The man who can jump 8 feet high on a pogo stick was bouncing through San Francisco, on a mission. The mission is to figure out if the world is ready to spend $380 on a pogo stick.

Seisaku-kun is a Chinese humanoid cycling robot that was on display at a recent product unveiling in Beijing.  (w/pics)

Tucked away behind Battlefield 2142’s manual is a plain white, non-descript card. At first glance, it could be mistaken for some kind of registration card, user-license addendum or perhaps a seizure warning. Instead, it’s a strange disclaimer, stating that the user’s IP address and "other anonymous data" would be sent to a company called IGA […]

A study from ABI Research, "Location-Based Services," projects that personal locator services (PLS), based on GPS-enabled mobile phones will grow rapidly in North America, rising from a small user base of 500,000 to more than 20 million subscribers in 2011.

Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That’s 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.

Scientists have finally demystified the incredible workings of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator built by ancient Greeks. A new analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, a clock-like machine consisting of more than 30 precise, hand-cut bronze gears, show it to be more advanced than previously thought—so much so that nothing comparable was built for another thousand years. […]

As almost anyone who works for a living knows, the Internet is fundamentally, and irreversibly, changing the way job seekers find employment — and employers fill jobs.