ZoomTether shares your phone’s connection, tethering plan optional

If you don’t want to cough up for a dedicated tethering plan, there are some illicit ways to share your phone’s data connection with other devices. Of course, most of them require you to root your handset, which might not be something you’re interested in doing. Another option is to buy a wireless router

FAA Chooses Office 360: Microsoft One-Ups Google In Battle For Government Cloud Market

In early 2011, former U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and team helped institute a "Cloud First" policy, which aimed to speed up the government’s internal adoption of cloud computing and services. Since then, many government agencies have begun moving their collaboration and productivity applications

DIY cyborg appendage is less exciting than it sounds (video)

When we envision our transhumanist future, it’s a little more profound than simply adding a sixth finger… but we suppose you’ve gotta start somewhere. Instructables user and employee Frenzy gave himself a rather primitive extra digit as part of a project for an Electronics and Robotics class at San

TI demos Windows RT on OMAP 4470, we go hands-on (video)

It seems like every ARM chip manufacturer wants a piece of Windows 8 here at Computex 2012 — and for good reason. Hot on the heels of Asus’ Tegra 3-equipped Tablet 600 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4-based development tablet, Texas Instruments is showing Windows RT on its very own OMAP 4470-based system.

Honda Fit EV rated at 118 MPGe, will get you 82 of those on one charge

Honda’s perky little Fit EV has just been marked and measured by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has rated the dinky ‘lectro-wagon at 118 MPGe, which Honda claims is the best ever score. Our friends over at Autoblog aren’t so sure, noting that the Tesla Roadster eked out 119 MPGe in its

Apple closes in on $2.25 million settlement in Australia for disputed 4G iPad claim

The legal drama surrounding Apple’s 4G labeling of some iPad models in Australia might be coming to an end. The Australian reports that Apple has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle claims that the company’s use of the term "Wi-Fi + 4G" was misleading because the tablet doesn’t work with the country’s

Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 goes on sale melding quad-core Ivy Bridge and GeForce GTX 660M

The Y580 led the avalanche of Lenovo IdeaPads unveiled at CES; its dependence on both Intel Ivy Bridge processors and Kepler-based NVIDIA graphics kept it out of the spotlight for some time, but it’s now ready to ship out. The finished 15.6-inch laptop skews very clearly to gamers and other performance

OpenSky is Pinterest For Shopping (But Wait, There’s More: Frictionless Sharing!)

Despite GroupOn’s stock price struggles this year, online commerce is a market ripe for disruption. OpenSky is a relatively new e-commerce site that is getting buzz and gaining traction, thanks in part to the presence of celebrities like Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi. OpenSky started off tapping Twitter

500 Startups-Backed Cloud Productivity Tool 300.mg To Close Its Doors Next Week

unching its public beta in the fall of last year, 300milligrams (also known as "300.mg,") set out to build a "priority inbox for team conversations." The startup was one of the 34 teams in 500 Startups’ Fall 2011 batch, and, after graduating in January, spent the first half of this year iterating, trying

Sony PlayStation Pulse Wireless Stereo Headset Elite Edition hands-on

Aside from the PlayStation Move Racing Wheel and Wonderbook, Sony has one more major accessory to show off at E3 — the Pulse Wireless Stereo Headset Elite Edition. Naturally, we hunted down this peripheral aimed at all-things audio to check it out for ourselves. The PWSHEE is the company’s second full-on