It was Wednesday morning when I noticed a popular post on reddit that shared an unbelievable photo of a $1,300 HDMI cable. Yes. One HDMI cable. Thirteen hundred dollars. Naturally, I ordered three on my corporate AmEX and expensed them as "miscellaneous."
For a preview of the next big thing in video gaming, look no further than the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the splashy industry showcase that kicks off Monday in Los Angeles.
In CNN's Hong Kong newsroom, right next to my desk, there's a "douche jar."
With all the Facebook news lately -- the flat IPO, the regulatory interest, the Chan-Zuckerberg wedding -- it's highly possibly you've forgotten all about Twitter.
A vending machine in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, allows you to swap and trade items, rather than buy them.
When Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the All Things Digital Conference Tuesday night, he wasn't just answering questions from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher ? he was also dropping hints about the future of Apple's product roadmap.
Japan's latest phone sensation has a Geiger counter to read radiation. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Apple CEO Tim Cook makes a rare public appearance at the AllThingsD technology conference. CNN's Dan Simon reports.
Using a new "Build and Battle" game mechanic, "Starhawk" offers more than your typical third-person shooter, tapping ino the player's strategic thinking while creating an enjoyable ride.
Google Places is gone, replaced by a new feature that combines its Google Plus social site and renowned restaurant reviewers Zagat.
CNN's Phil Black meets one of the experts who discovered Flame malware, considered the world's biggest cyber weapon.
Is Facebook a big waste of time or a revelation? CNN's John Vause talks to tech entrepreneur and author Steve Blank.
On Monday, we paid homage to our fallen troops with bratwursts and kielbasa, and that means it's officially the season of picnics, boat shoes and strolls along the boardwalk, hand in hand.
It's probably not the kind of thing voters will use to choose the leader of the free world.
Sergey Brin has once again hit the town with Project Glass -- but this time he let someone else wear Google's augmented reality headset. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom wore the specs on "The Gavin Newsom Show," and later told Wired about his brief experience with one of the world's most rarefied pieces of technology.
The news last week was all about Facebook's dodgy IPO. Investors are filing suit against Facebook about withholding "negative" assessment on its business prospects. This IPO not only "Zucked up" Silicon Valley's supposed tech bubble, but it has created the suspicion that Facebook willfully exploited the innocence of the small investor.
Apple CEO Tim Cook would someday like to see an Apple product manufactured in the United States, he told attendees of a technology gathering Tuesday.
Russian lab discovers malware program so sophisticated some say it is ushering in a new age of cyber espionage.
The video is as short as it is surprising. A hand tilts a glass bottle containing a red glob of ketchup, which -- instead of oozing out in slow motion or getting stuck -- slides out easily, leaving the bottle nearly spotless.
When "Sorcery" was demonstrated during the Sony presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2010, it was touted as the quintessential game for the new Move motion controller, showcasing how action can be directed with the new device.
Remember earlier this year when Wikipedia went black in protest of anti-piracy legislation moving through the U.S. Congress?
A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyber-espionage operation.
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, known to many people more as an aggrieved movie character or perceived tax dodger than as an actual person, has finally spoken out.
Samsung's new flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S3, today becomes available in 28 countries, including several European markets such as Germany and the UK.
Powerful software has been discovered that can turn computers into a microphone and camera.
You've heard of CNN, but unless you pay close attention to photo and video credits on news sites, you've probably never heard of the Syrian group SNN.
Could our connected mobile devices hurt our ability to form personal relationships? Professor Sherry Turkle says yes.
A week after Facebook's bungled IPO comes fresh news to tantalize, or torment, the company's investors. The social-networking behemoth may be making a phone.
An elephant uses a smartphone in an ad inspired by critters pawing and licking touchscreens. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur admits illegally working and living on AOL's campus in Palo Alto. KPIX has his story.
Marc Saltzman tells Fredricka Whitfield how popular technology transitions from military to mainstream use.
Tech expert Mario Armstrong talks about mobile apps that track down lost or stolen phones.
Jack Andraka won $75,000 for creating a pancreatic cancer test that is 1,000 times more sensitive than existing tests.
Do gamers prefer to build or destroy? A look at the combat-intensive themes of most top-selling console games would suggest the latter.
It turns out that consumers like the idea of watching TV shows with no other ads. And, surprise, the television networks are less than thrilled.
Facebook's IPO became a huge debacle, complete with trading problems and lawsuits. CNNMoney's Julianne Pepitone reports.
At first blush, it sounds like a torturous way to read an 8,500-word short story. But in a nod to the social media age, The New Yorker is offering up new fiction on Twitter in a series of 140-character bursts.
Even as the head of the Young Republicans at Samford University, Weathers Veazey didn't have a lot of time for politics this primary season.
Yahoo has joined the browser wars with Axis, its very own tool designed to enhance its search with a clear eye toward the rapidly expanding mobile Web.
NASA has enhanced solar images to make the structures on the sun more visible.
New motion controlled device changes how people interact with computers. CNN's Anna Coren talks with Leap Motion's CEO.
Apple's prized product designer Jonathan ("Jony") Ive is a constant source of fascination among the press -- doubly so after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
It's one of the pivotal scenes in "The Social Network," a eureka moment that implied a parting of the clouds, a spotlight-like beam of sun and a soft chord of angel voices: "Eduardo, I'm not talking about a dating site," says a chiseled version of Mark Zuckerberg. "I'm talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online."
If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks.
For 585 days, Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan braved storms, pirates and cloudy skies in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe on a boat propelled by nothing but sun beams.
Reshonda Tate-Billingsley tells HLN's Vinnie Politan why she punished her daughter with a Facebook photo.
Facebook is testing a series of cosmetic changes to the top of users' Timelines, the company has confirmed.
Researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base created state-of-the-art uniforms that resemble the comic hero.
A Texas mom is raising some eyebrows with her punishment for an inappropriate photo that her daughter posted online.
It will cover 2.8 million square feet and have its own power plant inside its massive, gleaming circular design.
They are an exclusive group of globe-trotting Internet investors, startup founders and tech junkies.
Those new to the cult of Mac may not realize it, but there once was a time when that iconic logo that shines from the top of Apple notebooks used to be positioned, well, upside down. Anyone gazing at the back of an open PowerBook or iBook saw Apple's logo balancing on its stem, almost as if in the middle of a pirouette.
You know that bit in "The Avengers" where Tony Stark spreads his fingers apart in mid-air and the stuff on the screen in front of him instantly appears on displays throughout the room?
A new era in space exploration dawned Tuesday as a slender rocket shot into the dark Florida sky before sunrise, carrying the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station.
Does the Web have room for one more social network? Microsoft thinks so.
Creating your own religion in the real world can result in weird looks, unusual friends and sometimes, visits from law enforcement officials.
Internet investors and startup founders pay a visit to Brazil's buzzing tech sector. CNN's Shasta Darlington reports.
This might be the start of a new chapter in the browser wars.
In the midst of bitter lawsuits, the heads of two mobile giants have agreed to meet. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports
An app that tells you gender and age of people at your local bar? KGO talks the man behind the app.
The shadow of the moon swept across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia and traversed the Pacific.
A day after his social media company went public, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday.
What mysteries could be revealed by studying ancient tooth plaque? Molecular anthropologist Christina Warinner explains.
Facebook doesn't quite live up to the hype in its highly-anticipated stock market debut. CNN's Karen Caifa reports.
SpaceX's launch of the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station has been rescheduled for next week after the mission was aborted Saturday a half a second before liftoff, the company said.
Thousands of people are planning viewing parties for the upcoming annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon.
The "Morning Express" team looks into Honda's new invention offering a way for you to get around while sitting down.
Now that NASA's shuttle program is no longer running, how will the U.S. get astronauts into space? CNN explains.
Who's responsible for some of the more interesting anti-terror gadgets out there? CNN takes a look.
We asked Facebook users in London how important the website is to their lives and if they would buy Facebook stock.
A bad breakup: Nothing can be as emotionally tumultuous for a young heart.
Some Facebook employees will become instant millionaires. It seems like a dream come true, right? Not necessarily.
As the stock market opened Friday with a ring of the bell by Mark Zuckerberg, all eyes were on Facebook -- the social media Megalodon he nursed from a dorm-room project to one of Wall Street's hottest prospects ever.
NOAA used a remotely operated camera to view the remains of a 19th century sailing ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
Google parades its self-driving Prius on D.C. streets to garner support from lawmakers to make it street legal.
At some companies, the night before a multibillion-dollar stock offering might come with lavish parties and champagne.
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.
Now that Facebook is friends with Wall Street, this journalist is giving her timeline a rethink.
Thousands of people are planning viewing parties in the western United States for Sunday's annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon.
New technology could create driver-focused billboard ads. CNN's Lisa Sylvester reports.
Apple is indeed planning to introduce an iPhone with a larger screen, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. military is using a small robot to help troops in Afghanistan see through walls and potentially save lives.
A look at the economic impact of the Facebook IPO, from taxes to the broader economy. CNN's Dan Simon reports.
So, let's say you're doing a Google search for "Kings." Did you mean the L.A. hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.
Aaron Sorkin, the celebrated screenwriter whose punchy dialogue propelled TV's "The West Wing" and the Facebook movie "The Social Network," will write and direct an upcoming film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
It sounds like one of those weird, grainy late-night infomercials: "Get money for your projects NOW for FREE! There are people out there just WAITING to put REAL MONEY in your hands! Don't wait, apply TODAY!"
Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.
Tech expert Marc Saltzman takes a look at what's available and what's to come with smart watches.
CNN's Randi Kaye talks to Gene Cernan, the last man on the moon, and Mark Kelly, commander of the last shuttle mission.
CNN's Dan Simon looks at how Facebook manages to remain the undisputed social network leader.
The new 15-inch MacBook Pro will be a significant departure from the current design, with a retina display and an ultra-thin profile, 9to5Mac claims, citing sources from Apple's supply chain.
According to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, three-quarters of U.S. adults who own smartphones use those devices to get some kind of real-time location-based information -- from maps and directions all the way to cutting-edge features like Yelp's Monocle augmented-reality view.
Recording traveling expenses can be one the most frustrating aspects of the business traveler's busy life on the road. Restaurant bills, train tickets, hotel receipts; they all have to be accurately accounted for.
Rovio Entertainment, known for its intense focus on one mega-successful game title, "Angry Birds," is looking to diversify with another new mobile game called "Amazing Alex."
Sharia stood immobile in front of the television, transfixed by its images, unaware of the world around her. Her family called her name over and over again, but she did not respond. It was that moment when they knew something was wrong.
In the big scheme of consumer electronics, smartwatches can't match smartphones, tablets, or even ultrabooks in piquing public curiosity.
Computer applications can drive cars, fly planes, play chess and even make music.
CNN looks at how one man changed the gaming world one block at a time.
If you're traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are "targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in their hotel rooms."
Steve Jobs' request for tougher glass in the iPhone led Corning to produce Gorilla Glass in an old Kentucky factory.
If you're one of the millions who purchased an iPod between Sept. 12, 2006, and March 31, 2009, you might be in for a surprising email. It states that you're being enlisted in a class-action lawsuit against Apple ? though you do have the right to recuse yourself.
Facebook users who haven't yet discovered the joys of FarmVille or plugged in to the sounds of Spotify will be getting an easier way to find apps that run on the site.
Twitter, which has a history of complying with court requests for users' data, appears to be drawing a line in the sand.
To paraphrase "The Social Network," if Abraham Lincoln had invented Facebook, he would have invented Facebook.
CNNMoney's Laurie Segall and HLN contributor Mario Armstrong tell us how to keep your Facebook page employment-ready.
What was arguably the most anticipated video game of 2012 just became one of the most anticipated games for 2013.
Facebook has raked in billions and will make a splash when its stock hits the open market next week. So, what are folks on Wall Street concerned about?
Japan's mobile gaming sector faces stiff regulations. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Maternity-leave laws aside, now is a pretty awesome time to be a new parent.
According to comScore's new Mobile Metrix 2.0 report released Monday, Facebook's mobile usage is on the rise. In fact, the report revealed that Facebook users spent more time accessing the social network on smartphones than on computers in March.
If you want to salute, race or flirt with other drivers in Nevada, you could soon be out of luck with some cars.
AT&T is joining the expanding field of home security and automation, introducing a wireless service that will let homeowners use their mobile devices to remotely set alarms, turn on lights or even shut off water.
At one of the world's biggest gatherings of Web culture, a 28-year-old executive talks about landing a tech job by sending a CEO "bikini shots" from a "nudie calendar" he created.
CNN's Randi Kaye talks to the creator of Ugly Meter Pro, Jo Overline.
The popular Call of Duty video games have a new offering - a war against computer geeks other geeks might like playing.
About one out of every four Facebook users lies on their profile, and not just to impress that guy or gal who wouldn't date them in high school.
On Thursday morning, iLounge released mockups of what it says the next iPhone is going to look like, according to the site's own unnamed sources. The main differences in appearance between the next iPhone and the current iPhone 4S? A metal back, a smaller dock connector, a 20 percent decrease in thickness, and a longer 4-inch display.
Adam Montoya is cool, collected and on a mission to annihilate his enemies.
Can the roof of your house help you breathe easier by reducing the amount of harmful pollutants from urban air?
A UC Berkeley freshman has turned his dorm room into a technological wonderland. CNN's Dan Simon reports.
Samsung has launched its Galaxy S III smartphone, which it hopes will help solidify the company as the leading challenger to Apple and its iPhone 4S.
Mario Armstrong shows CNN's Randi Kaye the latest tools you can use to spy on friends, family, babysitters or teachers.
Buying a home video game console may soon become a lot more like buying a cell phone, according to a new report suggesting Microsoft is planning to offer a subsidized, $99 bundle including a 4GB Xbox 360 and Kinect sensor to anyone who commits to two years of a new, $15 monthly online service package.
For someone who likes to talk about the virtues of disconnecting, the media critic Douglas Rushkoff seems surprisingly always on. When I visited him at his storefront office near his home in Hastings on Hudson, New York, he was preparing to teach a new class, getting ready for a BBC interview, writing an essay, staring down a pile of articles to read, trying to figure out his new iPhone, and hurrying to finish his third book in three years -- a graphic novel called ADD, which revolves around gaming culture, celebrity and the pharmaceutical industry. "It also asks the question," he says, "what if attention deficit disorder weren't a bug, but a feature?"
Motherboard.tv sits down with media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff.
A new teaser trailer for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" reveals important details about the setting and gameplay options for the latest title in the blockbuster "Call of Duty" series.
Technology keeps bringing us closer to a world where people can communicate freely across language barriers.
Instagram has had a big, big, big last couple of weeks: Its Android app dropped at the beginning of April, and Facebook recently acquired the photo-sharing service for a whopping $1 billion.
Maybe it seems like the fastest way for a gadget-and-technology blogger to commit career suicide, but Paul Miller gave up the Internet at midnight Tuesday.
News that Microsoft has sunk $300 million into a venture with Barnes & Noble sends a clear signal that the computing giant and the bookseller aim to shake up the e-book market with new ammo in their fight against Amazon and Apple.
A Kickstarter campaign for the Pebble watch has raised more than $6 million for a device that connects with smart phones.
If you like streaming lots of audio or video to your cell phone and you don't have an unlimited data plan, you might end up with a bad case of "bill shock" when your wireless carrier hits you with overage charges.
Tech expert Marc Saltzman explains how to effectively use the iPhone feature Siri.
A group of investors including director James Cameron says it plans to mine asteroids to find platinum.
Let me start by saying "Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings" is rated 'M for Mature' for a very good reason. There is more cursing in the game than at a Yankees/Red Sox playoff game and quite a bit of nearly full frontal nudity.
Feeling besieged by pesky little problems today? You might want to be careful with your Google searches.
A solar-powered internet classroom is on a road trip through Africa selling a new way of learning.
CNN iReporters across the globe document their world through time-lapse photography.
The combination of Google's new storage service, Google Drive, and the company's recently unified terms of service and privacy policy, have riled the Internet into demanding to know why Google seemed to be claiming ownership of their customers' files.
Sometimes you just want to read. Digital's best answer for that simple urge is the now venerable E Ink e-reader. These monochromatic devices are not only holding on in the face of stiff LCD-based tablet competition, they're innovating. The latest update comes from Barnes & Noble, which added an LED-based "GlowLight" to its Nook Simple Touch e-reader.
An extreme skydiver aims to set a world record, with a jump starting at 120-thousand feet in space.
The world's largest professional social network just got a wider reach -- and it wants to be in front of your face for more of the day.
The CEO of a top research firm didn't mince words about Apple in a new blog post.
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