Phone company Verizon quietly launched its smart home products nationwide about three months ago, which enables customers to lock and unlock doors and windows, watch home video cameras remotely, and manage thermostats and lighting. This is the service that Verizon launched in trials in New Jersey about a year ago

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Now live: Verizon’s smart energy home products

In just half a decade, cloud computing has evolved from novelty to IT’s big growth area. But what will the next five years – or even six months – hold

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Sponsor post: 12 cloud trends to watch in 2012

 Here are some highlights: A total of 17.4 million broadband lines were added during Q3 2011.

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Global broadband subscribers inches up to 600 million

In 1893, Rudolf Diesel was awarded a patent for the diesel engine.

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The next big thing for data centers: DC power

Did the “next few months” announcement from the unveiling of the Nokia Lumia 900 leave you wanting? Perhaps a March 18th pronouncement will sate your own personal gadget knowledgebase.

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Nokia Lumia 900 coming to retail on March 18?

Leveraging the smartphone ecosystem and Moore’s law, entrepreneurs are launching a new class of small wearable devices.

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Sponsor post: VLAB presents: wearable devices, the next smart platform

Karaoke has a new best friend, and its name is LTE. At CES, TouchTunes and Verizon Wireless unveiled its new digital jukebox with a networked Karaoke feature, allowing bar and restaurant patrons to not only pull their favorite songs out of the airwaves but sing along to them as well. No DJ necessary – you reserve your performance slots and pick your songs on a smartphone app, adding another mobile element to the mix

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4G with your coffee? Verizon sticks LTE in just about everything

The use of cloud services by the millions of the world’s small and medium business (SMBs) is becoming the default method for consuming IT.

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Sponsor post: Hottest market for cloud services in 2012: SMBs

MySpace, the grand daddy of social services is still wheezing along, comScore says  in its latest social media report. In fact it is bigger than Tumblr and Google Plus

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Bigger than Google+, MySpace isn’t dead yet

Grab your iPad by the iBallz. It’s safer that way

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Crapgadget CES, round four: iBallz is the ultimate, intimate gadget protector