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Amazon is currently in negotiations with book publishers, trying to work out the details for a "book rental" program. Unlike the library, renting books from Amazon would cost money.

Another chapter in the HP Touchpad drama has ended. The TouchDroid project has now disbanded, after allegations that the group stole code from CyanogenMod.

HSN has a limited number of Sony S Tablets for sale, and you can even opt for a payment plan through the network. However, there is a catch (there always is). If you want your Sony Tablet S early, you'll have to pay $100 more.

Scientists have genetically altered several cats by using a combination of monkey genes and jellyfish genes. According to test results, these cats have developed a resistance to feline AIDS.

Researchers conducted a survey of 3,000 adults, asking them to rank things that "they couldn't live without". Facebook ranked fifth, while having a toilet ranked ninth.

A 50 year old Japanese air traffic controller decided to impress his friends -- by posting the flight itinerary of Air Force One on his personal blog.

Before now, the Nike MAG was the "greatest shoe never made", featured in Back to the Future II. Nike is now selling 1500 pairs of these amazing shoes on eBay -- for a limited time.

The Netflix App that's available for Android has finally been updated. This update allows the app to run on all devices that are running Android 2.2 and 2.3.

When infected by a baculovirus, a gypsy moth caterpillar's brain is hijacked, causing it to climb. Once at the top of the tree, the virus liquefies the caterpillar, raining virus-ridden goo onto other caterpillars.

If you're one of the 11,600 people who paid $1.99 for "Acne App", we've got some bad news. Flashing red and blue lights at your face doesn't really cure acne.