Stories by Nick Barber

NASA has released an animation of an ambitious project that includes capturing a near-Earth asteroid and sending astronauts into space to study it.

NASA will test a new laser communications system that could one day send high-definition 3D video from Mars and beyond.

Microsoft CEO since 2000, Ballmer wrote in an email to employees that Microsoft's "best days are ahead." Ballmer will stay in command until his successor is found.

Watching a YouTube video typically requires an Internet connection, but with a little preparation the videos can be saved for later offline viewing.

Coming up on WTU Sony details its PS4 availability, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook timeline has an unwelcomed addition and we tour Wall Street's data centers.

Using an array of high speed cameras pointed at the goal, referees will be able to get a notification of a scoring kick to a wrist watch.

Coming up on WTU this week Microsoft finds it hard to satisfy gamers, Yahoo reports Q2 earnings and Google debuts its new Maps app.

Don't like how Gmail is putting your emails into categories like social, promotions or updates? It's an easy feature to disable and IDG News Service's Nick Barber will show you how.

The design team at Redpoint Studios uses Autodesk's Fusion 360 to design custom wood guitars.

Available for all mobile platforms Glympse lets users share their location via email or text. Glympses expire after a predetermined amount of time

The U.S. Navy's X-47B drone made an autonomous landing on an aircraft carrier and Boston Dynamics' Atlas builds on its predecessors.

Coming up on WTU this week Microsoft reorganizes, Apple violates antitrust laws, a solar-powered plane completes its journey and a robot is sent to a frozen tundra.

Nokia announced its latest Windows Phone the Lumia 1020 in New York Thursday. The smartphone packs a 41 megapixel optical sensor and a 6x zoom.

Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, announces the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters on Tuesday.