Scientists say that a series of marks carved onto a freshwater clam shell represent the earliest known engravings made by a human ancestor. The zigzag lines visible in the photo above probably were ...

How do you tell if a new technology product is a brilliant breakthrough? Listening to its creators doesn’t work: Tech companies have an annoying tendency to promote everything as a brilliant ...

You know Grid Systems’ Grid Compass 1101 laptop, right? You should. The laptop you’re using, the laptop you own, and the laptop you want all imitate its design. Why? The Grid Compass, from April, 1982 ...

The mobile industry has come a long way over the past decade but a few years back, clamshell (aka flip) phones were all the rage with customers clamouring for a portable device that was functional and ...

Phones have on-screen keyboards. Laptops have clamshell designs. The next-generation enterprise mobile device will have both. A dual-screen clamshell mobile device makes sense. Smartphone makers want ...