MySpace leads Facebook in revenue earned form advertisements. But recently, Facebook has surpassed MySpace in unique visitors. This is an astounding accomplishment being that MySpace had a three year lead and enjoys immense popularity. Users are leaving M...

2008 has been a good year for touchscreens. Mobile phones that have that touchy-feely interface have done really well this year, and this Christmas, we're going to see a battle between two of the best. But which IS the best - the Blackberry Storm or th...

With the Internet become a common hang out place for nasty viruses, spyware and other perilous matter, you can’t take your computer’s security for granted. Such a situation pushes a need for PC security products like computer firewall. The basic func...

The U.S. broadcast system is embarking on a transition that is the result of technological advancements. It will make better use of resources most importantly our broadband spectrum and enhance the quality of our broadcasting. Although complicated at a gl...

Residential DSL and Cable combined account for 90 percent of the broadband market in the U.S. There is a trend in the US of cable modem subscribers being consistently slightly higher in number than DSL subscribers. Although, in a survey of residential cus...

There was a lot of hustle and bustle on the show floor at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center during day two of the Invention and New Product Exposition (INPEX). Along with all the exhibitors and attendees, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" was there f...

In movies like "Bad Boys" and "Lethal Weapon", renegade cops commonly race through the streets firing off round after round in hot pursuit of the bad guys - usually while simultaneously tossing off one-liners and demolishing everything in their paths. In ...

Each year, Technology Review, a magazine covering emerging technologies (which dates back to 1899), publishes a list of young innovators whose work shows great promise. This year, the editors at Technology Review have spotlighted 35 technologists and scie...

A transformation from intelligent to emotive - no, it's not your girlfriend during an argument. According to Philips, it's the future of technology. While the trend in recent years has been to produce self-thinking (intelligent) products, the people at Ph...

In these uncertain economic times, it's hard to find the right bank. Not the kind to keep your bills, but the kind to keep your coins. Collecting change can be a small and effective way to save some extra money over time. Often, a container filled with pe...

In the early 90s, "alternative" rock exploded and suddenly every wannabe musician believed they could crank out a hit tune. Kids grabbed guitars and headed for garages and basements to produce rough demo tapes and, hopefully, bask in the glow of fame. Mor...

Two of the most common deficiencies people tend to have when performing CPR are doing compressions that are either not fast enough or not hard enough. Much of the problem stems from that fact that individuals performing CPR don't want to hurt the recipien...

There are people walking around right now with sponges inside them. And maybe more people than you would think. A published study has indicated that as many as one in anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 intra-abdominal surgeries result in sponges being left behi...

With people constantly griping about the song repetition and abundance of commercials on FM radio, it's surprising that Internet radio still tends to get overlooked. Internet radio offers individuals a huge variety of different content tailored to just ab...

More and more the lines between entertainment media are blurring. The overlaps among movies, television, literature, music, video games and the Internet have become so widespread, it's hard to know where one ends and the others begin. And perhaps no one h...