Speaking at Samsung’s keynote at CES yesterday yesterday, Hulu CEOJason Kilar notedthat its Hulu Plus service will be coming to Android handsets “in the coming months”. Unfortunately it will only be made available to owners of an Android device running Android 2.2 or above but with over 50% of Android devices now running the firmware, it will make its way to a healthy number of users within the U.S. CES attendees were treated to a sneak peak of the app, running on a Samsung Galaxy S:...

Research in mathematics is a deeply imaginative and intuitive process. This might come as a surprise for those who are still recovering from high-school algebra. What does the world look like at the quantum scale? What shape would our universe take if we were as large as a galaxy? What would it be like to live in six or even 60 dimensions? These are the problems that mathematicians and physicists are grappling with every day....

Sure, you could plug your phone into a power socket to charge it, but where’s the fun in that? London-based agency1000Headshas set up a giant hamster wheel at SXSW, allowing people to charge their gadgets while getting a bit of exercise at the same time. The idea, designed to help promote Nokia’s green credentials, was inspired byvideo of a hamster-powered phone chargerthat did the rounds last year. The other day, while racing around London between meetings, both my phone and laptop ran out of charge and I ended up in McDonalds, stealing power from the wall while shoveling fries into my mouth....

Human technology is an incredible phenomenon. It’s something that grows exponentially: for every advance we make, our next advances are more varied and easier to attain. Our inventions are all around us, every day, making every part of life easier. Some people say that’s a terrible thing. I’m a futurist — I think it’s incredible. But hey, if you want to go back to shoveling your own waste into the ground, be my guest....

All Facebookhas reported on the results of a study by Experian Simmons that reveals the number of people watching popular evening shows while “engaging” on Facebook. I’ll spare you the numbers and get to the point: in short, millions of people are watching their favorite shows while babbling about them on Facebook — everything from cleverly written dramas like Dexter to horrible, horrible reality television. This study doesn’t go beyond the confines of Facebook....