TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) and PayPal are trying to get customers to ditch the shopping cart and buy goods straight from their couch using the remote control. The two have teamed up to let consumers buy ...

LAS VEGAS -- Life is about to get sweeter for couch potatoes. Instead of using grubby salsa-stained fingers to press buttons on a remote control they can just move their arms lightly and make their ...

We knew that at least one of the new Xooms would be able to double as a (rather large) remote control, but Motorola surprised us yesterday when they revealed that both of the Xoom 2 models feature IR ...

Is the devoted remote going the way of dodo? HiFi audio manufacturer Onkyo is certainly hedging its bets with the release of its first Android app, which gives users the ability to control a number of ...

Are you very lazy but very clever? Then perhaps you'll want to build a mind-reading remote control so you never need leave the sofa to change channel. Daniel Davis, who runs an award-winning video ...

Without today’s birthday boy, you might still be getting out of your chair every time you want to change the channel on the TV. Robert Adler, inventor of the first practical, wireless television ...