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The Osborne 1 was the first "portable" computer ever released to market. The iPad 2 is a new tablet from Apple that was released about a month ago. Naturally, these are similar.

Sometimes the Internet can provide you with truly awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, thought-provoking things. This is not one of those times.

A solar storm barely missed Mercury and the MESSENGER probe, thus avoiding what could have been a disaster for NASA.

Above-ground nuclear testing may have led to a pause in global warming, according to a new study.

In their attempts to study the effects of clinical stress, researchers at UCLA might have very well stumbled upon the cure to baldness.

The United States Army is poised to introduce a new mortar round that is guided by GPS positioning, thus increasing its effectiveness while minimizing collateral damage.

Anonymous has come to the defense of one of their fellow hackers, attacking Sony websites and the PlayStation Network in retaliation for the treatment they have given to the hacker "GeoHot."

One man. Four 'Super Mario Bros.' titles. Ten minutes. It has to be seen to be believed, then meticulously dissected to prove whether or not it's fake.

One man took it upon himself to print out 437 Wikipedia articles. The end result? A book so comically large that you have to appreciate it.

Before Windows and Apple's OS X and before Linux, there was "Blit," the first Graphical User Interface capable of multitasking.