The tech giant buys a Twitter rival, gets into virtual worlds, beefs up its Street View, and on and on.

  The Pivo 2, a concept car from Nissan, features a rotating cabin and is set to go on display at the 2007 Tokyo auto show.

  National, one of the subsidiaries of the Matsushita conglomerate, recently opened a technology center in the Shiodome area of Tokyo to showcase its home furnishings and appliances.

  No love for the RIAA, your home in an online game, and is Twitter shaking in its boots?

  TiVo chief executive "waiting for word any time now"that service will become available to Comcast cable customers.

  The women-centric media company, just weeks after purchasing ShopStyle, has added fashion blog community Coutorture to its arsenal.

  Google Maps users now have access to 360 degree street views of Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Tucson.

  Can Honda bounce back in hybrids?

  The repeater should help Sonos owners plug deadspots in their wireless coverage without having to invest in a more expensive ZonePlayer.

  Panel schedules Wednesday vote on bill that would extend an existing law that prohibits state and local governments from taxing Internet access services.

  Clear solar panels could turn windows into energy suppliers, but it's still an if.

  Writing with search engines in mind should not be daunting for journalists and other writers. Here, we will examine writing news story headlines with SEO in mind.

  Patches include Microsoft Office, Outlook and Windows Mail, Internet Explorer, and the Kodak Image Viewer.

  A robotic coconut-tree climber, a Web 2.0 pancake maker and a human-powered irrigation pump are just a few of the projects entered in this year's Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Program.