Laura is a tech reporter for Digital Trends, the editor of Dorkbyte and a science blogger for PBS. She's been named one of the most engaging women to speak about technology and has been featured on The Setup.A member of the San Francisco hackerspace, Noisebridge, she is working on two robotics challenges, leading a puzzle team that competes in a variety of puzzle challenges throughout the US and obtaining a ham amateur radio license in her free time. She loves astronomy, gadgets and hardware hacking.
Zombie survival game series planned for Xbox
Developed by Undead Labs and published by Microsoft Game Studios, the inaugural title will be an open world zombie-survival game scheduled to launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox… →
Soon you’ll be able to pay by smartphone with YESpay
YESpay is expected to launch its YESpay-Wallet Mobile App for select BlackBerry and iPhone smartphones as well as the iPod touch. Dr Chandra Patni, CEO at YESpay International said, “Customers… →
Rate your boss at new work-related social networking site
Site users can provide anonymous feedback and rate their previous and current managers, departments and companies. Above and beyond, they can also take a career self-assessment which rates their own… →
NASA finds Earth-size planets in habitable zone
Five of the possible planets are similar in size to the Earth and orbit in the habitable zone of smaller, cooler stars than our sun. Candidates require follow-up observations to… →
Find love this Valentine’s through social gaming
Just a few years ago a stereotypical view of a "gamer" was a kid sitting on a bean bag chair with his hat on backwards pushing a joystick while blowing… →
Kobo’s iPhone app for book lovers gets social
Kobo makes it possible for users to read its ebooks on any device anywhere in the world. Reading Life adds in a social aspect to the ebook experience. Users can… →
Aperion Audio unveils the Aperion Verus Forte home theater speakers
The Verus Forte was engineered from the start for highly accurate sound reproduction that immerses movie and music lovers into a performance. “We worked to produce uncolored, authentic sound in… →
Black Widow camera holster makes carrying a DSLR a breeze
The biggest advantage of the Black Widow camera holster is that it eliminates all the normal pain of holding a heavy DSLR around one's neck and shoulder. When the camera… →
LiveMind.com launches open marketplace for online learning
With LiveMind, anyone with expertise to share can create and teach a class on any subject and offer it at any price. Users can pick classes based on their interests,… →
Export.ly helps marketers analyze social media data
Export.ly is a simple way to aggregate Facebook fan page activity, Twitter follower data, and Gmail contacts in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet filled with raw data and beautiful charts, graphs,… →
Verizon to acquire Terremark for $1.4 billion
This move continues to move Verizon in the direction of implementing its "everything-as-a-service" cloud strategy by delivering a powerful portfolio of secure, scalable solutions to its portfolio of business and… →
Amazon Web Services launches simplified email service
Amazon SES greatly reduces the complexity and expense of building an in-house email solution or licensing, installing, and operating a third-party email service. The service integrates with other AWS services,… →
Backupify releases One-Click Restore for Google Apps
This announcement definitely puts the company ahead and solidifies Backupify’s position on the leading edge of cloud data management. Millions of businesses use Google Apps to simplify their IT needs.… →
Razer introduces Ferox, ultraportable gaming speakers
Ferox was designed with 360 degrees of omni-directional sound, proving that great things come in small packages. "The Razer Ferox is our sophisticated, modern day boombox for gamers," said Robert… →
Military.com revamps SpouseBUZZ site for military spouses
The site offers up blogs written by military spouses and provides a virtual meeting place for spouses to discuss the joys and challenges of military life. The site includes stories… →
