Robots throughout the ages have been createdto do many things including playing games, like soccer for example. All the same, this robot created bylubricantcompany Castrol in Japan, looks more like a tank rather than a regular soccer player. Still, if you watch the video of this robot in action you have to admit that this is ...

Apple Stores are seen as tech shrines by some and Microsoft clearly shared that view and decided to copy the retail store model last year. From the videos we’ve seen it seems to work, so it should come as no surprise another big tech company is going down the same route. Sony is about to open ...

We reported earlier this week that Jammie Thomas-Rasset got a reprieve from a .92 million dollar judgement against her after being sued by the RIAA for sharing music online. Luckily for her, the fine was reduced from the mouth-dropping amount to only ,000 by a federal judge after he found it to be “monstrous and ...

The official Facebook Toolbar is a useful browser add-on for quickly finding out the number of friend requests, messages, and invitations you have on your Facebook account. You can even use it to quickly upload photos or share items of interest with your friends on the social networking site. The problem was,you could only install the ...

Those in charge of security for a company go out of their way to protect company digital assets. They make sure that spam filters are in place to protect email. They set password guidelines to prevent unauthorized access into systems. They even put up firewalls for internal and external traffic. Yet, a simple USB flash ...

This week the entire tech world stopped and bore witness to the launch of the iPad. As I said in my post, “if this device doesn’t save the print industry, take over Verizon’s 3G network, reinvent the touch interface, revolutionize the way we listen to music, and bring videoconferencing to the mainstream consumer people are ...

History is repeating itself: Apple’s single-button, oversized iPhone dubbed the iPad doesn’t run Flash, just like its tinier counterpart doesn’t. Although the official documentation and marketing collateral avoids mentioning Flash entirely, all checks indicate that the device is incapable of rendering Flash-authored web content. And yes – it’s a design feature rather than an engineering ...

Back in February 2008, we reported that the BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) and Motorola began slinging patent infringement lawsuits at one another. At the time I had hoped that the two sides would settle quickly and that the lawsuits were just another bargaining chip toward that goal. Well, so much for being optimistic. Motorola ...