The treaty would have expanded the ITU's jurisdiction over the Internet, created pay-per-use tolls, heightened surveillance and monitoring regulations, and given nation states increased control over the Internet.

The Internet is made up of 40,000 networks that interconnect among 425,000 global routes, cheaply and efficiently delivering messages and other digital content among more than two billion people around the world, with some 500,000 new users a day.

The system, called “Mind’s Eye,” will use security cameras to monitor a scene in real time and alert human operators if it detects illicit activity.

The program would be sophisticated enough to determine if, for example, a person was setting down a bag in an airport because he is sitting next to it or that person has left the bag all together.

Part of the process uses software called PetaVision that uses facial recognition, body shape, color, texture, and how they move to identify people. The system employs an IBM “roadrunner” supercomputer. This computer runs at a quadrillion (a million billion) mathematical operations every second.

That is roughly equivalent to each of the world’s seven billion people being able to carry out three million calculations per second, according to ORNL. Titan also has more than 700 terabytes of memory.

His bed will wake him up when he cycles out of R.E.M. sleep. A driverless car will take him to work. Returning phone calls, scheduling events and other routine tasks will be taken care of by devices using artificial intelligence.

Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers after confirming that the one-ton rover called Curiosity arrived on Mars after an eight-month journey.

Nanobots in the human body to monitor health

A gene machine to mass produce gene therapies

Devices that integrate completely with the nervous system

Back-up systems for GPS navigation

Computers that are seventy five times more energy efficient

Ability to manufacture of nano-scale building materials

Three-dimensional circuit boards

Giga-pixel grade cameras

Supercomputers that can be programmed by people with very little experience

The phrase "God particle," coined by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman, is used by laymen, not physicists, more as an explanation for how the wonders of the subatomic universe work than how it all started.

It can calculate in one hour what otherwise would take 6.7 billion people using hand calculators 320 years to complete if they worked non-stop, according to the BBC.

Not only do billions around the world now have access to the Bible online, and not only are many of them actually reading it, they're also actively engaging with the Word of God—and with one another....

In locations in Africa, Asia and Latin America, money is often stored in a mobile account and transferred to another one during a purchase by bringing the buyer’s and seller’s cell phones into close proximity.

The isolation is good for the Beijing government and for local businesses that don't have to compete with Internet competitors, but Chinese companies may have difficulty functioning overseas because of the restrictions.

“Solyst poses challenging questions to worshipers, who can text their answers,” the Tribune reports. “The responses are then reviewed in a PowerPoint presentation after the homily.”

Petraeus says that web-connected gadgets will 'transform' the art of spying - allowing spies to monitor people automatically without planting bugs, breaking and entering or even donning a tuxedo to infiltrate a dinner party.

The new iPad ... has faster chips, fourth-generation wireless, a sharper display and a better camera, making it harder for competitors like Samsung's Galaxy, which also lack Apple's range of apps and content, to catch up.

Wikipedia, Google, and many other information sites are trying to raise awareness about new bills in Congress that would seriously limit their ability to serve the public. Wikipedia posted this on their home page today:

For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet.

Samsung Galaxy Notebook

Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook

Toshiba Excite X10

Intel Smartphone Reference Design (For developers)

Samsung Series 9 Notebook

Nokia Lumia 900

Eye-Controlled Computing

Motorola Droid Razr MAXX

Windows 8 Tablet/Laptop Hybrids

OnLive Desktop

3D Body-Mapping

Asus MeMo Tablet