Despite the fact that powerful storms through the Mid-Atlantic region last week brought down the servers which run the mammoth streaming operation of online biggie Netflix, the company has said that it remains undeterred by the recent outage of its service, and that it still is fully convinced about the power of cloud computing.

U. S. defense research organization DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is seeking help to improve the power efficiency of existing bipedal robots by 2,000 per cent.

The DARPA has called for scientific and engineering specialist companies and individuals to work on improving the existing robots’ battery performance and movement efficiencies.

Average gasoline pump price slipped to a six-month low in the United States, amid concerns of slowing economic growth in the country as well as abroad.

According to figures released by the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration, the national average price of regular gasoline shed 2.4 per cent, or 8.1 cents, to $3.356 a gallon on Monday from a week ago.

Nike+ FuelBand has become social, thanks to the recent partnership between social networking-enabled photo sharing and messaging service Path and sportswear and equipment supplier Nike.

The integration will allow Nike+ FuelBand users to chart their movement and progress through the social network.

Google Glasses, the Internet search giant's augmented reality glasses, will make shooting POV porn much easier, adult firm Pink Visual said.

Quentin Boyer, a spokesperson for tech-friendly adult firm Pink Visual, said in an email, "A device that allows you to shoot high quality video in a truly hands-free fashion will make shooting POV porn that much easier."

Google recently took wraps off its much-anticipated tablet named Nexus 7, with an apparent aim to take on rival tablets like Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle Fire. But, many are of the view that the Google-branded tablet has many deficiencies that could make it a flop.

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Google is offering a prototype of its futuristic Internet-connected glasses (Project Glass) to American computer programmers.

The Internet search giant announced its offer on Wednesday at the ongoing I/O developer conference. However, the glasses do not come for free. Interested developers will have to pay $1,500 for a pair of the glasses.

The glasses will be delivered early next year.

As had long been expected, Google Inc. yesterday used its I/O developer conference in San Francisco to introduce the world to its challenger to the iPad - the Nexus 7.

The $199 Google-branded Nexus 7 table computer features a 7-inch screen and runs on latest version of the Android operating system, codenamed Jelly Bean.