Vampire lollipops? Arcing electricity? Animatronic ghouls? We’ve got that and more in today’s roundup of Halloween DIY projects. Come for the pumpkin with laser-beam eyes and stick around for the melon brains. If you’re feeling extremely industrious, you might crank out a few of these props and goodies in time for Halloween tomorrow. Even if [...]

Don’t panic, we haven’t gone back in time. What we’re looking at here is the world’s first but still-yet-to-be-released phone that runs on Windows XP, and its Chinese maker has just released some juicy specs and interface images to tease us all. The ITG xpPhone will be blessed with the chutzpah-filled AMD “Super Mobile” CPU, [...]

After a background check using the FBI’s criminal database erroneously indicates that an accountant has a criminal history, she is fired from her job at a mailing service. Proving her innocence and getting security clearance does not get her job back.

Remember yesterday, when one illustrious modder whipped up a head-mounted computer that featured a printed circuit board of his own design? The fabrication method he used was called direct-to-PCB Inkjet printing. An economical (if laborious) alternative to professional production, the process includes: designing your circuit, printing it out on a transparency, flickin’ on some lightbulbs, [...]

Your bosses may have locked the network down, but there are some ways to circumvent virtual barriers. Find out how to bypass a corporate firewall.

The Motorola Droid is the first Android handset on Verizon. Better yet, it can do some things the iPhone can’t.

Fears about the adjuvant squalene and myths about its link to Gulf War Syndrome have kept some from getting their H1N1 vaccines. But the real truth is the substance is simply not present in any vaccine administered in the United States.

The smartphone industry keeps cranking out more Android phones. What does that mean for the smartphone landscape, especially for the iPhone? Analysts and developers offer their perspectives.