Microsoft Kinect strapped to shoe enables gestural smartphone control
ShoeSense is a prototype wearable technology exploring how sensors on footwear could enable different controls for your smartphone.

Sesame Street goes hi-tech with augmented reality
The 2012 Augmented Reality Event conference in Santa Clara is playing host to the Sesame Street characters—as well as some pop-up style animated books and apps for the classroom.

ComputerWorld: Disaster recovery in action
AT&T's Network Disaster Recovery team was in Toronto recently, drilling on the recovery from a possible failure at the company's Toronto 2 network. Justin Williams of AT&T explains. With Dave Webb

The Wire: From bug to feature
When you tilt your laptop screen the colours change. It’s that bug that one researcher has turned into a feature. IDG News service multimedia correspondent Nick Barber reports from Computer Human Interface in Austin, Texas

BlackBerry should ditch its hard keyboard
Sure, RIM has built its brand on the physical QWERTY keypad, but where has it gotten the cell phone maker lately?

Samsung Galaxy S III debuts in London
Samsung Galaxy S III debuts in London

Xconnect: Viafoura CTO Ali Ghafour
Viafoura is the leading audience engagement platform for premier digital publishers. Their platform adds advanced social functionality to large news and entertainment websites and mobile applications.

Fujitsu's 3D mobile phone camera attachment
Fujitsu has developed a system that allows standard mobile phone cameras to take 3D pictures and video. It uses a small mirrored attachment together with an image server, and is on trial in Japan through June.

First hands on BlackBerry 10 prototype
The closest look yet at RIM's BlackBerry 10 OS with analyst commentary and a report from Howard Solomon.

The Byte: Facebook adds organ donation to the timeline
Plus: Smart phone growth at 40 per cent, Angry Birds Space breaks a record, and Skype investigates anew tool. With Nick Barber, IDG News Service.