IBM wins diet monitoring and reward patent, celebrates with sip of Spirulina

Does your employer offer a "wellness rebate program?" No? Then you can’t be working for IBM, which has been bribing its staff to eat healthier since 2004. It’s a Watson-worthy idea, because what the company pays out in incentives it recoups in lower healthcare costs. Now, after a decade of toing and

Google, Apple, other vaguely familiar tech names top Nielsen’s ‘Tops of 2011′ list

Those perpetual rankers over at Nielsen unveiled their "Tops of 2011" list this week, revealing the most popular brands and products across all manner of categories. There’s nothing particularly shocking over on the digital side of things — Google topped the list of Top US Web Brands, followed by Facebook.

ESPN’s bowl coverage swaps out the telestrator for augmented reality GameView

We dug into ESPN’s use of the Xbox 360 and EA Sports games to power its Virtual Playbook segments last year, but in preparation for this round of BCS bowl games it’s upgraded the system with a bit of augmented reality. The new GameView system uses a tabletop 70-inch touchscreen LCD, a copy of NCAA Football

Shoutz Connects You to the World, One 15-Second Video at a Time

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…

Now Public: Sexual Harassment Letter That Brought Down HP’s CEO [VIDEO]

When Mark Hurd resigned from Hewlett-Packard in August 2010, it was a shock to the PC industry. HP’s board forced Hurd out when he f…

NASA’s GRAIL Mission Will Celebrate New Year’s on the Moon [VIDEO]

While the world rings in 2012, a team at NASA will be eschewing the festivities to keep a close eye on the moon. Or rather, a close eye on…

Stratfor Says Hackers Only Nabbed Credit Card Information

After hackers broke into its website on Dec. 24, Stratfor has partnered with an identity protection service in an effort to give subscribers som…

Lenovo Ideapad S110 may be blazing the Cedar Trail, ditching netbook moniker

Between the line of Cedar Trail notebooks marching their way through the FCC and Intel’s recent shipping announcement, it’s high time manufacturers started parading out next year’s kits. Today’s tease hails from Lenovo, which has outed the Ideapad S110 in no less than four fabulous colors. Although

Biscotti: The Best Product Packaging Since the iPod?

A cookie-shaped, easy-to-use, $199 video-conferencing solution is impressive, but wrapping it up in packaging that resembles a mash-up between Apple

Verizon Cuts $50 Off The Droid Xyboards On-Contract Price But They’re Still Too Expensive

It seems that Verizon (or Motorola) got the message: The Droid Xyboards are too damn expensive when tied to a 2-year commitment. Until today, Verizon was selling the 10.1 Xoom 2 for $529 and required a 2-year contract. Ludicrous. Well, after today’s price cuts, the prices are less absurd, but just slightly. source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ym2WEox6G-I/