Is Google Wallet Really the Future of Money?

If Google has its way with Google Wallet, your bank and credit cards will be obsolete. The only things you’ll need a wallet for are IDs and cash. But is Google’s vision really the future of money, here today? More »

I Don’t Care If You Read This Article

When it comes to Internet publishing, there’s traffic figures and everything else. But does that mean we must become slaves to Comscore? Tweetage Wasteland’s David Pell believes it may just be a matter of perspective. More »

How to Share Photos of Your Adorable Child or Pet Without Annoying Your Friends

That picture of your baby/dog/child on the couch is almost as cute as the one of her on a chair! Which is almost as cute as the one of her sleeping! Which is almost as cute as… OK STOP. More »

The Army Had Their Own AT-AT Years Before George Lucas Invented His

Years before Lucasfilm created the AT-AT and Boston Dynamic’s Big Dog terrified the world, the US Army was working with General Electric on the “Walking Truck” project, basically a large walker which was controlled by a lever-pushing operator.

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Top Stories: Thursday, May 26, 2011

Google Wallet | “Your phone will be your wallet.” Wait, it gets better.

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Hound for iPhone, Android and iPad

Hound is an app that’s like a reverse Shazam. Made by SoundHound (a Shazam-like app), it’s a voice recognition app where you say a song title or artist and Hound will gather all the relevant details in one tidy page. More »

The Knock-Down, Drag-Out Fight Over the Next Generation of Batteries

Patent Trolls have been around nearly as long as patent infringement itself. Bottled Lightning by Seth Fletcher takes a look at one scientific-disagreement-turned-nasty fight over the batteries that power our cordless tools and someday, potentially, our cars. More »

Google Wallet: How Google’s Going to Eat Your Real Wallet

“Your phone will be your wallet.” That’s what Google’s promising with Google Wallet and Google Offers, which’ll combine payments and deals in one neat package. And it’s a pretty compelling little vision of the future of paying for stuff. More »

What Are the Mysterious Markings Found In the Great Pyramid’s Hidden Chamber of Secrets?

A robot has taken photos of a hidden secret chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was supposedly built by the fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. It’s been the first time anyone accessed the secret chamber in 4500 years. More »

What Five Days of Deadly Tornadoes Looked Like From Space

It’s hard to believe that this beauty can cause so much grief and damage, but from space even the deadliest of natural disasters always looks strangely soothing and mesmerizing. Those explosions of clouds seem to come from Earth herself. More »