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Google on Wednesday unveiled a new Nexus 7 as part of its latest assault on the market for the connected living room. Another prong of that attack is Chromecast, a streaming content stick that plugs into a TV set's HDMI socket and lets users stream videos and other content seamlessly between the TV ...

Nokia has unveiled the Lumia 625, its latest Windows Phone 8 device and the one with the largest screen so far, 4.7 inches. There isn't much else to distinguish it from other models in the Lumia lineup, though, and its 1.2 GHz processor appears weak beside some high-end smartphones. The 625 "is anot...

A day after announcing that it has begun shipping to early backers, Leap Motion on Monday officially launched its widely anticipated gesture control system for the PC and Mac. The system had been delayed for several months but will finally arrive in stores next week. As part of officially launching ...

Biologists are using a novel blend of technology and data sharing to track endangered wildlife. A new report details the results of about five years of experiments in tracking the vocal activity of birds, frogs, insects and mammals. Researchers set up an automated remote biodiversity monitoring netw...

Google, which is fighting government requests for data in two courts and demanding greater transparency in the wake of the brouhaha over the NSA's PRISM program, reportedly also is experimenting with encrypting files on Google Drive. Some files may already have been encrypted. In related news, a co...

There's been a standard for super-fast SD cards for two years now, but signs of products deploying the technology have been absent. That is, they were absent until Tuesday, when Toshiba announced plans to deliver a new line of SD cards using UHS-II technology to the market this fall. That gives devi...

European Union justice commissioner Viviane Reding implored EU member states to get on board with Germany's call for tougher and more unified data protection laws. German chancellor Angela Merkel spent the weekend clamoring for EU-wide regulations that would force more transparency from Internet com...

After initially revealing its new Ativ Book 9 Lite ultraportable PC in June, Samsung on Monday announced that it is now accepting preorders for the device, which will be available in the U.S. on July 28 for $799.99. Weighing 3.5 lbs. and measuring less than an inch thick, the Ativ Book 9 Lite offers...

Ma Ailun, a 23-year-old woman from northwest China, died after being electrocuted by her iPhone, according to relatives. Ma reportedly died while using the device, which was charging at the time. Local police confirmed that electrocution was the cause of death, but stopped short of pinning blame on ...

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SolePower: Stepping Away From the Grid

Here's a charging method that could make a lot of sense. It's one that isn't reliant on the sun to convert solar radiation into power; it also isn't reliant on heavy batteries for its mojo. Instead, SolePower uses the same principle as a hand-crank flashlight. SolePower's shoe insert includes a wate...

At DBX, Dropbox's first-ever developer conference, the company on Tuesday announced a suite of new tools designed to make it easier for developers to bring its file-syncing technology to new devices and platforms. "We want to be sure that stuff is always available, no matter if you're on your laptop...

Lumbering like the old-school technology firms it sometimes derides, Google has finally issued a patch for a master key vulnerability in Android that Bluebox called to its attention back in February. "Is Google eating their own dog food?" asked Randy Abrams, a research director at NSS Labs. In May, ...

Fighter pilots have long had "head-up" displays for navigating advanced aircraft, but on Monday Garmin announced a new HUD offering that aims to bring the technology to drivers of any automobile. Designed to reduce distractions by providing driving information within the driver's line of sight, Garm...

Canon took a step forward Tuesday in solving a problem that's been plaguing DSLR videographers for a long time: maintaining smooth video with a camera's autofocusing system. With Canon's new 20.2 megapixel EOS 70D, photographers will be able to shoot video close to the quality of video shot with a c...

Hard on the heels of the arrival of the Ouya video game console earlier this week, Google may be looking to get into the action. In fact, the company is currently working on an Android-powered console of its own, according to a Friday report. Apple, meanwhile, is reportedly working on something simi...

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