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Remember that time Apple launched a new iteration of iOS with a godawful mapping app? Shortly after that, it also recommended that users in major metropolitan areas lean on third-party apps for mass transit navigation, g...

Software developers and PC vendors have frequently catered to reluctant Windows 8 buyers with Start menu replicas, and that trend doesn't appear to be slowing down. Lenovo has just reached a deal that will bundle SweetLa...

If you've been thinking about picking up a Kindle Fire HD , now's a good time. Amazon's running one hell of a sale today. For starters, the big ol' Kindle Fire 8.9 is 25 percent off, all day. And pretty much every other ...

Did you think Huawei's Ascend P6 was a slim smartphone? It has nothing on BBK's just-unveiled Vivo X3. Despite a 5-inch (if 720p) screen, an 8-megapixel rear camera, a front 5-megapixel shooter and a 1.5GHz quad-core Med...

Futurists are always talking about how flexible electronics will change our lives in amazing ways, but we've yet to see anything mind-blowing come to market. A team of scientists from the University of Texas in Austin, h...

The stable channel of Chrome OS has hit version 29, and with that tick comes a few new features we saw in beta just a month ago. Most notable is an "immersive" mode that hides the toolbar and shelf for a truly full-scree...

Long before prison guards started carrying tasers, tear gas, and other non-lethal deterrents, they apparently relied on these cell door keys that also functioned as tiny one-shot pistols. They probably weren't lethal, bu...

The launch of a new game console is a fairly unique event in this industry. Unlike a smartphone or tablet, you don't see a new one released every year, or even every five years, and you likely don't have to worry about i...

The simplest way to keep a recipe open while prepping a meal is to only buy cookbooks with coiled bindings. The second simplest solution? This no-frills--but highly effective--tool called the Hold, which is basically a h...

It's said that history is written by the victors. But at the same time, those victors often end up mythologizing the brave, failed losers that came before them. According to National Geographic Magazine, our fascination ...

Busy assembly lines can be dirty places, and nowhere is that more obvious than when a new vehicle rolls out of the paint shop. Specks and imperfections stand out like a sore thumb, and need to be cleaned up before a new ...

Apple's seems to be bolstering the public transportation offerings in Maps. It just acquired Embark, a small start up that specializes in transit. It's unclear how much Apple paid for the company, but the technology will...

We knew DirecTV had a few things in mind for its various mobile apps, with the focus being on discovery features and an overall better experience. Now, following a refresh to the iPad app earlier this month, the iPhone v...

Facebook's all about sharing -- pictures, life changes, embarrassing details that may get you canned by some future employer. But what about information from third-party apps that you don't want clogging up your feed? Fa...

You might not be able to envision a time when you're lathe-less and need to cut a glass bottle in two, but when it does happen, you'll be quite happy you spent three minutes watching 'CrazyRussianHacker' do it with strin...

Normally, content providers and pay-TV platforms striking deals to deliver channels to subscribers is sort of non-news. But not every signed contract comes against the backdrop of an almost month-long blackout affecting ...

The MacBook Air's incredibly thin form factor is made possible largely in part by its use of a solid-state drive--or SSD--instead of a more traditional and thicker hard drive with moving parts. The downside is that SSDs ...

Scientific talks can get a little dry, so I try to mix it up. I take out my giant hairy orangutan puppet, do some ventriloquism and quickly become entangled in an argument. I'll be explaining my theory about how the brai...

In a sea of mediocre/ weird/ terrible Windows 8 ultrabooks, the Lenovo Yoga set itself apart in both quality and design . It's the rare convertible that's actually functional, it has an SSD, and today it's on sale for $8...

A new DVR, another jumbo-sized handset and games, games, games. Oh, and if we have enough time, there's a foldable car we'd kind of like to talk about. Cool? Join Brian, Peter and Dana in roughly half an hour for another...

The Nissan Juke-R is the company's tiny little Juke crossover stuffed with the powerful guts of the Nissan GT-R -- one of the fastest cars on the planet. Here's the story of how a bunch of lunatic Nissan engineers quietl...

Between the Great Recession and federal Sequestration cuts, officials at all levels of government are scrambling to scrimp and save money anywhere they can, no matter how offbeat the method. Even if it means foregoing th...