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A new Facebook app is getting attention for both its function and its creepy marketing campaign. The app, "If I Die" allows users to prepare their final words, which would be posted as their new status in the event of death. People seem to be jumping at the opportunity to write their own epitaphs. Patrick Jones helps envision a world where this is common practice.

Broksonic had a strange stand of humidifiers at CES 2012. The techcrunch gang investigated.

A pair of remote controlled robots entered a reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Sunday morning for the first time.

Princeton University graduate student Noah Jafferis has made a miniature flying carpet out of a sheet of "smart plastic".

A team of American roboticists are wrapping up a mission to Japan, during which they deployed three underwater robots to check for debris and victims following the March 11 tsunami. Six weeks on from the disaster, more than 14,000 people are confirmed dead, but 12,000 remain unaccounted for.

Amazon Lowers the Price for a New Kindle But there's a catch. Plus: Verizon to eliminate 1-year contract options.

One project helps with colon cancer screening, while another interprets CT scans.

About 19 percent of respondents to a recent study say they have dropped their phones in the toilet, the Facebook for iPad app is hidden inside of the iPhone app version 3.4.4, and the popular iOS and Android game Cut the Rope makes its way to comic books.

It looks like something out of science fiction ... perhaps a flight simulator for an advanced spacecraft. Inside this white dome in a hanger at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan is something just as high-tech, but with a more down-to-earth aim. It's the world's most advanced driving simulator, designed to replicate the sensations of sitting behind the wheel of a car. It's part of Toyota's research into reducing road accidents.

The first Android phone from Motorola running Nvidia's dual-core Tegra 2 chip was unveiled in New York on Thursday. The Photon 4G is Motorola's first WiMAX-capabale handset, and and its first 4G device for Sprint.

The Wii U has a 6-inch touchscreen, controls, but stops short of enabling mobile gaming.

Google announces a subscription service for newspapers and magazines, Warner Bros. unveils app editions of its top movies, and Sony launches a service that gives you unlimited access to music for a monthly fee.

CNET TV is now available on your Roku box. Natali Morris will guide you on how to set it up.