Honda’s ASIMO robot sheds a few pounds, gets all autonomous on us (video)

We’ve already seen it dance, sing and read minds, but Honda’s ASIMO humanoid has now taken that one great leap into decidedly more dystopian territory. The revamped bot, pictured above (and apparently doing its best Herman Cain impression), was unveiled today in Japan, sporting a streamlined physique

Siri talks to Mac 512k, plays telephone with intermediary computers

Possibly fueled by the same geeky instinct that pushes our kind to build SD card readers for ancient game consoles and port Doom to just about everything, YouTube user Napabar recently bridged the 27 year gap between the Macintosh 512k and the iPhone 4S. That’s right, Siri and the Fat Mac are talking.

Republic Wireless Officially Unveils $19/Month Service: Unlimited Everything, No Contracts

Over the last week I’ve been following the emergence of a previously-stealthy mobile carrier called Republic Wireless very closely. The story so far: Bandwidth.com, which provides the VoIP backbone for services including Google Voice and Twilio, is launching an alternative mobile carrier called Republic

Take the Interview Enhances Job Candidate Screening With Video

Take the Interview gives employers important information about how candidates present themselves earlier on in the Interview process.

T-Mobile Springboard Tablet Review

Say hello to T-Mobile’s most affordable slate, the T-Mobile Springboard Tablet. This might actually be the most affordable tablet in general, not just on T-Mobile. With dual-core power, good looks and a thin design this has an opportunity to really turn some heads — not to mention its low

Day 1 of Google+ Pages: The Muppets Fall Flat, But Brands Are Trying to Engage

Google+ Pages for brands launched early today, with a select group of launch partners. Later in the day, G+ Pages were opened up to everyone. ReadWriteWeb, among others, immediately created a Page. I took point on developing RWW’s one and afterwards I was curious to see what other brands had done. While

Hands On With Microsoft’s New Windows Phones

Our own Josh Zelman grabbed some video of the new Windows Phones announced today, including the $50 Samsung Focus Flash. These are Microsoft’s initial stabs at attacking the mid-range market in advance of Nokia’s upcoming WinPho models.

T-Mobile to carry Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus with 4G, available November 16th for $250

We were already expecting to see the WiFi-only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus make its American debut on November 13th, but it may be worth waiting an extra three days if you’d like to have some good old-fashioned HSPA+ connectivity on T-Mobile. Indeed, the carrier announced its 4G-ified

Synaptics Demonstrates Windows 8 Trackpad Gestures On Video

We heard a while back that Windows 8 would support multi-touch via the trackpad. Sure, there’s some stuff you can do right now, but the promise made by Microsoft and Synaptics has been deferred for the most part. But they’ve put up a video that shows just how you can expect to interact with Windows 8

Panasonic Toughpad A1 and Toughpad B1 Android tablets revealed

This week the folks at Panasonic have revealed one tablet and named a second, the first being the Toughpad A1, a 10.1-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet with a processor from no less than Marvell, the most elusive chipmaker of all. Of course Marvell has appeared in mobile devices before, but the last