Back in the 17th century, one Chinese designer did create a functioning abacus 'smart ring' that worked as a counting tool...

Microsoft has acknowledged it had searched emails in a blogger's Hotmail account to track down who was leaking company secrets...

 Google has enhanced the encryption technology for its flagship email service in ways that will make it harder for the National Se...

Microsoft is working on 'no-touch' phones, tablets and TVs that can be operated from afar, without the need to swipe them...

Apple's latest patent is titled simply "Input Device Having Extendable Nib," but don't let that fool you; this may be t...

James lives in Hawaii and his mother lives in Korea.  James speaks English (he never learned Korean), and his mom only speaks Korean.  Th...

When you think of LEDs, you probably picture small, nipple-esque lumps of plastic. But if these scientists have their way, the LEDs of...

IBM's mad scientists   have created a graphene-based circuit   that's 10,000 times more powerful than existing alternatives. This...

LEDs have come a long ways. From the early 70s when a bulky LED watch   cost thousands of dollars to LG's announcement last month tha...

Sony Sony and Panasonic   announced last year   that they had plans to develop a new, high-capacity optical storage disc-and they were...

At a time when companies and universities that run massive open online courses are  struggling  to prove their value, Columbia University...

A new smartphone product called Ophone sends aromas like popcorn, chocolate and coffee to mobile phones to enhance and revolutionize the co...

A Japanese American man thought to be the reclusive multi-millionaire father of Bitcoin emerged from a modest Southern California hom...

Society and culture can change beyond recognition in a lifetime—people with criminal convictions for homosexuality  are today seeing gay ma...