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The FCC's E-rate program has been funding classroom internet access for a while, but it's focused on wired connections; that's a bit short-sighted in an era where many laptops and tablets are WiFi-only. Agency officials ...

Astronaut Reid Wiseman tweeted this Vine a few days ago from the International Space Station. It's so beautiful, it makes me want to delete my Vine app. Because I know I'll never even come close to this beauty.

In 2005, a small Palo Alto-based mobile software company called Android Inc. was quietly folded into Google's growing empire. The acquisition led to the release of the company's first-ever "Google phone" three years late...

Vanja Mrgan has imagined what different famous characters would look like with beards. From Robocop to He-Man Batman to Wario to Popeye to Porky Pig to Boba Fett to Snoo--Reddit's alien mascot--they all look quite cool. ...

Price: $299 Cubii is the world’s first under-desk elliptical trainer designed specifically for your workplace. This allows you to stay active, fit and healthy while at work! Bluetooth integration allows you to wireless...

Price: $23 Accessorize your iPhone with a touch of femininity through a storehouse of cuteness called the Hello Kitty iPhone 5 Jack Charm. Just like every other Hello Kitty accessory, this one is also a charming delight ...

The XBOX One is beating the PS4 -- at least on Facebook, if not in sales numbers. A map published by the Movoto Blog takes a look at the popularity of current-gen consoles in every state in the United States based on the...

When the car you're driving is covering a mile in just 3.6 seconds, there's no time for SiriusXM. World Land Speed Record contender Andy Green has been showing off his own jet-propelled supercar, Bloodhound SSC, with a g...

Do you need a break from watching the World Cup? Good! Because the latest Feedback Loop is right here. Amazon released a new phone this week and we discuss if it meets our expectations; we speculate on what makes passwor...

Twitter GIF are VIFs. They're regular MP4 files that basically play in a loop.

NASA's plans to snag an asteroid just got a little more concrete. The space agency has narrowed down the launch of its Asteroid Redirect Mission to 2019, with the choice of rock coming a year before that. At the moment, ...

And now for something awesome. Just in time for the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie coming out in August, YouTuber The Unusual Suspect has released a GotG-style trailer... for Star Wars!

Slingshot is Facebook's second attempt at trying to jump onto the ephemeral messaging bandwagon. It's basically a mashup of the disastrous Poke and Snapchat but with a twist - to unlock a message you've received, you nee...

The 2-in-1 isn't a new platform, but it is a questionable one. Do you need a computer that snaps off into a tablet? The genre has its use cases, and Acer hopes to make a strong entry into the forum with their Aspire 10, ...

Over 300,000 servers out of the 600,000 that were vulnerable to Heartbleed are still unpatched two months after the nasty vulnerability in OpenSSL was discovered by a Google engineer.

The first Windows Phone with on-screen buttons enters the battle for the low end.

Steam Summer Sale Day Four has rolled it and it's probably the best so far. On top of that, we've got a special Humble Bundle coming at 2pm ET.

Google-owned Nest's acquisition of security camera company Dropcam may have left privacy advocates worrying again at the search giant's potential intrusiveness, but the company doesn't need a webcam on your wall to tell ...

When it comes to our five senses – sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing, which one do you value the most? It is one particular question that is difficult to answer, especially if we were to give up even one of them. ...

There are activity trackers for kids like Leapband as well as for plants such as the one called Edyn, but what about one that is not only capable of tracking physical movement, but also one's state of mind? This is where...

Clay Christensen's Disruption Theory has been subjected to some severe criticism this past week. And if one’s aim is to criticize the predictive power of disruption theory, one of the best ways to do it is to point out...

Remember that evidence of the early gravitational waves formed by the Big Bang? Apparently, it's not as surefire as scientists once thought. The newly peer-reviewed findings note that there's "unquantifiable uncertainty"...