Microsoft has sold more than 10 million Kinect sensor systems since launch on 4 November, and - according to Guinness World Records - is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device on record.

I'm not a massive fan of Star Wars, but I know how to appreciate a work of art when I see one, and this Star Wars themed home belonging to a fanboy in Hawaii fits into that category. This home taking up 10,000 square feet, this spaceship inspired home is bound to make any Star Wars fan jump for joy just by stepping into the house.

Starting Thursday, those who pony up for Sony's premium "PlayStation Plus" service will be able to back up their PS3 saved-game data online—a feature that could come in handy if your console's hard drive goes belly-up.

This one's still in the earliest stages, but it looks like the Consumer Electronics Association (a.k.a. the CEA) is doing its part to add a bit of order to the wild world of active 3D glasses. To that end, it's just put out a request for proposals on a standard IR sync interface for active 3D glasses.

Apple doesn't do open source. The internet, however, does, and as this collection of bizarre hacks and mods for your iPad shows, there's no shortage of creativity out there. Not to mention the time and expertise to turn a “magical and revolutionary” product into a walking robot, a skateboard, a typewriter, and even some classic Apple computers from days gone by.

The UK may have become dangerously over-reliant on satellite-navigation signals, according to a report from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Use of space-borne positioning and timing data is now widespread, in everything from freight movement to synchronisation of computer networks.

If you were thinking that you might just get your new 3DS and then an R4 card and then download your favorite games avoiding that pesky price tag then think again. Nintendo have been clever in their approach and have built in some kind of log file so that the console knows when you have used the card.

Robot teddy anyone? IBM has just submitted a patent application dubbed an “Adaptive System for Real-Time Behavioural Coaching and Command Intermediation”. The translation to human: IBM is developing artificial intelligence for toys that could help children stop or develop certain behaviours.

A federal magistrate is granting Sony the right to acquire the internet IP addresses of anybody who has visited PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz's website from January of 2009 to the present.

Sony revealed some details about the NGP, including its media format, at a GDC panel last night. TDuring a programming and design session at GDC, Currently known as "NVG cards", the proprietary flash cards come in either 2GB or 4GB formats and reserve up to 10% of their own space for save games and patches.

From the sublime to the bizarre, no other auto show thrills like Geneva. Under no other roof but that of the Geneva Palexpo could you find an electric Rolls Royce, an Indian microcar and an outlandish French concept. And that's not even mentioning the most exotic supercars, built in countries we didn't even know had automobile industries.

A Japanese inventor has created a robotic baby to help combat depression in the elderly. Side effects may include loss of sleep, sanity, life...

We're on the brink of computers recognizing and responding to users' emotions. Is that cool or an invasion of privacy invasion?

Whenever the military rolls out a new robot program, folks like to joke about SkyNet or the Rise of the Machines. But this time, the military really is starting to venture into robot-apocalypse territory: swarms of little semi-autonomous machines that can team up to manufacture complex objects (including, presumably, more robots).

Qualcomm, the manufacturers of the popular Snapdragon processors that are used to run Android phones, has recently released a teaser video to show off their upcoming dual-core processors. Called Desert Winds, the game shows off the graphic processing prowess of the next generation Snapdragon CPUs.

The much-maligned PlayStation Home virtual network now has 19 million users according to Sony. That colossal figure accounts for all those who've downloaded the service and logged on at least once.

If you've been waiting to see what Apple would put in the latest version of the hit tablet, here's a quick FAQ that spells out some of the key features. It also is a quick guide to what's new for the iPad 2 and how much one of these new devices will cost you.

When Apple unveils the iPad 2 tomorrow, it's going to be a massive let-down. Shares in the company will wobble. Android fans will do happy dances. And all over the internet, people will write about how much of a disappointment it is, how Steve Jobs has lost his touch and how the Motorola Xoom / BlackBerry PlayBook / a piece of wood with a face drawn on it in biro is the new tablet king.

The UK and the rest of Europe could be facing a PlayStation drought, as LG, which accuses Sony of infringing its Blu-ray patents, has won a preliminary injunction to have all new PlayStation 3s entering Europe confiscated for at least the next 10 days.

Hackers have reported that they have already hacked the Nintendo 3DS to run pirated games within 24 hours of the Japanese product launch.