NASA scientists hope that a chemical sensor for smartphones might one day form the backbone of sophisticated chemical detection network

If there was ever an example of a great concept inadequately executed, it was the VR helmet. Hollywood might of loved it - but everyday punters saw otherwise.

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is giving away a series of large cash prizes for the discovery of Mersenne prime number discoveries. A record breaking 12-million digit prime recently scored its finders a $100,000 cash prize.

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

If you are pleased with your broadband connection bandwidth you could be a bit disappointed to find out how far behind the technology ball your local ISP might actually be.

Incredible images and places to explore the stars of the night sky, photo albums of nebulae, galaxies, and breathtaking maps of the universe

Should Microsoft follow Apple's lead on Windows 7 pricing? Also: The most retro iPod case we've seen, NASA's jet-flame photo of the day

An 80s vision, meets cutting edge CGI, meets Jeff Bridges - see the new Tron movie trailer. Also: Monkey Island 2, and an impressive collection of Nikon DSLRs

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

NASA has released digitally restored broadcast footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk but the one-inch telemetry tapes recorded at tracking stations in Australia and the U.S. remain lost

Scientists are betting on a new high tech material, which is among the strongest and thinnest known materials in the universe

A Sony netbook? Not as weird as it sounds. also: a music video actually shot on an iPhone, imagining time travel, and DARPA builds a real-life, wearable heads up display

A permanent internet connection in space is gradually turning into a reality after the first node was connected to the International Space Station (ISS)

Will Xbox Live ads enhance the user experience, as Microsoft says? Also: real DSLRs vs high quality compacts, weird Russian monorails, and an intruiging rumor for Australian Star Wars fans

After an epic voyage in space, the Ulysses probe is about to undergo a new phase in its silent journey when its transmitters go dark

See the trailer for one of this year's promising science fiction movies, Moon, which takes cues from Odyssey 2001 and Solaris

Whet your appetite for next week's documentary about exo-planets with this video voyage through the universe

NASA astronomers say the about-to-lift-off Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) could result in "ten school buses" worth of debris when its payload hits the moon surface

Hubble and Herschel aren't the only star gazers in the universe. New born stars have been sighted at the centre of our own galaxy with the help of NASA's six year-old infrared telescope, the Spitzer