Gadget News

Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days. After a week where large numbers of people found themselves at the mercy of mother nature, many will be reminded just ...

Twitter Is Trying to Be Instagram By Adding Photo Filters By Casey Chan Instagram created the photo sharing social network right under the feet of Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. Facebook decided to buy it and Twitter is n...

This 750-Pound Cannon Fires Delicious Tacos 200 Feet Because Texas By Mario Aguilar Taco Cannon? Taco Cannon. Created by the mexican restaurant Torchy’s for this weekend’s Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, this m...

The guys over at WinRAR are still hurtin’ though. [Doghouse Diaries]

This Interactive 360-Degree Video Is the Closest You’ll Ever Come to Driving an F1 Racer By Eric Limer Driving Formula 1 cars is hard. It’s hard and it’s scary. Lucky for you, the folks at Red Bull s...

Move over, Western Digital. A*STAR's Data Storage Institute (DSI) has developed its own 5mm-thick hybrid hard drive, and it's packing a 1TB HDD and a 32GB SSD within its 2.5-inch confines. Aptly dubbed A-Drive, the firm'...

This Is Why You Should Backup Your Own Data, Especially the Nudes By Eric Limer When it comes to something like transfering your data from your old phone to your new phone, sometimes it’s just better to learn how ...

Barnes & Noble recently took the wraps of two new tablets, updating its range (along with everyone else it seems) in preparation for next year. That doesn't mean it's washed its hands with the OG Nook tablet and Nook Col...

Get the Most Out of Your Generator by Hooking It To a UPS By Eric Limer When the power goes out, you want a backup plan. Plenty of us have learned that over the past week or so. Having a generator on hand can definitely ...

When Google unveiled the Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and a refreshed Nexus 7 in October, the moment was arguably the crescendo of a change in the Android ecosystem that had been building ever since Amazon's Kindle Fire first brave...

This Sea-Worthy Robot Sailor Surfed Straight Through Sandy By Eric Limer Hurricane Sandy caused a lot of damage, and it’s going to take a long time to get everything fixed back up. Not everything succumbed to Sand...

Anyone who follows the home entertainment space closely probably agrees that TV is broken: archaic user interfaces, pricey bundles, six remotes that each do one thing, all limited to the confines of your home. Of course,...

Reinventing the Pocket Knife As a Crazy Machete By Eric Limer Do you carry a pocket knife? Does anyone anymore? They can be helpful if you need to open a stubborn package or if you need something for the TSA to take from...

On Friday, Space Shuttle Atlantis made its final voyage, marking the last time an orbiter in America's shuttle program would be on the move. We were on-hand during the occasion and followed Atlantis as it slowly trekked ...

Apple Posts Its Apology To Samsung, But For Real This Time By Eric Limer After trying to be snarky and biting with its court ordered apology to Samsung, and being reprimanded by the UK court and told to fix it, Apple has...

The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem -- the consortium of companies attempting to develop an industry standard for digital distribution of entertainment, and the folks behind UltraViolet -- can count another membe...

It was over a year ago now that we first heard about RIM's plans to release a 3G PlayBook, but it looks like it is finally here, popping up on the UK BlackBerry site. Of course, since then it's gone one better and delive...

Apple has just reposted its statement acknowledging that Samsung did not copy its tablet design, after the initial wording wasn't deemed unacceptable by the UK courts. The new version is a lot shorter, and simply repeats...

Just in case you thought the Lightning to micro-USB connector was Europe-only (to stave off that pesky European Commission), Apple has decided to sell it stateside as well. The tiny choking hazard recently made its way t...

Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch By Casey Chan Plastic Paradise is a documentary by Angela Sun about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch at Midway Atoll. It shows how plastic is ruining nature, causing birds...

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Romney Pours a Glass of Water By Splitsider With this election looming, it’s important to keep two seemingly contradictory ideas in your head: First, that voting is essenti...

PS3 owners: do not adjust your TV sets, the PlayStation Store has received a makeover. Sony's new revamped media portal is now available in the US, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. If you're experiencing a case of déjà v...