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Geek deals: Samsung Bluetooth audio dock with $200 gift card, 3D LCD, more
Audio used to be restricted to cords, wires, and dedicated players, but the rise of the smartphone changed all that. Now, thanks to the ubiquitous nature of Bluetooth and these miniature PCs, we…
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Facebook Home now officially available to download
If you’ve been waiting to try out Facebook’s new people-oriented approach to smartphones, today is your lucky day. Facebook Home is now officially available to download and install on your Android...
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Logitech doubles down on PC gaming with resurrected G Series
Everyone who has ever gamed on a PC has that one mouse that was the mouse to use. For the most part, you don’t hear people claim that their gaming mouse of choice…
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Report: Bing serves up 500% more malware than Google
Both Google and Bing do a good job at serving up relevant search results, but one does a much better job of minimizing the danger. According to a recently concluded study, Google serves…
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Why the NYPD is moving to Android
It’s easy enough to look at any smartphone and call it a tiny computer, but in many ways the joke is on whoever doesn’t think these pocket machines are capable of replacing computers.…
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Researchers use DVD player to detect HIV in a matter of minutes
For a while now, DVD players — and to some extent Blu-ray players — have been losing prevalence. Apple began removing optical drives from its laptops years ago, and today even gaming PCs…
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Styrofoam stands no chance against the Red Hot Nickel Ball
If you haven’t been following the adventures of the Red Hot Nickel Ball (RHNB) then you have been missing out on one of the better things on the internet. The premise of the…
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Sony takes us on a hexacopter drone tour of Battleship Island
After the latest Bond film, Skyfall, came out the internet became briefly obsessed with Hashima Island. The tiny land mass off the coast of Japan was featured prominently in the film, serving as…
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Frankenstein console mod accepts 18 different types of game cartridges
If you’re a collector and have a plethora of gaming consoles sitting up in your attic or hiding away in your basement beneath mounds of the very cartridges they play, it’s most likely…
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Good vibrations — Tuning fork hitting water at 1600fps
Most people have seen a video of a single drop of water hit a puddle in slow motion, but have you ever seen a tuning fork hit that same puddle? More importantly, have…
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Computer program learns to play classic NES games
Readers of a certain age will recall spending a substantial amount of time during childhood playing games like Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Little did you know that all…
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Google Glass Explorer units shipping, specs and APIs revealed
Google is finally shipping Glass to those who signed up early. There was good news for everyone else: the specs and APIs are now public.
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Court triples EA’s NFL lawsuit payout, gamers to get up to $20.37 per game
Publishers have been scrambling to add no class action lawsuit clauses to their terms and conditions of late due to the damage they can do to a bank balance. EA is suffering just…
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Google Glass documentation hints at multiple manufacturers
Google’s jump into wearable technology looked, at first, like an entirely Google-backed venture but curious wording in the Terms of Service makes room for the possibility that other companies will...
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Fujitsu bridges the gap between dead trees and touchscreens
Fujitsu has developed a device that’s capable of turning just about any mostly two-dimensional object into a touchscreen. It’s not alchemy. It’s a simple combination of a low-resolution camera (just...
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Netflix will finally be moving to HTML5
In a move that the more astute members of the video-watching populace have been waiting for, Netflix announced its plans to finally leave Microsoft Silverlight behind, and move on over to HTML5 and…
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New microbattery charges 1000 times faster than today’s batteries
In the tech scene, it’s common knowledge that the power of our devices aren’t really limited by the hardware contained within. Rather, the bottleneck that we just can’t quite get through is that…
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Windows 8.1 build 9369 leaked, brings Files app to start screen
Windows 8 can probably best be described as a work in progress, and it’s clear that Microsoft is looking to patch several holes in Windows 8.1. For instance, it’s now clear that there…
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Sub-$100 Archos Carbon Android smartphone headed to Europe
Former Android boss Andy Rubin said the sub-$100 phone was a big part of Android’s future. France-based Archos is ready to oblige, and will soon offer up a smartphone in Europe for around…
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Chromebook sales are terrible, even compared to Windows RT
It’s taking longer than Google would like for Chromebook sales to shift into second gear. How slow have sales been? After two years on the market, Chromebooks still don’t represent a big enough…
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