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Tech's largest trade show is happening this week That means this weekend, people are packing their travel bags with a ton of gadgets and other gear: Company representatives, with tablets to showcase their products; consu...

An anonymous reader sends this unfortunate report from TorrentFreak: Due to complicated licensing agreements Netflix is only available in a few dozen countries, all of which have a different content library. Some people ...

Apple uncerimoniously killed off the iPod Classic a few months ago, and the internet, as it is wont to do, basically exploded with consumerist anger. Although the iPod Classic probably won't be coming back any time soon,...

The Smithsonian vowed that it would open up its digital collection by early 2015, and it's clearly not wasting time as it delivers on that promise. Both the instutition's Freer and Sackler galleries have posted over 40,0...

Rumors have been flying on social media that a blip in gravity will render us all weightless. Don't get floated, er, carried away by this hoax though.

Samsung is pulling absolutely no punches in hyping up its CES product lineup this year, but this is a level of bravado that exceeds even the typically wild levels the company is known for. Look beyond its the incredibly ...

Air straws help you pinpoint what you're spraying from a can. It can be air, a lubricant, or paint. We've got tips on what to do if you lose that straw , but a drinking straw attached to the can helps prevent you from lo...

Want to cut down on the size and weight of your photo storage system when shooting on the go? You may want to check out the new Seagate Seven external hard drive. It’s the world’s thinnest — and arguably most beaut...

  File this under ‘unexpected’. A guy discovers a lavish public bathroom at a Shell Station in Bohol, Philippines. It doesn’t get more random than this!    

If you're looking to overclock, build a silent PC, or just get your rig operating at peak performance, you may want more than stock cooling for your processor. There are tons of aftermarket CPU coolers out there though, ...

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, which recently became the world's most valuable tech startup, said it sold 61.1 million smartphones last year, more than triple the number it sold in 2013.

When I touched down in Las Vegas yesterday for this year's Consumer Electronics Show, one of the first things I noticed was the Renaissance Hotel, a modern mid-rise that lies just south of the Las Vegas Convention Center...

Whatever your feelings about Facebook, it's hard to argue it's as stimulating -- at least in the same way -- as a good book. Even Mark Zuckerberg might not disagree, apparently, seeing as he's set a challenge for himself...

No one likes small talk, but comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a useful trick for making it better: When you're stuck, ask a question someone has to answer with a number.

On Friday, Vuzix announced Intel's $24.8 million investment, which it says will be used for general working capital to quicken the company's ability to introduce consumers to its "fashion-based wearable display products....

If there's anything PC gamers are obsessed with, it's resolution. But if there's one other thing PC gamers are obsessed with, it's frame rate. Thirty frames per second? Bah humbug. Sixty frames per second is the hill upo...

Cirrhosis of the liver is more common than previously thought, affecting more than 633,000 adults yearly. And surprisingly, 69 percent of the adults identified as possibly having cirrhosis may not know they have this dis...

Are they vampires or sippers? Here's what's worth worrying about and what's not.

Thousands of police officers filled the streets on a rainy Sunday morning outside a Brooklyn funeral home to pay their respects to Wenjian Liu, one of two NYPD officers who was gunned down last month while sitting in a p...

Mercury and Venus will dazzle skywatchers this January. Check out Space.com to find out when and where to see this month's best skywatching events.

You're probably familiar with the many injustices going down at SeaWorld , including the park's (weak) attempts at trying to make them right. But now, new drone footage is here to remind you that there are other parks to...

Welcome to Reading List. Another year and another week means another roundup of great stories that might have squeaked by during the holiday. We've got some speculative doom and gloom, a look into the future of one of NA...