Wheelie robot brings dinner on the double
Toshiba shows off a two-wheeled autonomous robot than can roll over ramps and balance a tray of food. Wheelie might make a decent waiter.
Tech finds its place at SXSWi (roundup)
As the Web generation descends on the South by Southwest Interactive show in Austin, several location-based start-ups try to put themselves on the map.
@ScrewYouSXSW vents at absent husband
We might never know if a Twitter feed purporting to be by a woman left behind on her anniversary weekend by her SXSW-bound husband is real. But it's very funny stuff.
FCC chairman outlines broadband plan for kids
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski lays out a plan for 21st century digital access, citizenship, literacy, and safety.
VoxOx now translates as you type
VoxOx's claim on a robust feature set makes it a powerful, if slightly unstable, multi-protocol chat and VoIP client--now with free universal translation for all IMs and tweets.
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'Runaway' Prius: Questions raised about driver
The case of a "runaway" Prius in San Diego demonstrates how claims about electronic flaws requires investigators to look carefully at the human element too.
Consensus emerges for key Web app standard
Indexed DB isn't a sure thing, but it's got most of the right allies in the browser world to become an enabler of the cloud-computing vision.
Week in review: Game on for Sony
Sony joins the motion controller wars, and broadband gets ready for a big leap. Also: SXSWi goes geolocation.
IE 9, Windows Phone in the Mix
At the annual Las Vegas event, Microsoft plans to show its latest browser and give developers the tools they need to write software for the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 series devices.
Thunderbird beta 'Lanikai' released
Mozilla Messaging updates the Lanikai build of Thunderbird to beta status. Notably, Thunderbird 3.1 beta 1 shares the same Gecko engine as Firefox 3.6.
