Worried about your children traveling abroad during their gap year? Then why not stalk them for the duration? GPS makes this very easy to do, but whether your kids will thank you for it in years to come is another matter.

The search for a way to monetize the online newspaper and magazine business goes on, with the CEO of Time Warner suggesting that online magazines go behind a monetized Web wall.

Get ready to stake your name on Facebook, because it looks like vanity URLs might finally be on their way.

Microsoft has once again redesigned their Web search engine, adding a few bells and whistles to try to make up ground on Google and Yahoo, who are miles ahead of Microsoft’s latest attempts.

The Blackberry Storm is RIM’s latest attempt at taking a piece of the action from Apple and its amazingly popular iPhone. For the most part the Blackberry Storm is quite solid from a construction and email perspective. However, the OS is a completely different story. The OS has been riddled with bugs and issues since day one and RIM has recently announced that new firmware will be available this Sunday.

We hear so much today about social networking on the Internet. If you have ever wondered exactly what they are and how they work, this article presents the basics of social networking.

Andrew McLaughlin, the current director of global public policy at Google, will leave the search giant to become deputy chief technology officer in the tech-savvy Obama administration.

Facebook has long had a policy of removing content flagged up as being potentially offensive to other users. This makes sense to some degree because the age range of Facebook users varies from five to 105 (or thereabouts).

As if buying all new high definition equipment wasn’t already confusing enough, the people behind HDMI seem determined to make you pull your hair out.

The Blu-ray format’s adoption rate has been on the climb for the past two years after its battle with HD-DVD. The format has been quickly picking ups steam matching perditions that sales would double within this year. It also seems like the format is eating away at DVD sales as revenue has dropped while Blu-ray has exploded.

Wikipedia is built on openness and impartiality. Scientology is built on secrecy and self-importance. Put the two together and you have one almighty ruckus. With the decision by Wikipedia to block known Scientologists from editing articles on the site, the Church of Scientology is bound to fight back.

Better Place has been racking up contracts with cities, states and countries to build electric vehicle charging stations.  Coulomb is growing its own presence with partnerships with cities and businesses to build its own network of plug-in vehicle charging stations.  They both are growing rapidly but in different directions.

Amazon’s CEO says readers shouldn’t expect to see a color version of the Kindle any time soon. He also refused to give any sales figures for the electronic reader device, but admitted it is yet to turn a profit.

Xbox 360 owners in the United Kingdom and Ireland will soon be able to view satellite television through the console – without needing a dish or a set-top box. It’s billed as the first time that live TV broadcasts will be available through a games console.

Hulu’s new Desktop application allows users to channel surf on their computer in a civilized manner – from the couch with a remote control. Locking Hulu’s impressive content offering to Hulu Desktop also gives the company an edge in the media center market.

Google is more than a mere search engine – it’s a vast, hugely profitable company, which is continually seeking to innovate and expand into new territories. With its latest project, Google Wave, it is doing just that, providing an integrated communication tool and so much more besides.

Most homes and businesses lose solar energy whenever there are problems with shading or solar panel orientations.  Field tests in Munich Germany showed SolarMagic Power Optimizers can increase energy output of solar panels and arrays by around 54 percent.