If you believe in tech fortune-telling, you'll soon be able to reach out and (sort of) touch someone. By 2015, mobile phones will be projecting 3D images of callers and batteries will run on air alone, according to prognosticators at IBM. Big Blue's list of tech predictions for the next five years includes kinetically powered laptops and computers that predict traffic jams in real time.

A new type of memory called Racetrack is finally off the drawing board at IBM. Its development should pave the way for mobile and desktop devices that are faster, store more data, and chew up less power.

Google announced a new feature for product searching in the UK, Nearby Shops. Nearby Shops shows you nearby stores that sell what you are searching for. To try it out, you need to search on Google Products Search UK and it has to match stores that have those items in their stores. This is not inventory levels like Google has in the U.S. but it is close.

The YouGov study that surveyed 802 tablet device owners revealed that 17% of Apple iPad owners claimed they have more than one tablet in their homes, either owned by themselves or another family member.

Long before Lara Croft raided tombs and Jake Gyllenhaal became the prince of Persia, there was "Tron." Released in 1982, the gaming classic, pitting human against computer in a virtual-world struggle, was the first major arcade game to have a big-screen movie tie-in.

The second generation of the Google Phone, better known as the Nexus S, officially went on sale Thursday in Best Buy stores across the United States. Is its presence in a major retail chain enough to avoid the sad fate of its predecessor, the Nexus One?

CNET contributor Katie Linendoll takes a jump on the Flybar 800 propulsion device from SBI Enterprises and discovers that it's not quite as intuitive as its precursor.

Cataclysm, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft, will hit shelves next week. Millions of copies will be picked up by eager hands and left clumsily hidden under welcome mats by delivery drivers. The face of Azeroth will be changed forever, the very foundations of the game will be reforged, and I will be playing Red Dead Redemption.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is considering selling MySpace after declaring the social networking site has been a “problem”.

Scientists are reporting early success at transforming one kind of specialized cell into another, a feat of biological alchemy that doctors may someday perform inside a patient's body to restore health. So if a heart attack damages muscle tissue in the heart, for example, doctors may someday be able to get other cells in that organ to become muscle to help the heart pump.