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Earth's Smallest Space Telescopes Launching Monday

Two tiny satellites billed as the world's smallest space telescopes will launch into orbit Monday (Feb. 25) on a mission to study the brightest stars in the night sky. The Bright Target Explorer (BRITE) nanosatellites look like little cubes and will ...

Another HTC One Press Shot Leaks Ahead of Today's Event

Another day, another press shot of HTC's upcoming smartphone, the HTC One. Unlike the first leaked photo, this one also shows the device from the back and reveals it will be available in at least two color variants: black and silver. Recently, a rumo...

World's Thinnest Watch Raises More Than $900,000 on Kickstarter

A Kickstarter project for CST-01, "the world's thinnest watch," collected more than four times its original fundraising goal with three days left to go. Though it hasn't reached the Pebble level yet, CST-01 has more than 6,000 backers who've raised $...

7 Craigslist Alternatives to Try Out

While Craigslist offers a unique way to find goods and services online, there are several setbacks to the online classifieds platform: Scams run rampant, spam ads are frequent and the minimalist design lacks user-friendly appeal. Many still flock to ...

Did Technology Kill Traditional Dating?

Today's the day, in case you didn't notice. But we're sure your Instagram is flooded with perfectly-filtered flower and teddy bear photos, your Twitter feed's filled with sickeningly sweet hashtags, and love statuses abound on Facebook. Yet this Vale...

iPhone 5 Flaw Lets Anyone See Your Contacts, Photos

The passcode lock on the iPhone 5 isn't perfect, it seems. A video posted on YouTube Jan. 31 by user "videosdebarraquito" shows how to bypass the lock on an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.1. The method was confirmed by the tech blog The Verge, which posted i...

The Best of Toy Fair in 60 Seconds [VIDEO]

NEW YORK -- We wish we could tell you we made it to all the booths at the 2013 International Toy Fair, but with 266,229 square feet of show floor to cover, well, we didn't get everywhere. But we did get a great overview of some of the awesome tech to...

18-Year-Old's Watch Could Beat Apple’s iWatch to Market

Simon Tian says he has in-hand a working prototype of something nearly unprecedented in consumer electronics: a smartphone the size of a watch. Not just a smart watch, but an actual, fully-featured smartphone running Google’s Android software that st...

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Top 10 Tech This Week

Another big week in tech is coming to a close, and this has been a good one -- lots of interesting unveilings, speculations, hacks and oh, yeah, Google Glass, making this Top 10 Tech especially exciting. Microsoft was just the latest big tech company...

Body Suit Gives You Real-Life 'Spidey Sense'

When it comes to recreating Spider-Man’s superpowers, those silly string-blasting, wrist-mounted “web shooter” toys are mere child’s play, at least compared to what Victor Mateevitsi has up his sleeve. SEE ALSO: Virtual Superheroes Are More Heroic In...

Microsoft: Yes, We Got Hacked Too

Microsoft confirmed on Friday afternoon that it too was a victim of the same type of attack that affected Facebook and Apple earlier this month. The company chose to not make a statement earlier this month while it was investigating the event, a move...

Hands On With the Pretty, Pricey Google Chromebook Pixel

The Chromebook Pixel, that high-definition touchscreen laptop Google launched Thursday, isn't for everyone. At $1299 and $1449 for the wi-fi and LTE versions respectively, it certainly isn't for every budget. Many potential purchasers will be aghast ...

10 Apps to Help You Find Lunch Fast

For some of us, lunch is the best part of the day. Step out of the office (even if the office is your bedroom) and get a breath of fresh air and of course, something good to eat. But what about when you need to meet someone for lunch in a new neighbo...

Google's Chromebook Pixel And Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Google gave the tech world a bit of a surprise T...

Canon Mixed Reality Is Google Glass for Business

You've heard of virtual reality and augmented reality, but are you ready for Mixed Reality? Canon hopes so, launching a new kind of product that blends the real world with imaginary objects via a sci-fi looking headset. And when I say sci-fi, I mean ...

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Samsung Launches the Galaxy Note 8.0

BARCELONA: Although Samsung will likely show off its upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S IV, mid-March, the company did not come to this year's Mobile World Congress empty-handed. Almost two days before the official event starts, Samsung gave journalists...

6 Apps You Don't Want To Miss

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week, we found a new social-calendar app for k...

Mark Zuckerberg to Sergey Brin: 'I Can't Wait for Google Glass'

For connoisseurs of corporate conflict, the cold war between Facebook and Google is hardly a satisfying one. Sure, the two tech giants have rival social networks, and there's little in the way of collaboration between them. As Facebook founder Mark Z...

Why Google Glass Could Be Bad For Your Eyes

Google Glass isn't even out yet, and people are heralding the part-camera, part-mobile device as the future -- a revolutionary product that will surely change the way we use (and view) technology. But some vision specialists are worried the high-tech...

Study Shows iPhone More Reliable Than Samsung Smartphones

A new report from product Q & A site FixYa found that the iPhone was more reliable than smartphones made by Motorola, Samsung and Nokia. The study looked at data from 722,558 problem reports listed on the site, and combined that information with mark...

Google Glass May Arrive For Consumers by End of Year

Can’t wait to get your hands on Google Glass? You might not have to wait much longer. In an interview, Google Glass product director Steve Lee told The Verge that it plans to have a “fully-polished” version of Glass available for consumers by the end...

3D-Printed Suckers Make Robot Octopus a Terrifying Possibility

Researchers are re-purposing animal parts that could be useful to new robots. The latest entries in that field are 3D-printed robotic suckers, which mimic the suction ability of a squid or octopus. It may one day help tomorrow’s robots grip objects, ...

10 Things You Didn't Know Chrome Could Do

Since its release in 2008, Chrome has grown into a dominant browser -- as of November 2012, some estimates put it as high as 35% usage share. So there's a fair chance you're reading this article on Chrome right now, across any number of devices. But ...

Top 15 Cities for Tech Startup Investments

Silicon Valley is still the epicenter of the tech startup world, but there's a long list of cities looking for a piece of the entrepreneurial pie.