AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile USA are scaling back plans for a mobile payment system that will allow people to buy things with their cell phon... read more »
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Facebook and Google are reportedly pondering either an acquisition of Skype or a joint venture and strategically the two buyers couldn't be more... read more »
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There are solar panels that generate electricity and those that absorb heat for hot water. And now researchers at MIT and elsewhere say they've made... read more »
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The ultrathin microscope can capture high-res images of objects the size of a matchbox. (Credit: Fraunhofer IOF) While microscopes might be affi... read more »
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A diagram from the suit demonstrating how the tech companies allegedly reached agreements on hires and compensation. (Credit: Lieff Cabraser Heiman... read more »
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SunRun said that it has secured $200 million from a bank to finance the installation of residential solar panels, a sign of confidence in a business... read more »
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Songkick tunes in to your live music taste using Pandora, Facebook, Last.fm, and more. It always seems like the best concerts are the ones yo... read more »
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Popular third-party password manager LastPass revealed yesterday that it may well have been hacked and that some e-mail usernames and master passwor... read more »
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Clearwire's revenue grew as it added loads of new subscribers in the first quarter of 2011. But the wireless company's losses widened as it spent mor... read more »
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NEW YORK--Free music is here to stay and punishing Lime Wire founder Mark Gorton for that fact is unjust and won't change a thing, Gorton's lawyers ... read more »
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Your grandmother--the one with the birthday book, so she never forgets a family member's special day--would approve of Fellowup. It's a modern-... read more »
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General Electric may have grown its clean-tech business fourfold over the past six years, but Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt wishes he had spent a ... read more »
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Krakauer&39's takedown shot to No. 1 on Amazon's short nonfiction list in a few hours. (Credit: Byliner) Last month, an unknown San Francisco publ... read more »
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Brammo&39's Engage electric motorcycle with a six-speed transmission. (Credit: Brammo) Brammo will offer its electric motorcycles with a six-speed... read more »
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Nintendo is dropping the price of its Wii game console to $149 and including a Mario game in the bundle, the company said early today. The Wii is... read more »
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Nissan&39's NV200 minivan will be the next NYC Taxi, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday. (Credit: Nissan) Front interior of the official... read more »
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Promotional shot of what Ting will look like when it launches. (Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Baidu, China's top search engine, is nea... read more »
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off on June 4, 2010. The rocket launch was the biggest from Elon Musk's private space-exploration firm. (Credit: SpaceX) ... read more »
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Coming soon: Google Maps Galaxy edition (Credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey via NewScientist) It's hard to imagine what the universe looked like 1... read more »
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Mass Effect 3 needs to cook for a bit longer, says BioWare. (Credit: BioWare) One of the holiday season's heavy hitters has bowed out of its expec... read more »
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