First they start paying out 6 to 5 on natural blackjacks, and now this? The little guy gets the short end of the stick once again, as UK researchers say they've developed a computer algorithm that can analyze how Blackjack players manage their chip stack Read More

Few people know it but you don't have to have a special, pre-printed slip of paper from your bank in order to write someone a check. Checks can legally be written on just about anything. ... Read More

Japanese railway workers are expected to be in a good mood when they report to work: So much so that managers at the Keihin Electric Express Railway are Read More

It works for Fido, so why not you?The same RFID implants used to identify lost pets are now being adapted for use on you and me, and not how one might have originally expected. ... Read More

First they came for our puffer machines. Now they're dismantling the Clear Card system.Or rather, dismantled. ... Read More

How do you pick out a terrorist from the millions of people who board planes each year? You can search through their bags, pat them down, go over their passports and check their IDs, but terrorists, one must assume, are crafty types. ... Read More

The Day of Dad is nearly upon us -- or, at least, it's close enough to start thinking about shopping for the old man. I've been on the hunt for ideas for the best gifts for dad this father's day in the world of high-tech, with an eye toward not breaking t Read More

Save for its omission of the portable fusion generator I'm working on in my garage, Time magazine has done a bang-up job of rounding up the 50 best, most innovative, and most potentially life-changing inventions of the year. Read More

Improbable? Perhaps. Curious? Definitely. KeyScan takes two of the most ignored computer peripherals, the keyboard and the digital scanner, and puts them together into one unit. ... Read More

Cue up the na-na-na-na audio track and the slow motion video: Bionic lenses that can provide perfect vision to those of us who are functionally blind may be just five years away. ... Read More