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IBM released its sixth annual "5 in 5" which lists the five technologies the company thinks will come true in the next five years. The predictions aren't really predictions about the tech world in general but a way for IBM to showcase programs that IBM is actually working on. Some of the predictions seem to be out of this world but it's still worth looking at if only to wish that some of the predictions would come true.

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has discovered two small Earth-sized worlds orbiting a star in the Cygnus constellation. They're the smallest exoplanets found to date and an encouraging sign that Kepler could find planets as small as Earth.

Fusion Garage has been playing a game of hide-and-seek with its customers. It hasn't fulfilled orders for its Grid10 tablet, the company's Twitter page and website hasn't been updated in weeks and its executives have maintained a radio silence about what's going on with the company. Is Fusion Garage shutting down?

Every day scientists and inventors are discovering new technologies that will change the world in ways that we can't imagine. Here are some of the current technologies that will inevitably change the way we live in the future.

If rumors are to be believed Apple Inc. will be releasing a mini iPad in addition to the next generation iPad 3 next year. According to Digitimes, a 7.85 inch iPad will be released before the fourth quarter of 2012 and the new iPad at the end of the first quarter.

Apple Inc. won a patent court ruling against HTC in a decision that could ban smartphones from the Taiwanese manufacturer in the U.S. market.

The next generation of GPS satellites will be more powerful, versatile and reliable than current GPS satellites.

Embryonic cells and sperm collected from two species of coral that live in the Great Barrier Reef are being preserved in frozen repository that could someday restore some of the corals to the reef.

Forget the ordinary jetpack that just propels you the air, the future is water-powered jetpacks. French jet-ski champion Franky Zapata designed a water craft that has him leaping up from the water like a human-dolphin hybrid.

The original Xoom had the distinction of being the first tablet to use Google's Honeycomb OS. However, times have changed and more Android tablets have appeared on the market to challenge Apple's iPad. Can the Xoom 2 keep up in this crowded arena?

Apple Inc.'s iTunes Connect is taking a short holiday break between December 22-29 so developers who are planning on changing their app prices should wait until after the break or risk getting their apps unavailable for purchase.

While Apple Inc. maintains a stringent approval process for apps on its App Store there are still some apps that manage to slip through the cracks. There are over 500,000 apps in the App Store and on occasion some apps create too much controversy that Apple has to step in pull it from the App Store. Here are some of the more controversial apps that sneaked their way to the App Store and had to be yanked out by Apple.

From being regarded as a largely dead science, cold fusion has grabbed the attention of mainstream media and the scientific community when high-profile demonstrations in Italy allegedly showed a cold fusion device generating 470 watts for five hours. The device, called the E-Cat or Energy Catalyzer was developed by Andrea Rossi, Italian inventor and entrepreneur and Sergio Focardi, a physicist at the University of Bologna. The E-Cat reportedly fuses nickel and hydrogen at low temperatures to rel...

Facebook added a suicide prevention tool on Tuesday that allows users to tag posts that express suicidal thoughts and helps suicidal users connect with a counselor.

But just as there were really great phones this year, there were also the stinkers that consumers shouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. Here are some of the best and worst smartphones of 2011. First let's look at the phones that really shined this year

New developments in the field of Alzheimer's research could lead to finding a cure for the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer's patients and even distinguish which people are in the early stages of dementia.

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking has come under fire lately. The process involves fracturing rocks by pressurized fluids to release petroleum, natural gas, coal seam gas and other substances.

It's tempting to just indulge this Christmas season. After all it only happens once a year and what's the harm in taking part in the celebration? Unfortunately with all the parties and dinners taking place around the holidays it's easy to fall of your diet. With so many sumptuous feasts laid out this holiday season, how can you resist another slice of pie or a piece of roast? Here are some traditional foods you need to avoid this Christmas season.

Apple Inc. is in talks to buy Anobit, an Israeli company that manufactures flash storage technology for somewhere between $400 to $500 million, according to a report published in the Israeli newspaper Calcalist on Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp. is planning to allow apps that are licensed under the Open Source Initiative to be distributed on its Windows Store.

Amazon will release an update for the Kindle Fire in two weeks after early consumer complaints about the tablet have surfaced.

Google Inc. has pulled 22 apps that are masquerading as legitimate versions of popular games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope.

A new technique of sterilizing hospitals using gas could change the way hospitals are being cleaned.

Now you can have your own personal smell. A team from Keio University in Tokyo and the National University of Singapore have developed a pair of glasses that have speakers and scent emitters to give users their own unique calling card.

Learning math doesn't have to be a difficult process. With the growing popularity of iPads in classrooms today, teachers have a number of educational tools to make math fun and more approachable. Here are some of the best math apps available today.

The prospect of an energy source that is environmentally clean and free has also been considered a Utopian ideal, something that won't happen in real life. Andrea Rossi's Energy Catalyzer or E-Cat for short is now promising to bring about that Utopia as the dream of cheap energy could suddenly become real.

Living forever has been a pipe dream for many scientists. Now some scientists are researching ways to extend the human lifespan and they think immortality is possible for people living today.

Google Doodles have been a way for the search engine giant to honor historical figures and remind its users of important dates. The first Google Doodle was in honor of the Burning Man in 1998 which only showed a stick figure behind the second "o" in the Google logo. Since its humble beginnings, the Google Doodle has become more inventive and sophisticated. From simple images, the Google Doodle has evolved to interactive ones that amaze and delight users.

Just when you thought Hewlett Packard's webOS was done for, the little operating system lives to fight another day. HP has promised to make more tablets with the webOS system with the software actually going the open source route like Google's Android.