Warp drive becomes a computer reality

A team of scientists has managed to create a protocol which can carry out 7.8 million MPI tasks on 1,966,080 cores of the Sequoia Blue Gene/Q supercomputer system.

Chinese break into US dam database

Chinese hackers have cracked a US Army database that contains information about the vulnerabilities of thousands of US dams.

Transformers 4 and Crow Remake move forward

How much do we really pay attention to the actual human villains in the Transformers movies? Do you even remember who played them in the last three installments? Who cares about the little people scrambling around like ants on the ground?

Iron Man 3 to affect Avengers 2

JJ Abrams claims it’s “insane” to talk about his Star Wars movie this early in advance because the film's release date is still a two good years away.

Chicago experiments with smog eating cement

In a city better known for turning its rivers bright green every March 17, a new title has been bestowed upon an unassuming little stretch of pavement in the industrial Pilsen section of Chicago.

Video: Robotic insects take to the skies

Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, it leaps a few inches, hovers for a moment on fragile, flapping wings, and then speeds along a preset route through the air.

AMD creates a custom chip division

Industry heavyweight AMD has formed a custom-chip unit that will allow the company to expand beyond the constraints of the anemic PC market to lucrative spaces such as game consoles and tablets.

Report: Toshiba's AT10LE tablet is powered by Nvidia's Tegra 4

A string of benchmark results swirling in the Internet ether seem to indicate that Toshiba's upcoming Android AT10LE tablet will be powered by Nvidia's next-gen Tegra 4 processor.

Android Jelly Bean overshadows Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)

The latest statistics breaking down Mountain View's Android market share are in, and yes, Jelly Bean (4.1, 4.2 has finally managed to surpass Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) in the percentage of installs on Android devices accessing Google's  Play store.

Ancient meteorite could reveal Martian secrets

In an effort to determine if conditions were ever right on Mars to sustain life, a team of scientists, including a Michigan State University professor, has examined a meteorite that formed on the red planet more than a billion years ago.

Qualcomm’s amazing tech could even get Martha Stewart a date

I’m at Qualcomm’s Developer conference this week and, as you’d expect, the corporation is presenting a massive amount of technology. 

$70 Drone Shield wants to protect you from flying spies

There are quite a lot of people who are seriously concerned about maintaining their privacy in an age where aerial drones - like the Parrot AR - are increasingly easy to build or buy.

Iwata insists the Wii U isn't "underpowered"

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says his company is working to alter the "misconception" that the recently launched Wii U is an underpowered system.

Study: Virtual identities can alter your actual self-perception

When individuals create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments.

Scientists create a printable bionic ear

Scientists at Princeton University used off-the-shelf printing tools to create a functional ear capable of "hearing" radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capability.

Eve is a slick, sleek EV racing car

When we normally think of electric race cars we envision ones used for traditional racing around a track in a competition designed to generate a winner from a crowd of competitors. 
Intel CEO Paul Otellini (left)

Bankrupt Lehman Brothers sues Intel

The bankrupt Lehman Brothers is suing Intel, claiming that the chip company violated the terms of a collateral swap agreement.

Android starts to hog the tablet space

Worldwide tablet sales continued to surge, growing 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013.

Companies shifting computing costs to staff

Mean corporate types are planning to shift their computer hardware bill to their staff, according to analyst outfit Gartner.

Microsoft has another stab at Surface tabs

While Microsoft’s Surface tablets proved completely underwhelming, a report suggests that the company might have another bash at the platform.