Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Microsoft added two new fish cams to its underwater Project Natick data center, allowing researchers and the general public a view of marine life around its technology project. The undersea cameras ...

So, by the way, Minecraft has apparently broken every record for day-one Xbox Live Arcade sales, recouping its development costs within the first hour. That's mind-blowing. But not everyone thinks ...