SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects. The machines, which ...

Sturdy, nondescript tables that traditionally populate quick-service dining rooms may soon be replaced by high-tech tabletop innovations offered by two emerging technology companies. Digital Touch ...

In an effort to get some serious control over his home theater PC, DIYer Jarolix skipped the remote and went straight for a fully-featured desktop computer built into the coffee table. Get the latest ...

Lenovo's latest PC attempts to move computing from the desk to the coffee table. During the International Consumer Electronics Show, the personal computer maker unveiled the IdeaCentre Horizon, a ...

At first glance, Microsoft's secret project looks like a 2007 version of the sit-down arcade game Ms. Pac Man. But if this machine were running the game, you could just take your finger and flick away ...

Facing stiff competition from climbers like Shake Shack, plus a growing demand for healthier options from the public, McDonald’s, the once-undisputed king of fast food, has had to watch its throne ...

The pursuit of smaller and smaller electronic gadgets leaves one glaring problem: trying to perform work on those tiny screens. For a solution, a Brigham Young University computer scientist developed ...

While Tanya Holliday was working at a McDonald’s to pay her way through college, she assumed one day she’d get a “real job.” That was 40 years ago. Today, Holliday is well past “real.” She became the ...

Buttons belong to 20th century. While we’re sure that making electrical contact with the press of finger seemed nigh-miraculous at the same time that most people were still using the bathroom outside, ...