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There are many possible uses for virtual displays. Drivers or pilots could see a vehicle's speed projected onto the windshield. Video-game companies could use the contact lenses to completely immerse players in a virtual world without restricting their range of motion. And for communications...

For whatever reason, I thought MySpace and Facebook were on par, where web-traffic was concerned, but I couldn't have been more wrong with my assumptions. According to a new article at TechCrunch, Facebook owns 16.03% of the social-networking scene, while MySpace has 72.32%...

From our front-page news:It's not a simple task to unleash a new web-standard and hope that it catches on, but OpenID has just been awarded a huge win - Yahoo! is picking up on the technology. OpenID is a new web-standard for the typical login system. Instead of requiring a username/password, an...

From our front-page news: You might recall a few months ago when Dell's new 3008WFP display was first discovered, and boy, was it about time. Up until that point, Dell's 30" monitors were somewhat lackluster. They looked great, but the connectivity was appalling, with a choice of DVI and...

From our front-page news: It's hard to deny that the Eee from ASUS has been a huge hit so far, and I've come to the conclusion that in order for a product to sell well, it needs to have a ridiculous name that's also short (Wii, Eee). But that aside, it also proves to be one of the most hackable...

From our front-page news: It seems like RFID technology is being thrown around everywhere, and well, that's because it really is. It's now in everything from credit cards, to name badges, to car license plates (in Europe) to test papers and even people! Needless to say, not everyone likes the...

From our front-page news: I don't watch that much television, but one of the shows I make sure not to miss is Top Gear on the BBC. It offers a unique mix of car reviews with hilarious real-world tests, all while being delivered by some witty hosts. So with the success of the show overseas, it...

From our front-page news:According to industry tracking website DigiTimes, Intel's latest high-end Quad-Core offering, the 3.2GHz QX9770, will be delayed until February or March. Originally, the processor was set for launch this month, but has likely been pushed back along with the X48 chipset...

From our front-page news: MySQL AB, developers of the popular SQL-database platform MySQL, have been acquired by Sun Microsystems, creators of Java, the SPARC processor, Solaris OS, and OpenOffice.org. MySQL is one of the most popular database choices in the world, given it's cost-free nature...

Sure, the tech is great, but one of the coolest areas of CES was the North Hall, where all of the cars, car audio and babes were found. We found over fifty sweet rides through our travels and have pictures of each - everything from modest classics to the latest exotics. You can view the entire...

From our front-page news:Most companies stick to one product-type, which can be a good plan or a real bad idea. For most hardware companies, such as OCZ, Corsair, Mushkin and the like, branching out is a smart move since it targets more people than just the usual hardware-enthusiast crowd...

From our front-page news: After months and months, and months, of waiting for the next major version of KDE, 4.0 was released last Friday. Like a launch of any major piece of software, there were mixed reactions regarding what's new and how the updated environment is presented. Personally, I am...

From our front-page news: Microsoft should purchase Yahoo!, or should they? That is the question. Ars Technica takes a quick look at the facts and come to the conclusion that a merger would be a bad idea. It all depends at how you look at it, though. Microsoft could use help right now, and...

From our front-page news: As the record industry continues to shoot itself in the foot, the outlook for the compact disc continues to grow far worse. According to EMI, sales of their albums have dwindled by 20% in the past year, and as a result, they are laying off 2,000 of their employees to...

From our front-page news: After last weeks resignation of Warner Brothers from the HD DVD camp, things have not been smooth for Toshiba. It's at this point when things are beginning to look really bad for HD DVD, but Toshiba has no intentions of going down without a fight, so naturally...

From our front-page news: Growing up, I played a lot of games, including Zelda for the NES straight through to Ocarina of Time. But, I never thought to use my addiction for some good, like these folks did. The premise is simple: Play through four Zelda games in a 48-hour period while raising...

From our front-page news: It's not too often we can publish good news that actually has to do with legalities, but today is the day. It's been proposed for some time that Canadian's should be charged a secret "tax" on a media player purchase, such as an iPod. Buying the highest-end iPod would...

The TV-B-Gone remote will turn off just about any TV with an active LED port, and that’s basically what Blakeley did. He made his way through CES, turning off televisions and ruining presentations and exhibits left and right. The Motorola Press Conference in particular suffered from his actions...

As per recommendation in our ASUS Xonar D2 review thread, I acquired a card to see how it worked under Linux. As it stands, the CMI8788 driver is 99.5% complete, according to the developer, with the USB-based soundcards being the weakest link right now, it seems. I have an ASUS Xonar D2X...

We caught up with DeviceVM at CES to see what's new with their Splashtop embedded Linux environment, which we first saw on the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe motherboard. As we found out, development has been steady with many new features implemented and ready for deployment with notebooks. You can read the...