DARPA's $40K 'quest' tests social media's ability to help in emergency
The CLIQR Quest Challenge asks participants to use their social media skills to locate QR codes that represent resources crews would need in an emergency.
DARPA wants high-bandwidth communications without infrastructure
The Defense Department's research arm is developing new methods to provide cell tower-grade communications to warfighters, even in remote and rugged areas.
'Janitor satellite' would clean up space junk
The Swiss Space Center's CleanSpace One project aims to help sweep the orbital paths of dangerous debris, but let's hope it's not one piece at a time.
New Windows logo adopts Metro style
Microsoft's reveal and explanation of how it devised its new logo for Windows 8 is bringing us one step closer to the new operating system.
Two states climb aboard new, 100-gigabit fast train
Indiana and Ohio have announced links from academic research networks to the high-speed prototype network being built out by Internet2 with the Energy Department.
A race to restore the voices of the past
Energy Department physicists have developed an imaging system that allows libraries and museums to recover voices from audio recordings that have been mute for more than a century.
Georgia Tech team builds snakebots that slither -- and rescue
Scientists at Georgia Tech are looking closely at how snakes move in order to make robots capable of slithering into nooks and crannies.
Windows Phone 8 secrets leaked
If the latest details are true, the Windows Phone 8, code-named "Apollo," will integrate the phone with the core Windows 8 operating and restore enterprise-focused features to Microsoft's smart-phone platform.
DARPA developing contact lenses with 'Terminator'-like abilities
The Defense Department wants to give warfighters science-fiction grade contact lenses that would allow them to magnify distant objects and overlay their vision with battlefield data.
Do candles hold the cure for touch-screen smudges?
The product of an old-world technology, simple candle soot, just might be the answer to a 21st-century scourge, according to German researchers.
Powering and empowering the virtual worker in 2012
As 2012 takes off, agencies are shifting their focus to telework technologies and tools in an effort to foster greater collaboration between the virtual and physical work environment.
Windows 8 secure boot: Is it really Microsoft vs. Linux?
A "secure boot" feature that Microsoft will require of computer makers with Windows 8 continues to draw controversy, particularly among the Linux community.
Can computers really predict the Super Bowl?
Our computer tells us who will win the Super Bowl. What about the real world?
DARPA seeks ways to rebuild space junk
DOD is developing new ways to get high-resolution images of spacecraft as part of a plan to build new satellites in orbit from parts salvaged from deactivated crafts.
Ultrabooks and smart TVs are fine, but holographic talking windshields?
From ultra notebooks, smart TVs and windshields that let you know you're passing your favorite Tex-Mex place, CES was filled with gadgets that are becoming all-too-human.
Why ultrabooks actually could be the Next Big Thing
They promise a lot of what's new in user experience -- including a Siri-like voice interface and gesture recognition -- along with a treasured oldie.
NEC breaks long-range speed record with terabit transmission
The company combined four superchannels to simultaneously transmit 4 terabits/sec over 6,213 miles.
Kinect for Windows, free software kit to drop Feb. 1
Along with the retail version of Kinect for Windows arriving Feb. 1 (for $249), a free commercial software development kit will also be available for download.
AT&T shows off Windows Phone-powered HTC Titan II at CES
According to AT&T, the phone carrier will carry the HTC Titan II with the Windows Phone operating system in the next few months.
3 reasons to beware of the hype at CES
Although a lot of buzz will come from CES, the hot new product doesn't always do so well in the real world. Here are three past "darlings" that didn't catch on.
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