Tired of the limited legroom, bad food, and worse movies you have to put up with during a flight? Well, it’s time to bust out your company credit card and get yourself a Martin Jetpack , which has just become the first commercially available jetpack . Driven by a pair of washing machine-sized …

Man, MIT is making all of these other places of higher learning look silly. For what seems like the fortieth time this month , scientists at the university have revealed yet another breakthrough that might just change the way we compute in the future. Polyethylene, which is about as common a polymer …

Congrats, Palm, you’re now officially on a second US carrier . Yep, the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are now up for sale on Verizon’s website — you’ve read the review , are you taking the plunge? Update : Just noticed that the limited time, buy one get one offer that promised a free Palm Pixi Plus with your…

Amazon just announced that the Kindle will have its own app store, with partners ranging from publishers like Zagat to, believe it or not, game makers like EA. E-ink gaming? What? Says Amazon’s vice president for Kindle: We knew from the earliest days of the Kindle that invention was …

While details aren’t 100 percent confirmed for those of us across the pond — Activision has yet to come out and verify those October 20th / $120 listings — Tony Hawk Ride and its white not-quite-skateboard will be launching November 20th in the United Kingdom for ?99.99, or about $168 in US currency. European …

While ASUS is busy adding an optical drive to its Eee PC line , Dell is diving into the low-priced, optical-free, thin-and-light category with its new Studio 14z portable. The folks at Laptop Mag have taken the new laptop for a spin, and seem to like what they see. While its…

Microsoft’s very real brick-and-mortar stores are not too far off now, and it looks like Gizmodo got its hands on a Powerpoint presentation purportedly from “design and brand strategy” consultant firm Lippicott for how these retail outlets might turn out. The presentation overall is reminiscent of Apple’s stores, complete with its own …

Colorware ’s well known for offering up all sorts of consumer electronics in all sorts of hues, but the outfit has definitely stepped up its game with the Stealth MacBook Pro . This limited edition piece is an all-black 15-inch MacBook Pro with a matte display, 3.06GHz CPU, 8GB of DDR3 …

That supposedly upcoming Android XPERIA that Mobil dug up might have our minds, but it’s this leaked handset (which, to be fair, looks fairly sketchily rendered), the Sony Ericsson Kiki, that has won our hearts. The screen is made of glass, with an image seemingly rear-projected onto it (teleprompter style), while the…