A weekend hackathon generates Web and mobile apps geared at improving energy and resource efficiency with a heavy dose of social.

The New York Times catches up with Google's new CEO--sort of--and finds that, well, he's busy trying to streamline the company.

At the RoboBusiness conference in Boston, engineers show off a sample of commercial and still-under-development robots for music, the military, health care, and even inspecting bridges.

There are many sorts of audio solutions out there, and the headphone segment alone features its own degree of variety, the latest model from Jabra belonging to the wireless category.One cannot say that the past month has been in any way lacking in the audio solutions department. ...

Expectant mothers living close to high traffic areas may be at increased risk of early birth, according to new Australian research.

Police say they received more than 23,000 unintentional calls to Ottawa's 911 in 2009 and a growing number are coming from mobile phones tumbling inside pockets and purses.

While some creatures take advantage of the Arctic's midnight sun to be more productive, it turns out bees work strictly to rule, according to scientists who say the discovery is unexpected.

The software maker loses its effort for a full appeals court review in the i4i Word injunction case; meanwhile Redmond files suits of its own against Datel over an Xbox 360 controller.

Maybe it's a sign of SXSW excess or perhaps it's a prank, but RSVP While You Sleep is advertising a $37 service that tasks overseas virtual assistants with responding to your party invites.

Microsoft says it has gotten only about half as many calls with Windows 7 as it had anticipated. In part, though, that's also due to the fact more people are going online for PC help.