Gadget News
Razer revamps Naga MMO mouse with mechanical switches, left-handed model
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 21:00
If you spend hours immersed in MMO raids, you likely value anything that helps you click faster. It's a good thing that Razer has just overhauled its Naga mouse, then. The 2014 model year now uses mechanical switches for...
Sky's Now TV box isn't a Roku replacement, but it's still a great deal
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 23:13
It's fair to say, no one was expecting Sky to release a dedicated streaming box for its Now TV service the same week Google entered the same market. But, it did, and with relative panache, too. Why? Well the hardware it'...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 review
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 18:00
Samsung confounded us last year when it released the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 as a virtual reissue of the original, bumping up the Android version, removing the LED rear camera flash and rearranging the dual speaker placement. ...
The great fitness band shootout
Ars Technica - 30 Jul 2013 15:49
The Jawbone Up, Fitbit Flex, and NIke Fuelband--which is best?
BBC Three to launch new programs on iPlayer a week before they air on TV
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 19:55
The BBC might be a stalwart bastion of television broadcasting, but that's not stopping it from expanding its ventures into the wonderful world of online programming. Today, BBC Three announced that it would try its hand...
Are The New Nexus 7 Improvements Enough to Dethrone the iPad mini?
TechPinions - 30 Jul 2013 16:44
It's hard to believe that 13 months ago, the preferred tablet form factor was 10" and Android was literally nowhere in tablets. Then came the first Nexus 7 at Google IO in June 2012, Kindle Fire 2 ...
Australians urged to 'lawfully evade' unfair prices on digital goods
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 10:56
After going through a year-long rigmarole of summonses and interrogations to find out why Australians are being overcharged by as much as 66 percent on digitally-distributed Apple, Microsoft and Adobe products, and how t...
This Solar Charging Tent Means You Can Never Get Away From Gadgets
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 17:20
Camping used to be all about getting away from the clutter of our increasingly connected lives. But then electronic devices became "mobile", which it turns out means "magnetically attracted to our thumbs," and solar char...
Medical Professor Shows Google Glass Doesn't Have To Be Dumb
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 20:40
Most of the Google Glass videos we've seen thus far don't seem to tap this device's enormous potential. Used as a miniaturized camera phone or just another vehicle for porn , Glass doesn't do much that a GoPro can't. And...
Why There's No 1960s Jetsons Art in Tomorrow's Big Animation Auction
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 23:01
On Wednesday there's an enormous animation art auction in L.A. that includes some gorgeous pop culture history. It will include original animation cels from Fleischer Studios, concept art from Disney legend Mary Blair, a...
How Eating the Right Bacteria Could Give Your Body Superpowers
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 22:40
No man is an island. If anything, every man is a sentient, mobile farm for the countless quadrillions of bacteria that colonize us. And by introducing the right bacteria into that equation, you can give your body one hec...
Commercial Drones Are Now Approved for Aerial Surveillance
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 21:19
Creepy drone spying is no longer just the purview of the military in the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration recently cleared two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for commercial use surveilling the Alaskan ...
Showtime Anytime apps for Android and iOS updated to deliver live programming
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 20:11
We've been accustomed to having mobile access to the entire back catalog of our favorite Showtime series via the Showtime Anytime app since its launch in 2011. Users will no longer be limited to past episodes on their ha...
Magical Bottle Opener Can Pour Wine Without Popping the Cork
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 23:22
There are plenty of ways to open a nice bottle of wine, but they all involve the avoidable decision to finish the bottle (or risk the weird-tasting leftovers). We can do better than this, people. A new opener from Coravi...
US government will declassify Yahoo documents and court decision by September
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 22:46
Earlier this month, the US government was put in the hot seat with regards to the Justice Department's 2008 battle with Yahoo over its request for user data. Yahoo fought the PRISM demand and ultimately lost; five years ...
Every Dog Needs This Magnet-Powered Flying Carpet
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 22:20
The new skunkworks project from Swiss retailer MiCasa--MiCasa Lab--is all about giving scientists, engineers, and crazy people a safe space to work on the types of projects that might otherwise go unsupported due to a la...
The Entire Premise of Jurassic Park Is Wrong Because of Mosquitoes
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 16:19
You're probably going to want to sit down for this one. And hold your loved ones near if you've got them, because it's time to wake up from our slumber of lies--apparently Jurassic Park is, in fact, not scientifically ac...
A Wonderful Lunatic Turned a MacBook Air Into a Badass Gaming Rig
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 23:58
The MacBook Air is an incredible laptop for many reasons , none of those being "good for gaming". But this geek hero just straight up refused to accept the limitations of the 11-inch MacBook Air, and made it hum like a g...
These Renderings of HIV Show That a Deadly Virus Can Be Beautiful
Gizmodo - 30 Jul 2013 17:50
For those of us who are normal, non-scientist people, an image of a virus doesn't necessarily hold any meaning. Which floating orb is a healthy cell? And which one is the actual virus? The CGSociety recently invited arti...
Panasonic GX7 specs and images leak, show tiltable 2.76 million dot EVF
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 11:55
Prolific leaker Digicame Info has just showed off new images of Panasonic's likely new 16-megapixel Lumix GX7, along with full specs that place it squarely in the high-end, if accurate. Those include a 2.76 million dot E...
Microsoft filing shows just $853 million in Surface revenue following $900 million RT inventory charge
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 23:59
Ballmer and Co. have been tight lipped when it comes to Surface sales figures, but they've just opened up a little to Uncle Sam. An SEC filing reveals that the first-party tablet raked in a total of $853 million in reven...
Mozilla partners with BlackBerry to fuzz out software bugs
Engadget - 30 Jul 2013 23:42
You wouldn't normally think of Mozilla and BlackBerry working together, but now they have, and all in the name of hunting down software bugs. Specifically, they're working together on advancing Peach, an open source tool...