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This Headgear Puts Your Moves On-Screen [VIDEO]LAS VEGAS — Motion control was a pretty hot topic at this year’s CES, and though the buzz centered around Microsoft, Samsung and Tobii, they aren’t the only companies with ideas for how you can use your body to guide on-screen activity. Enter AikenLabs. Its new technology can m... Interactive Textbook Makes Reading Social, Braces for Apple AnnouncementSitting at the front of the class and attentively listening to a professor’s lecture won’t be enough for college students aiming to impress their professors once the new BioBook rolls out. With BioBook, an interactive educational tool for tablets, professors can monitor student progre... What Will You Do Without Wikipedia? [OPEN THREAD]Wikipedia, Reddit, and other websites will go offline on Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). While Reddit’s blackout was announced more than a week ago, Wikipedia is a newcomer, and perhaps the most high profile website participating. The En... New Facebook Cover Designer App Takes Photos With Your Profile in MindMost standard photos don’t fit Facebook Timeline’s cover photo slot, but a new app that launched on Tuesday creates images sized specifically for that purpose. Dropico’s free Facebook Cover Designer provides a landscape viewfinder for composing shots with Facebook in mind. Use... These Websites Are Going Dark to Protest SOPA WednesdayTech companies are getting ready to black out on Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sibling the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Much has been made of Wikipedia’s promise to “go dark,” or shut down the site, for the day as a way of warning what might happen if ... Facebook Recycles Feel-Good Timeline VideoFacebook is drawing more attention to its Timeline profile redesign via a feel-good video on its homepage that chronicles how users can use the site to archive their lives. The video was first launched in September 2011 when the company announced it would be rolling out its new Timeline profile pag... Reuters Expands its Original Content on YouTubeStoried wire service Reuters has launched Reuters TV, a series of 10 original programs that will air on its new YouTube channel. The media company joins roughly 100 other media partners in delivering original, premium content on Google’s video platform, and is poised to become the largest ... Yahoo’s Jerry Yang ResignsFormer Yahoo CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he would no longer be a part of the company in any way. Yang served on Yahoo’s board of directors after he resigned from the CEO position of the Sunnyvale Internet company in 2008. In the press release an... Katy Perry Goes Virtual in New Sims GameKaty Perry in The Sims Players can download Perry's likeness and stage props.Click here to view this gallery.Any online gamer can own a piece of Katy Perry – or heck, even be her — with EA’s announcement that the “Teenage Dream” singer... Why SOPA Is DangerousI’m sure you’ve heard by now that SOPA is bad and would ruin the Internet, but have you actually read the bill? If not, it’s worth reading, for two reasons. First, if you are going to oppose a bill, you should know exactly what you’re opposing, not just the vague principl... |