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Jive's Producteev task management app now free for unlimited users

Jive Software has eliminated the limit on the number of people who can use its social task management application Producteev for free within a company. It also added new features to the application, including the capability of assigning tasks to everyone in the company, not just to narrower sets of employees involved in a specific project. Show More Summary

Acer's 8-inch Windows 8 Tablet Shows Its Face Again

This time the 8-inch Windows 8 tablet is on Acer's own website.

Be Quiet!, Fractal Design & Thermaltake Release List of Haswell Compatible PSUs

Fractal Design, Thermaltake, and Be Quiet! all release their list of Haswell compatible power supplies.

Xbox One Won't Be Always Online, But Internet Preferred

Uh oh... if you don't have a stable Internet connection, the Xbox One may not be for you.

Startup hires 'cyborg' Mann for Google Glass–killer project

3D augmented reality specs coming your way this year Watch out, Sergey! A new startup is hard at work on a device that's far more ambitious than Google Glass, and it has just signed on wearable-computing maven Steve Mann as its chief scientist.…

Microsoft reveals Xbox One, the console that can read your heartbeat

Upgrades Live service – and no always-on requirement Microsoft has shown off its next-generation gaming console, the Xbox One, with an upgraded Kinect and voice-recognition system, Skype integration, seamless switching between viewing modes, and a massive ramp-up in server support for the Live online community.…

Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC to be Exclusive to Xbox One

Activision will continue the tradition of releasing Call of Duty multiplayer downloadable content first on Xbox.

The Best SSDs and HDDs For Your Money: May 2013

Since last year, we have seen the launch of many new SSDs, bringing higher performance at lower prices. The vast majority of SSDs are not below below $1/GB, with two even below $0.70/GB! Hard drives prices have been slowly but surely dropping too and haven't been this low in a long time.

Xbox Reveal: Xbox 720 is now the Xbox One, with 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and Kinect 2.0

Today, Microsoft unveiled its brand new video game console dubbed the Xbox One. With a powerful 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 500 GB hard drive, this new Xbox is a beast. Unlike Sony, Microsoft had no qualms showing off the hardware, so now we know more about the Xbox One than we do the PS4 in some ways. Sadly, there was no mention about used games or always-on demands.

Manufacturers Announce PSUs Ready for Intel Haswell CPUs

With the release of the next generation Intel Core processors (codename Haswell), Intel will introduce technologies for reducing power consumption of the CPU in sleep mode. While Ivy Bridge CPUs had...

Teenage girl creates tiny device that could charge a smartphone in 20 seconds

When you're out all day, it's a huge pain to charge your mobile devices. Even if you remember to bring a charger and get lucky enough to find a free electrical outlet at a coffee shop, you still have to sit there for around an hour or so to get a full charge. Show More Summary

Cold fusion reactor independently verified, has 10,000 times the energy density of gas

Against all probability, a device that purports to use cold fusion to generate vast amounts of power has been verified by a panel of independent scientists. The cold fusion device being tested has roughly 10,000 times the energy density and 1,000 times the power density of gasoline.

GeForce GTX 780 Already Announced in China; Official Specs

The official spec sheet of the GTX 780 has surfaced; it has already been announced in mainland China.

NASA funds 3D food printer, to combat hunger in space and on Earth

The space agency recently awarded a $125,000 grant to a project aimed at 3D printing food for astronauts, and while the space agency's main concern is efficient food storage for long-haul space flights, creator Anjan Contractor hopes his technology could help people here on Earth get access to the volume and variety of food they need.

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