the game has been completely remastered from the bottom up to offer improved graphics and a coupl...

GeoMetWatch landed a breakthrough deal this past spring, securing an agreement from AsiaSat to host GeoMetWatch's infrared sounding instrument on the AsiaSat 9 telecommunications satellite slated to launch in 2016.

Recycling e-waste is kind of important. Our devices are full of heavy metals and toxins that probably shouldn't just chill in landfills. But iPhone repair company Twice Used is designing housewares that put a new spin on...

A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) has found that visits to hospital emergency departments as a result of hallucinogenic drug phencyclidine has increased by more than ...

The doctor isn't in, but he can still see you now.

The night before Josh Moody pitched his startup, Overwatch, at the 2013 ARK Challenge Demo Day in September, he did his trigonometry and calculus homework.

CRM software giant wants more third-party applications to be sold and delivered by its own development and distribution platform. This could get interesting.

Google has a mixed history with Windows Phone. After dropping a Gmail-shaped bomb on the platform, a row over a YouTube app, and a temporary block of its Google Maps web interface for Windows Phone users, it’s surpr...

Wonderful photos of Comets ISON and Lovejoy with their swollen comas and developing tails have appeared on these pages, but recently, amateur and professional astronomers have probed deeper to discover fascinating dust s...

Earlier tonight at the Food Hackathon in San Francisco, a chef took to the presentation area to pitch the audience on a whimsical new line of clothing designed to help make the folks who make the food gorgeous. Then he s...

NASA and the U.S. military will launch a record payload of 29 satellites from a Virginia spaceport Tuesday night (Nov. 19) on a mission that could create a spectacular sight for skywatchers along the U.S. East Coast, wea...

A NASA probe is scheduled to launch to Mars today (Nov. 18), and you can watch it live online.

Jenna Wortham of The New York Times wonders if Facebook is “fading.” She finds herself spending less time there, says that her younger relatives show little or no interest in it and notes that Facebook itself says th...

The practical uses for Twitter in the UK and Ireland, beyond sharing news and personal updates, will now include emergency alerts. Twitter UK representative Steve Summers made the announcement on Sunday via a blog post o...

US Airways caused an uproar on Twitter and Facebook when it kicked a blind man and his service dog off a flight.

NASA this weekend all but abandoned a money-saving technology due to a lack of money. You read that correctly. The space agency’s budget woes are so suffocating that it can’t even get the funding to develop ways to m...