Google Street View gets photographic makeover

With his manipulated Street View imagery, photographer Aaron Hobson hopes to take viewers to "enchanted and remote lands." Plenty of photographers have tapped Google Street View for imagery.Doug Rickard travels the byways of the U.S. via Street View to find images that, in the words of the Museum of Modern Art, "comment on poverty and racial equity in the United States,...

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Can motors in wheels spark electric car revolution?

The SIM-LEI electric car can travel 333 kilometers on a single charge, say its creators. There may have been more alluring electric cars on display at this year's Tokyo Motor Show, but the beauty of this prototype lies in its performance.The SIM-LEI can travel 333 kilometers (more than 200 miles) on a single charge, say its Japanese creators SIM Drive, and it also boasts...

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Google unveils 'Find My Face' tool

Google's new Find My Face technology will suggest nametags for photos' subjects in Google+. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Google made its first foray into the growing field of social facial recognition technologies on Thursday, introducing Find My Face, a tagging suggestion tool for its Google+ social network.On the surface, it operates pretty much identically to Facebook's...

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XXX domains an obvious failure

 Is it just me or is the ICANN plan to corral online porn going terribly wrong? We already have reports that universities are snapping up XXX domains in an effort to get ahead of porn pranksters who want to besmirch a few good online names with smut.I guess this turn of events was obvious to anyone with half a brain.Legitimate porn sites have little interest...

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HP to offer webOS as open-source software

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It may be one of the technology world's most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it's making its webOS mobile system available as open-source software that anyone can use and modify freely.HP snagged the intuitive webOS software when it paid $1.8 billion in 2010 for Palm Inc. in...

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BlackBerry PlayBook

After experiencing both the ups and downs in the smartphone market, Research In Motion (RIM) is now trying to make its way in the tablet industry as well. The new Blackberry PlayBook tablet is the company’s first effort in this regard. Released in April 2011, this tablet is working really hard to make some productive revenue for its developers, if nothing else. We’ll now...

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Yahoo wins $610 million from lottery scammers

Congratulations, you've won millions in a lottery that you didn't enter! Just wire us some money first to cover fees, and we'll send you your winnings!These fake lottery email scams have become ubiquitous, with scammers sometimes posing as well-known companies to boost their credibility. In 2008, Yahoo sued several "John Does" for using its name and logo as part of a scam. On...

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