In a country where quiet efficiency and a frenetic pace manage to coexist, Japanese consumers are discovering the convenience of mobile phones that know where they are and can help you get where you want to go.

A new approach being used to fight cancer may also help fight fat, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
They said blocking a certain protein seems to literally vacuum fat off mice.

Pirate radio stations are nothing new, but Stephen Dunifer is now trying to train more people in how to set up their own pirate radio station using the more politically safe sounding name of microbroadcasting, with the idea of creating a (radio) wave of civil disobedience about how the FCC allocates radio licenses.

People have been talking about display technology embedded in a pair of glasses for years, and it’s looking like they may not be that far away. Microdisplay companies are doing good business building mini-screens for digital cameras and mobile phones, but the idea of wearable heads-up displays is where they expect the big money to […]

MasterCard introduces a RFID MasterCard called PayPass in Orlando Florida. They tout the convenience of no more swiping or giving your card to cashiers. They claim the card has to be within an inch of the reader to be read — how long till criminals are walking the malls, or next to you in line […]