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We only just got a whiff of a smaller version of ASUS' odd Padfone series as it passed through certification, and now serial leaker @evleaks can show us what it looks like. As its name indicates, the ASUS Padfone Mini 4....

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An article published in the Washington Post has shed new light on some of the FBI's surveillance practices, including the use of software that can activate a laptop's webcam without the user realizing. The post The FBI c...

Comet Lovejoy is putting on a show for sky watchers in 2013.

Wicked Lasers recently added two new members to its dangerously powerful Spyder III series. The Lunar and Inferno lasers produce malevolent purple and red beams respectively, countering the green Krypton and the blue Arc...

Apple and Samsung may have gold-colored smartphones but HTC has upped the ante with phones plated in actual gold. Back in October, HTC UK released five limited edition 18-karat-gold plated HTC One devices, selling for £...

Samsung Taiwan thought it was being sneaky when it released a teaser video of a mystery smartphone on YouTube, describing it as "just fast," "just elegant," "just for you" and "just simple." Naturally this led many to sp...

[From HomeTechTell] Looking for a new TV? Why not go smart with a TV that has all your favorite media services?

In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene therapy to transform patients' blood cells into soldiers that seek and dest...

Facebook employees came up with the idea for a 'sympathize' button at a recent hackathon. Will it ever make it onto your screen? The post Facebook toys with the idea of a ‘sympathize’ button appeared first on Digital...

Title: Too Few Americans With Asthma Are Getting Flu Shots, CDC SaysCategory: Health NewsCreated: 12/5/2013 2:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 12/6/2013 12:00:00 AM

It's the colors that get you when you're out in nature. If you live in a city, you're mostly dealing with drabs of gray speckled with Instagrams of exposed red bricks. If you live in the suburbs, you'll see manicured law...

Sure, your iPhone was assembled in China by workers who live on-site in dormitories, but what if it looked like you whittled it yourself out of a chunk of grandpappy's nappin' tree? The Wood S case from Evutech combines ...

Europe's Arianespace commercial launch consortium on Dec. 6 agreed to spend 36.5 million euros ($50 million) to build a fueling facility at Europe's South American spaceport to reduce the time needed between Ariane 5, So...

U.S. transportation officials ordered the Metro-North Railroad on Friday to quickly overhaul its signal system and temporarily put an extra worker in the driver's cab on some routes that have major speed changes, includi...

You probably already knew that your iPhone's virtual assistant, Siri, could send text messages and set alarms. But did you knows that it can also show you pictures of puppies? This new video by PhoneBuff shows off 50 of ...

The towering giant of horror, Stephen King, will now be thrilling us regularly with his updates on Twitter. That's our hope, at least. King took his first tentative step onto the service Friday afternoon with this quip: ...

Dr. Holly Gilbert, NASA Solar Physics Laboratory Chief/Goddard Spaceflight Center, explains what happens when the magnetic field of the Sun reverses polarity and when the process will be complete.

What do you get the coffee drinker who has everything? Consider Starbucks‘ version of the “Black Card”— a limited-edition, $450, fancy looking gift card, ideal for that special someone who can’t bear paying wit...

You probably think there are two ways to open a well-shaken bottle of soda: the tediously slow method, and the spill-it-all-over method. Turns out there's a third way, and it's awesome. You're definitely gonna want to tr...

This week in tech reads, we think more deeply about where we live, the ideas -- both new and very old -- we post online, and creepy insects.

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Nielsen has written a detailed article describing the nuts and bolts of a Bitcoin transaction. He builds the concepts from the ground up, starting with a basic, no-frills digital curre...