New Orleans, LA - Hurtling down the highway in excess of 55 mph is a tricky business — controlling the temp, futzing with the radio, talking, texting, sipping a drink or chomping on a sandwich, checking the GPS, selecting what music to play from your iPod or smartphone — and, oh yeah, watching the road. Monster wants to eliminate at least one of these driving distractions — controlling your music.

Happy birthday, JV! The author, best known for writing fantastic tales such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, is getting a Google logo tribute to that very book. The logo is animated, interactive and can even be controlled by just tilting a smartphone.

The motion controller formerly known as Sphere is now the PlayStation Move, and Sony has come out swinging (literally) with loads of new information about the device. It still looks like a Wiimote with a little ball on top (and...

Who woulda thunk it? Apparently the 3-year-old Wiimote is the ideal form factor for motion control (unless you opt to go sans controller), as the still unnamed — though now finalized — motion controller for the PlayStation 3 looks just...