Robots are usually designed to be helpful, but sometimes we can't help but wonder if they're making us lazy. Such is the case with a robot out of Japan that can wash your hair for you.

The New Zealand Mint has taken one innovative step to saving the economy, and the galaxy! The government body has introduced a new line of coins that feature an assortment of Star Wars characters.

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia isn't in danger of dying, but an extra dose of contributors would give it a much-needed shot in the arm.

Google has acquired more than 1,000 patents from IBM in order to pad its portfolio. Patent litigation is a theater of the absurd in most cases, but it has evolved into a standard business practice among tech companies, and Google needs more fodder to defend itself.

Facebook should focus on continuing to deliver a solid product rather than worrying about ads on its site that promote rival social networking service Google+.

Apple took its patent infringement suit against Samsung to the next level on Friday when it asked the U.S. District Court to issue a preliminary injunction against sales of a Samsung tablet and phones.

It's not such a happy time over at Sony these days thanks to the bull's-eye on its back.

Hedge-fund muckety-muck David Einhorn ignited a firestorm when he called on Microsoft to oust its long-time CEO Steve Ballmer. Though Microsoft's Board of Directors has publicly expressed support for Ballmer, that hasn't prevented industry pundits from speculating about who might make a suitable replacement. Here at PCWorld, we've given the issue serious thought, and come up with a list of our own.

After a crazy year for HP that included a failed tablet, a hasty decision to abandon the PC business (a decision now abandoned), and a CEO shakeup, the company seems eager to get back to business as usual.

Today at CeBIT, representatives of some of the biggest names in IT came together for a discussion of cloud computing, which organisers have suggested could be the overriding theme of this year's show.