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Consumer spending is up 15 percent this shopping season to date compared with 2010, according to ComScore data. more

Amazon's cloud dominance has been driven by user needs and a lack of dynamism from legacy vendors. more

The Flyboard lets you fly in and out of the sea, hover, and spray people with tons of water. more

An IT guy reveals to a female office employee that he takes covert images at work by using the camera on his watch. She is not amused. more

Tablet pleads for its life before bursting into flames...all to give away some iPhone cases? more

Two mobile patents formerly owned by Apple are cited in a recent lawsuit filed against a handful of tech companies, Tech Crunch reports. more

In a suggestion that the iPad 2 might be in very high demand this Christmas, thieves break into a Best Buy in Northern California and steal a whole rack containing at least 125 iPads. more

Icon iDo is a dedicated USB digital-to-analog converter/headphone amplifier for iPods, iPhones, and iPads. more

AT&T;'s fast network has been spotted in the Los Angeles area. more

Apple blogs play an important role. But the reality can get a bit distorted at times. more

Planned wireless network, which has raised concern over problems with personal or military GPS devices, caused "harmful interference" to receivers used in recent government testing, say reports that cite draft results. Company cries foul. more

GM set to make changes to the Volt in response to fires, Nissan moves ahead on wireless charging for EVs, so long Aptera, many young Americans prefer the internet to a car, and we drive the new Camry with Entune. more

We heard from the Voltisti, get an earful about carbon buildup, muse MPG and shifting and find more answers in the question of the ages: Why does a '96 Buick get such good mileage? more

Microsoft's mobile operating system is good. Really good. But what will it take to translate that into solid competition against the iPhone and Android? more

Porn-oriented .xxx domains went on sale to the general public this week, and institutions and organizations are grabbing them in the hope of protecting their reputations and brands. more

A recruitment executive sends a candidate an e-mail telling him to "f*** off." Sadly, he also sends it to the 4,000 people the candidate had e-mailed in search of work. more

EA's FIFA 12 game offers something that few expected: a full-on make-out session between two of England's more well-known soccer stars. more

China Unicom has received a network access permit for the iPhone 4S from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, says a report. That should mean the gadget is good to go. more

This was no balloon for a birthday party or a Thanksgiving parade. The Echo II put the bounce in early satellite communications. more

It's a straightforward question, but the answer depends on the rest of your system. more

This week, we painted using an old typewriter, rested our weary heads on a pillow headset, and starting saving up for our trip to balmy Kepler 22-b. more

In his new book "Black Rock City, NV: The Ephemeral Architecture of Burning Man," photographer Philippe Glade shows just how stylish--and functional--many of the attendee-created structures at the annual arts event can be. more