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Sometimes it takes a tunnel to provide safe passage from point A to B. The same applies to the Internet. The solution is a virtual personal network (VPN) for sending secure data packets. The technology is especially popular for people who want to access work computers from home or for university students who need secure access to their academic network. However, VPN is also gaining popularity am
While you were worrying about keeping your home, you may have missed the popping of the virtual-reality real estate bubble. In Second Life -- Linden Lab`s immersive, 3D game that allows players to trade real dollars for virtual dollars -- a nice stretch of mainland coastal property that would have fetched around $65 in 2007 today goes for $16. That`s partly because the financial crisis crimped sp
Dell`s chief executive showed off an Android-based mobile device called the Dell Streak before attendees at Citrix Systems` Synergy conference in San Francisco on Thursday. The new handheld computer with five-inch touchscreen, which Dell previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, will be available from AT&T this summer after taking its inaugural bows on Telefonica`s network in Europe n
16th Season Finale - Amazing Race!On the Amazing Race`s 16th Season Finale scheduled to air May 9th (8:00PM-9:00PM ET), the last three teams travel from Shanghai to San Francisco in hopes of winning the million-dollar prize. They`ve circumnavigated the globe and now they`re heading home.
Hotels.com & AR! Augmented Reality has hit the streets of Amsterdam, converted magazines into Harry Potter-like newspapers, created invisible cloaks and has surfaced on a countless number of apps adapted for smartphones. But Hotels.com is the first online travel agency (OTA) to make virtual vacations a lot more `real` using Augmented Reality to appeal to would-be travelers and tourists.


The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation today launched a collaborative design project with The Tech Virtual at the The Tech Museum in San Jose, Calif. With a series of design challenges hosted by The Tech Virtual, the Lemelson Center invites the public to develop and prototype design concepts for the center’s next exhibition, tentatively titled "Places of Invention."



 


For Greg Knight, a machinery company executive, being on the road is a key part of doing business. But in the last year, he and his colleagues have pondered every trip and asked: Would it be worth it? "We really needed to look at, is this trip the difference between closing business?" says Knight, a vice president with AMT Machine Systems in Columbus, Ohio. "Is this necessary for some reason?" S
Virtual Hugging Vest Lets You Feel Others' EmotionsA wearable robot developed by a husband and wife team in Japan can translate 9 different emotions from text into touch, adding a new dimension to virtual communication and social media interation.

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