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In 1994, before his return to Apple, Steve Jobs expected to be forgotten. (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) In 1994, while at Next, Steve Jobs gave a 20-minute interview to the Silicon Valley Historical Association (SVHA) in which he spoke about his…

Costume designer Mel Hoppe as Japanese manga character Sailor Moon. (Credit: WindoftheStars.com) Comic-Con is just a month away and Mel Hoppe definitely plans to be there. In fact, July is a busy month for the self-described cosplayer, gamer, and geek.…

(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Apple's opening up iOS 7 like nothing before it, allowing and even encouraging the use of game controller hardware that will finally bring physical buttons to iPhones, iPods and iPads. This has been done before, of course, but not…

Google Street View has ways of getting places. There are its fleet of cars, its tricycles for places without roads, SCUBA divers for the ocean, and even user-generated content. Nevertheless, there's always, inevitably, an end to the road. Naturally, sometimes…

The giant asteroid Vesta as captured by the Dawn spacecraft. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Are you up for a challenge? How about a Grand Challenge? NASA on Tuesday issued a Grand Challenge aimed at locating all asteroid threats to Earth and…

How about listener Orlando's Call of Duty: Black Ops II: 404 emblem? (Credit: Orlando S.) On today's show we're welcoming Dan Chiappini from GameSpot Australia along with 404 veteran Scott Stein. We'll briefly recap Scott's time down at WWDC but then get…

The Emerald City is part of a Wizard of Oz display built by 12 members for Brickworld 2013. (Credit: Captain Redstorm/Flickr) We've seen plenty of crazy Lego re-creations over the years, from landmark architecture to vintage computers, but we can't help…

Project Zero, shown here at the Paris Air Show, is big enough for a single passenger. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) LE BOURGET, France -- Sure, there are electric vehicles on the road now. But aviation company AgustaWestland thinks they may have a place…

The Paravelo looks ready for launch. (Credit: XploreAir) First, flying food became a trend. Now, the hot new flying creations are flying bicycles. The latest entry in the wheeled-air-machine category comes from British company XploreAir. It's a bicycle,…

A trick sure to inspire copycats around the world. (Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET) After saving (or destroying) the galaxy, what's a Jedi or Sith supposed to do in their off time? A comedic group called JesterLads came up with a hilarious…

(Credit: Duolingo) We've seen some pretty creative marriage proposals, but we never would have thought of proposing via a language-learning app. Flavio Esposito, on the other hand, seems to like thinking outside the down-on-one-knee box. The Italian man's…

Flames in space form actual fireballs. (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) Here on planet Earth we're used to flames -- whether from a candle or campfire -- reaching upward to the sky with slender limbs hungry for oxygen and driven by rising hot air. But…

(Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia (right), Reuben Lee/CNET Asia (left)) Both Samsung and LG, two of the biggest players in the burgeoning world of Organic Light Emitting Diode televisions, have announced (or depending on where you live, are selling) curved…

This ATLAS mini model is gathering votes. (Credit: Sascha Mehlhase) Unfortunately, the Large Hadron Collider is too big to bring home and put on display in your living room. Scientist Sascha Mehlhase created a 4,500-piece Lego model of the collider back in…

Rock zapping laser not included. (Credit: Stephen Pakbaz) Here's another accomplishment that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover can add to its resume: the Mars-trotting robot will soon become an official Lego model. Lego recently announced…

BodyMedia Fit Time to assess the last of the four activity trackers I've been living with for over two months, the BodyMedia Fit. If you're serious about tracking every calorie burned as accurately as possible, this makes the other trackers look like toys.…

Boldly going where no budget has gone before. This Trekkie created his own theater modeled after a "Star Trek" ship bridge. (Credit: Electronics Systems Consultants) For some people, an ordinary old giant flat-screen television and Blu-ray player just aren't…

(Credit: Lego) We've seen an official Lego Sydney Opera House set before as part of the toy company's Architecture range, but let's be honest: an awful lot of detail got lost in the model's tiny size. Lego's about to do something about that, though. On…

The PIP bionsensor works with both Android and iOS. (Credit: Galvanic) I don't generally consider gaming to be a relaxing activity. If I'm taking out zombies in Resident Evil, I'm on the edge of my seat. But it doesn't have to be that way. The PIP biosensor…

(Credit: Joystiq) I don't get it. I'm gone an entire week and there's not one show. I get back, Justin's gone, but I still have to do one. What's up with that? Luckily it's a non-issue. Today we've got CNET HDTV editor Ty Pendlebury on the program to help me…

(Credit: Hobby Media) Remember the robotic Transformer shown off by Brave Robotics at last year's Tokyo Maker Faire? It seems the toy caught the eye of official Transformers toy maker Tomy, which is now working with Brave Robotics to create a commercial…

Maybe you should wait on building that 3D-printed house. (Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET) We've been hearing about the possibility of 3D-printed, full-size houses for some time. We may even get our first one sometime this year, thanks to the…

The Moon Orbiter has a flying tourbillon at 9 o'clock and a power reserve at 6. (Credit: RJ-Romain Jerome) Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recently joked about getting a gold watch for his retirement. But this hunk of spacetime would be far more…

(Credit: Kotaku) Apple quietly announced upcoming support for game controller accessories at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference last week, though missing was any sort of hardware from Apple or third parties. Shortly thereafter, Logitech and PowerA…

Creator Scott Garner tests his app in a video. (Credit: Video screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia) Like most social media, Foursquare is designed to connect people, but what if you feel like being alone? Web app Hell is Other People takes friends'…