Sex and the City drops Apple product placement

It's an iconic scene: Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker's character in Sex and the City, sitting at her Mac computer and typing away her daily insights. Well, guess what? That Mac is now a PC.

Sony’s Sir Howard: GoogleTV ‘really is a very big deal’

Sony's Chairman reveals why Google, Android, and the TV are kicking it old school.

Apple v. Sprint's HTC Evo 4G: Innovation smackdown

Steve Jobs can't innovate everything. Okay, maybe he can, but that would make him a deity. Only Oprah has that kind of power.

Adobe goes mobile with Flash 10.1

Adobe has taken a great leap forward into the mobile space with the release of Flash 10.1.

Google debuts Android 2.2 for mobile devices

Google has debuted its long-awaited Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system for mobile devices.

Kevin Costner dances with oil spills

Kevin Costner may be too old to dance with the wolves, but he is apparently young enough to help clean up a disastrous oil spill off the Louisiana coast.

Google TV hits the airwaves

Google has confirmed that it is working with Sony and Logitech to include its open TV platform in televisions, Blu-ray players and set top boxes.

Nvidia showcases dual-core Tegra 2 tablet



Nvidia's sleek, dual-core Tegra 2 prototype tablet has taken center stage at Google's I/O conference.

The Internets v. Radical Islam

Everybody Draw Muhammad Day. Pakistan bans YouTube and Facebook. Reviews of Four Lions. Death to us!

Is Google's VP8 codec ready for prime time?

Is Google's VP8 codec ready for prime time? Well, not according to digital video expert Jason Garrett-Glaser, who described the spec as slow, buggy and nearly identical to H.264.

Next-gen NAND boosts SSD write speeds

A team of Japanese engineers have developed a new generation of NAND flash memory whose drive voltage is as low as 1V.

Media tablets play catch up with portable PCs

Media tablets may seem to be all the rage, but the nascent market still has a ways to go before catching up with traditional portable PC sector.

House considers legalizing online gambling

Don't ban it, tax it: that was the message from supporters of internet gambling at a House panel meeting yesterday.

Artificial butterfly filmed in flight

A group of Japanese researchers have created a fully functioning replica - or ornithopter - of a swallowtail butterfly to demonstrate its flight mechanism.

Google still has hopes for facial recognition

Google is reportedly discussing how it can get away with introducing facial recognition technology in the light of increasing criticism over its privacy policies.

CEO of ID protection firm has his own ID plundered

It must have seemed a great idea at the time: to advertise the effectiveness of your identity protection product by publicising your name and social security number.

Gloves promise gesture-based computing on the cheap

They may look like something a clown would wear, but a pair of multi-coloured gloves could soon be de rigeur for gamers.

Senators fire a broadside at 'notorious' pirates

The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has called Pirate Bay one of the six worst pirate organisations in the world.

America's top scientists call for carbon trading system

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is continuing its crusade for more action on climate change by publishing three reports calling for  prices to be put on carbon emissions.

Maryland to become next state to ban cell phone driving

Governor Martin O'Malley is set to sign a new bill into law that will add Maryland to a small but growing list of states that ban talking on a cell phone while behind the wheel of a car.