As studies continue to argue about just how much text messaging and cell phone use while driving affect accidents, a new report by market research firm comScore shows that Americans, not just teens, love their text messages. In one interesting tidbit from their report, nearly two-thirds of subscribers used SMS during Q4 of 2009.

The first flight of the new Boeing 747-8 successfully took off without any issues at 12:39pm PST from Paine Field in Everett, Washington on February 8th, 2010. The flight was delayed for a short time today due to bad weather. Make sure to tune in later this afternoon for a live webcast of the Boeing 747-8 landing.

Japanese cosmetic giant Shiseido, recently launched an ultra high-tech way of applying makeup. The technology is called Digital Cosmetic Mirrors and uses so-called ‘augmented reality’ technology that allows women to see what certain products look like on them before actually purchasing.

Apple has released iPhone 3.1.3 OS to the "wild." This OS update is a minor release, as noted by the fact that the prior release was 3.1.2.

Apple on Monday released iTunes 9.0.3. This release is mostly a bug fix release, fixing quite a few issue in the iTunes software.

Technology continues to push the envelope. Toshiba has revealed a new product that will make streaming TV from the laptop to the TV a whole lot easier. The product is called the Toshiba Satellite E205 and it comes with a Netgear Push2TV adapter. It is essentially a laptop that comes with technology to wirelessly connects to any HDTV.

Engadget.com, every geek and gadget hounds' technical bible has nominated the best of the best in several different catagories, and now, they want your vote for the #1 in each catagory, including; Most Anticipated Gadget, Worst Gadget of the Year, Smart Phone of the Year, and desktop and laptops of the year.

Apple's iPad introduction was heralded by many as the redefinition of the tablet PC, but in reality, as we pointed out, it's less a computer than it is a large iPhone. Still, people want to get their hands on the device, now, and thus these iPad BestBuy rumors.

The so-called Google Phone, nicknamed that because it was Google branded and sold directly from Google, though manufactured by HTC, hasn't exactly been a great success. Despite this, however, Motorola in its earnings call on Thursday, has agreed to build another for Google.