In their latest April Fools' prank, Google have released a third layer for its mapping service, offering the capacity to browse the globe as a treasure map. Ahoy! More...

MySpace Tom has been very active on Twitter lately and has been answering a lot of tweets that have headed his way, one of which has sparked quite the response from tweeters worldwide. More...

Image Credit: Facebook Nun expelled from order for having 600 friends on Facebook It would seem that our lord and savior doesn't approve of Facebook. As Spanish nun María Jesús Galán, dubbed 'Sister... More...

Tipped off by friends, two Norwegian pranksters dressed as scuba divers chased after a Google Street View car in Norway. The pair were spotted on Street View this week after Google updated its Maps for Norway... More...

Microsoft quietly released Songsmith at CES. With all the Windows 7 madness here at Neowin we missed this one. Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into... More...

Microsoft has been painstakingly reviewing the operations and procedures behind its Windows Genuine Advantage license validation tool, with a view to ironing out glitches that have cause problems for legitimate Windows users. Windows Genuine Advantage... More...

The office may start to sound like a fun place with the development by an Australian university of laughter-recognition software. SoundHunter was developed by computer scientists at Monah University in Melbourne to make it easier... More...

The newest 3-D video displays herald an interactive future for imaging. A half-meter-long protein floats in midair, several centimeters in front of a monitor. It looks like an oversize curled ribbon from a... More...