This dual-core Android Jelly Bean tablet has a $60 price tag

Android tablets are finally hitting even lower price points than originally anticipated, with a dual-core Jelly Bean device weighing in at approximately $60.

Microsoft: Xbox One needs the Internet every 24 hours

Microsoft has confirmed that its upcoming Xbox One console will require an Internet connection every 24 hours.

Video: The Android-powered Pandora TV Box

The Pandora Box is a device designed to transform your TV into an Android-powered PC. With it, you can stream Internet video, surf the web and read emails. 

Researchers achieve quantum teleportation between atomic systems over long distances

Researchers have been able to teleport information from light to light at a quantum level for several years. In 2006, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute succeeded in teleporting between light and gas atoms.

A molecular switch for cheaper biofuel

Lignocellulosic waste such as sawdust or straw can be used to produce biofuel – but only if the long cellulose and xylan chains can be successfully broken down into smaller sugar molecules.

Hydrogen fuel cells eyed for electric bikes

Electric bicycles, despite being a very green form of personal transportation for those who can’t live without some type of motor assist, can still sometimes run into the same problem electric cars do when it comes time for charging.

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover approaches turning point

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission is approaching its biggest turning point since landing its rover, Curiosity, inside Mars' Gale Crater last summer.

Hubble telescope maps 3D structure of ejected material around erupting star

A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova.

Researchers eye next-gen lithium-ion batteries

Laptops could work longer and electric cars could drive farther if it were possible to further increase the capacity of their lithium-ion batteries. 

Privacy: How Google and you may be totally screwed

Another week, another scandal at the Obama Administration. Yes, the administration really should now be carrying an official tagline that reads "Scandals’r Us." The latest? The federal government has been collecting all Verizon mobile phone calling information for some time.

Where does Google Glass rank on the douche-wear scale?

Douches rule the world. There is empirical proof of that. They are everywhere. Google Glass will be their mind control mechanism. It will also stop all procreation. You have been warned non-douches. 

Report: Apple's iRadio debut is imminent

A number of reports indicate that Apple is preparing to debut its iRadio music streaming service next week, with Cupertino supposedly in the midst of campaign to contact major advertisers about the platform.

Video: Scanadu Scout is a medical tricorder for Android and iOS

Scanadu Scout had developed a medical tricorder designed to work alongside an iPhone or Android handset.

This wireless audio Rukus is solar powered

It wasn’t that long ago we reviewed the Etón Rukus Solar, a portable Bluetooth sound system powered by the sun. The company is now back in our headlines with word of a new, even more high end solar boombox dubbed the Rukus XL, pricing for around $200.

AMD eyes Chrome OS and Android

AMD has broadened its horizons and is looking beyond the myopic world of Windows exclusivity.

Gigabyte Brix: AMD Kabini or Intel Haswell?

The uber-mini Gigabyte Brix measures approximately 4.5″ x 4.2″ x 1.2″, with future versions of the device expected to offer support for either an AMD Kabini SoC or Intel Haswell chip (Core i3 - Core i7), along with 16GB of RAM and an mSATA SSD.

Video: This firefighting robot paints a 3D thermal imaging picture

Engineers at the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by small Segway-like robotic vehicles.

Claim: Life on Earth came from out of this world

Early Earth was not very hospitable when it came to jump starting life. In fact, new research shows that life on Earth may have come from out of this world.

Ancient trapped water may explain Earth's first ice age

Tiny bubbles of water found in quartz grains in Australia may hold the key to understanding what caused the Earth's first ice age.

'Temporal cloaking' could offer more secure optical communications

Researchers have demonstrated a method for "temporal cloaking" of optical communications, representing a potential tool to thwart would-be eavesdroppers and improve security for telecommunications.