Dave Taylor:  One of the most interesting things about attending the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show is seeing the increasing speed at which technologies are becoming commodities in this space. Technologies that even a few years ago were extraordinary state-of-the-art are now just another ho-hum technology that every company in the world produces.

Dean Johnson - What started as a humorous observation got me thinking about the veracity of the statement. I thought "people are getting bigger" and "houses are getting bigger", how do they relate?  Check out this chart…

The world’s first over-the-counter fertility test for men goes on sale this week.

Many computers are already able to see and hear. However, they have no way of telling whether their users are happy or angry. At CeBIT 2006, researchers will be presenting techniques that could one day enable the digital servant to respond to the mood of its human master.

Jason Kottke:  In the four years since its introduction, the iPod has proven to be a versatile little device. Despite a relatively closed architecture, hackers have found their way in. Content creators and software makers put information at your fingertips when you’re on the go.

As traditional news outlets like newspapers magazines and TV stations grapple with moving online, they must cultivate key audiences including 35- to 44-year-olds, who are the biggest consumers of online sources a study shows. Some 24 percent of this demographic, which includes members of Generation X and Baby Boomers, get their news online.

During the next 50 years, many of Earth’s natural resources will become increasingly scarce.  Many futurists believe that our Western, technological society is doomed to starvation and collapse unless creative solutions to energy and mineral shortages are found.  One possible solution is to tap the staggering wealth of resources available in outer-space.  However, thirty years […]

Rich Karlgaard:  Terrifying, that is, if you happen to run an older business stuck in the path of the Internet juggernaut.

Couples are turning to the laboratory to create "biojewelry" - bone rings grown from their DNA as a token of their love.