Gadget News
A Real Astronaut Uncovers the Gaping Plot Hole in Gravity
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 22:40
Gravity looks pretty damn terrifying. Most philosophers would tell us that for a film to really be chilling to the bone, it must call to mind a real-life existential fear that's buried within our souls. So Gravity is tug...
Apple rumored to need Samsung for some A8 chip production
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 03:30
There have been rumors that TSMC would handle some of Apple's future chip production, but details of the purported arrangement have been vague. The Korea Economic Daily may have just filled us in, however. It claims that...
3Doodler 3D printing pen starts shipping to Kickstarter backers, retail models arriving in early 2014
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 23:47
It's not news every time a Kickstarter product starts shipping to backers, but in the case of 3Doodler, it's worth a mention. At last count, the startup had raised $2.3 million to fund its 3D printing pen, and with a cos...
Sharp's Aquos Phone Xx is almost all screen, gives 80.5 percent good face
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 23:19
"Too much bezel" -- how often have you seen that complaint in the comment section of new phone announces? Well, you can throw this Sharp Aquos Phone Xx (and its mini companion) in the face of that haterade brigade becaus...
Apple's 5C Invasion Strategy
TechPinions - 30 Sep 2013 23:08
All the speculation around the iPhone 5C was that it was designed to be Appleās product to infiltrate the lower tiers of the market and begin to take share from Android. You may or may not know that in ...
Flexible Folding Flat Kitchen Utensils That Do More Than Just Scrape
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 23:00
It doesn't matter what you're buying, everyone wants to get as much bang for their buck as possible. And what looks like a set of three pieces of plastic cookware actually turns into six with nothing more than a gentle s...
NYC plans free public WiFi expansion in all five boroughs by December 2013
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 22:52
A handful of neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens and the Bronx will have high-speed WiFi access available for businesses and residents by the end of this year. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announce...
The world's largest cargo ship is now available as a giant Lego set
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 22:45
I love Lego ships, and this gigantic 1,500-piece official version of the Maersk Tripe E is a real beauty. The Lego designers at Billund, Denmark, have done a phenomenal job at capturing its giant scale.
Microsoft officially pulls the plug on MSN TV
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 22:33
The time has come: As announced earlier this summer, Microsoft is shuttering MSN TV, a service it's operated since 1997. Originally known as WebTV, the box (naturally) brought the internet to many a living-room set -- it...
Windows Phone crossing double digit market share in parts of Europe
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 22:16
Kantar's numbers have always been relatively kind to Windows Phone. Well, at least as kind as any numbers can be, we suppose. That trend continues with the recent report that Microsoft's smartphone platform has crossed t...
Make Your Own Jerky Without a Dehydrator
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 22:00
Why pay $5 for a tiny bag of beef jerky that's probably been sitting on that gas station shelf since the Carter administration? Just because it looks like leather doesn't mean it has to taste like it. Instead, make your ...
Facebook expands Graph Search to include status updates and posts
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 22:00
Today, Facebook is giving Graph Search something of a power-up by adding status updates and posts to the list of content it can access. Previously, the revamped search engine could only scan four types of information -- ...
Scientists Have Figured Out How to Turn Off Hunger
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 21:37
Recently, scientists have been coming up with more and more, er, creative ways of combatting the potentially fatal effects of obesity. Soon though, people with overeating disorders might have a single solution that stops...
Lenovo intros four IdeaCentre all-in-ones, including a super-wide 29-inch model
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 21:22
Lenovo is known for all-in-one PCs that stand out, and that's certainly true of a new four-model update to the company's IdeaCentre line. The headlining B750 is reportedly the first PC to include a 29-inch, 21:9 aspect r...
The Benefits of Living in a Total Surveillance State
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 21:20
Suppose you're walking home one night, alone, and you decide to take a shortcut through a dark alley. You make it halfway through, when suddenly you hear some drunks stumbling behind you. Some of them are shouting curses...
NSA Stores Metadata of Millions of Internet Users for a Year at a Time
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 21:07
The NSA is collecting--and storing for up to 365 days--the metadata of millions of internet users, sometimes even if they're not connected to a terrorism target. Don't go gasping with disbelief too quickly. You should be...
Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus review
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 21:00
When Samsung first released the Series 9 in 2011, it quickly became one of our favorite laptops of the year. Then, once Intel threw its marketing weight behind Ultrabooks, it became our favorite Ultra. But the Series 9 w...
8 Gadgets That Were Going to Make It Easy to Find Good Help These Days
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 20:54
At the turn of the 20th century, middle and upper-middle class technologists were obsessed with the "servant problem," which you might know better as the old adage: It's so hard to find good help these days. These were t...
Google Web Designer launches in beta, available now as a free download
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 20:48
Back in June, Google's advertising arm put up a blog post, letting us know it was about to release an HTML5 development tool, called Google Web Designer. Well, it's just arrived today, per a post on Google's own G+ accou...
Soundchucks: Someone's Finally Weaponized Bluetooth Speakers
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2013 20:27
If you want your Bluetooth speaker to stand in out in a market that's getting more crowded every day, you need to come up with a design that's more useful, more functional than anything else out there. And since everyone...
Xi3's Piston modular PC launching November 29th for $1,000
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 20:23
As if shelling out $900 this holiday to snag the two next-gen game consoles wasn't enough, Xi3's Piston modular gaming PC is arriving on November 29th for $1,000. Should money be no object to you, the adorable little box...
Leak hints at iPhone 5c and 5s variants for Boost Mobile
Engadget - 30 Sep 2013 20:12
Apple offers iPhones through both large and small US carriers these days, but it has so far given Boost Mobile the cold shoulder. That may soon change, however -- @evleaks has just leaked ads hinting that Boost will get ...