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The announcement of the Acer Aspire R7 was the best example of the company's assertion that it was moving from computers designed with touch to computers designed for touch.

There's a new kid on the Arduino block, and it's called the Arduino Robot. Launched yesterday at Maker Faire Bay Area, it's the company's first product that extends beyond single microcontroller boards.

Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student's invention.

Sprint was clearly hungry for capacity when it bought spectrum from US Cellular last fall, and it's at last getting its fill -- some of it , at least -- by closing the deal today.

If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore.

There are plenty of wonderful things about train travel: the leg room, the scenery, the lack of security pat-downs. The WiFi , on the other hand, has long been the slowest thing about Amtrak.

With much of its information obscured it's hard to say what Google has planned for this new device revealed by its FCC filing, but the model number at least indicates someone has a sense of humor.

In all honesty, Blake Griffin himself could start a social network that served no purpose outside of featuring his dizzying array of dunks, and it'd probably go over quite well.

Each week, our friends at gdgt go through the latest gadgets and score them to help you decide which ones to buy.

Earlier today, Yahoo sent press invites to a "product-related" event in New York City Monday afternoon and there are already two separate rumors about the company's plans.

Used on a Nikon 1 camera, the NIKKOR 32mm f/1.2 gives a focal length equivalent of approximately 85mm in 35mm-format Photographers using the Nikon 1 system will soon have another option when it comes to shooting portraits with a shallow depth-of-field, after Nikon announced the release of the 1 NIKKOR 32mm f/1.2 lens.

Paul Components is now making a GoPro HERO camera mount that replaces the handlebar stem cap on a mountain bike GoPro HERO actioncams are proving to be pretty popular with mountain bikers, although not everyone wants to wear one of the cameras on their helmet or chest.

The SKWID system, which harnesses power from both the wind and the tide, is scheduled to be tested in Japan There are already a wide variety of renewable energy systems that harness the power of the wind, along with some that generate power via the flow of ocean currents.

Inspired by moths' eyes, scientists have created new technology that may help improve the efficiency of thin-film solar cells Because moths need to use every little bit of light available in order to see in the dark, their eyes are highly non-reflective. This quality has been copied in a film that can be applied to solar cells , which helps keep ... (more)

UK architectural firm Blue Forest has revealed its plans to build a large nest-like treehouse within the Eden Project's Humid Tropics Biome UK architectural firm Blue Forest, which has a background in the design and construction of luxury treehouses and lodges, has revealed its plans to build a large nest-like treehouse in the Eden Project's Humid ... (more)

There's nothing quite like an auction room to bring the past into sharp focus. Where collectors and bargain hunters might once have had to trudge wearily from showroom to showroom for a pre-sale peek, the interweb now makes it possible to have a virtual look at items of interest before making a bid.

Google I/O is always full of surprises, and we came across yet another elusive bit of hardware on the show floor today: Google Glass "prescription edition". No, it's not actually called that , but what you're looking at is definitely Glass that's been neatly integrated with a pair of prescription glasses -- in fact, it looks a lot like the version ... (more)

There is nothing quite like adding more legs into a particular game by having a riveting franchise alongside more downloadable content , as with the case of Black Ops II Uprising which has been available since yesterday.

The HTC One is the Taiwanese smartphone company's latest flagship device, where it was first revealed in February earlier this year.

Scientists from Glasgow have managed to come up with an unprecedented discovery, by successfully creating a single-pixel camera for 3D images.