It used to be an expensive and time-consuming task to custom-build a dedicated home theater PC (HTPC). But today, mod guru Anthony Verducci shows that the process is a lot easier—and cheaper. Here's how to build a tiny dedicated HTPC with Blu-Ray drive, 2 GB RAM, 128 GB ...
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The Fourth Kind's unconvincing, irreverent UFOlogy gives this reviewer chills. The movie stumbles directly into the biggest problems facing the discussion and investigation of UFOs and alien abductions.
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What do you get the sports fan who wants to bowl 300 without practicing? Try the RC900, a remote-control bowling ball invented by Texas-based 900 Global. The product is being marketed to children and those unable to bowl because of physical limitations.
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Fans of
G.I. Joe are served a double helping this week with the release of the live-action extravaganza
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and the gritty animated feature
G.I. Joe: Resolute written by comic book scribe Warren Ellis.
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The National World War II Museum in New Orleans recently debuted its newest attraction: an immersive film called
Beyond all Boundaries, full of bells, whistles and warplanes, that goes to great lengths to make you feel as if you're in 1940's Europe.
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A reader who no longer uses his Apple keyboard is having trouble ejecting CDs and DVDs from his Mac Pro. Here are several workarounds for the eject button-less computers.
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It is a good device. And, yes, it will sell well. The real question: Does the Droid represent a seismic shift for Motorola, or is it merely a stay of execution?
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Lightsabers, space weapons, high-tech security systems: Lasers—real-world, bad-ass technology—get nothing but the sci-fi treatment in Tinseltown. PM compiled 7 errors in laser technology, as portrayed in movies. And, yes,
Star Wars is the primary offender.
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Engineers working on San Francisco's ill-starred Bay Bridge have fingered a culprit in the repair job that went awry Tuesday evening, forcing the bridge's closure: metal fatigue caused by harmonic resonance.
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PM's senior technology editor Glenn Derene is defending his property on mischief night by catching the ne'er-do-wells before they strike—with two high-tech video-capturing pumpkin mods.
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A deadly day of helicopter accidents in Afghanistan highlights the risks rotorcraft crews face in and out of combat. Is the ride worth the risks?
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To take full advantage of your high speed Internet, you should hook up your networked appliances with Ethernet cables instead of slower Wi-Fi connections. PM shows you how to wire your home so that all your devices get
real high-speed Internet.
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An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a Navy ship in Norfolk, Virginia during training, killing one service member and injuring eight.
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Windows 7 officially hits the market today. It may come as a surprise to most users that it doesn't look that much different from Windows Vista at first glance. As you use Win 7, however, everything seems snappier and an order of magnitude more refined.
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The F-35 Lightning II airplane is made from composite fiber, which means that when to comes to working on it, regular tools just won't do. Here's one of the tools that AMAMCO Tool created to work with some of the world's most advanced airplanes.
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When Dr. Tenma loses his son in a tragic accident, he creates a robot doppelganger that eventually goes on to save the denizens of Metro City. PM talks to director David Bowers about integrating real-life tech into
Astro Boy's retrofuturistic world.
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Today, Barnes & Noble announced the Nook—the book seller's debut e-book reader, and a direct assault on a market long dominated by arch-rival Amazon. So how does it stack up as an Kindle-killer?
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