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Xbox modder Brian Williams has installed two non-standard drives on an Xbox One, testing them to see whether they make for faster boot and game load times than the standard drive. The exercise demonstrates where the gami...

Symantec researcher Kaoru Hayashi has posted a report to the effect that a sizable portion of the “Internet of Things” is now vulnerable to a worm called Linux.Darlloz. The worm attacks CPUs running on devices like r...

Panasonic's ST/VT/ZT plasmas are the best televisions on the market, and they won't be on the market much longer . Amazon and Paul's TV both have versions of these sets on sale today, and that is a sick price on the 55" ...

There have been tons of revelations about the National Security Agency since Edward Snowden began leaking documents in June. So many, in fact, that it's kind of hard to keep track of all the important stuff we've learned...

The Footed Platte Cutting Board from Gray Works Design is a classy masterpiece that is both unique and sculptural. It's also an environment friendly product hand-made from sustainably harvested or salvaged walnut. Each b...

The Propaganda Help! Bookmarks are not just bookmarks, but also a call for help on behalf of the book itself. When you see a hand poking out of the book with all five fingers splayed out, it's actually a call...

PowerCurl Mini from Quirky will make your life a lot easier by neatly holding the jumble of wires that USB adapters create in your bag. Smartphones are meant to make your life easy by unchaining you from the desk and...

You're sitting in a coffee shop sketching the layout of your new apartment for your friend. Okay, here's the living room. Couch and coffee table are here. Chair here. I want to put a smaller chair over here. And then you...

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. What? You thought we were done c...

The Jack Rabbit Headphone Splitter from Suck UK allows you to share your tunes with your friends while you're listening. Two people can listen to the same music stream at the same time from a single device on two differe...

The Breaking Bad Plush Pillow Set includes two 12-inch pillows featuring the Breaking Bad logo. One says Br and the other one Ba, same as you see in the Breaking Bad opening credits when they are shown in green as...

A report on AllThingsD this weekend made a case for Tony Bates to take outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer‘s title. Bates is currently the EVP of business development, strategy and evangelism at Microsoft and formerly...

Everyone has an over-zealous uncle, grandparent, cousin, or parent on Facebook, but it goes beyond just that platform. Where does your family share photos, make announcements and keep everyone in the loop?

We generally don't have time to review low-end products, but sometimes we see something at such an aggressive price we just have to take it for a spin. That pretty much describes our feelings about the ASUS Transformer B...

The big problem in northeast LA right now is that people keep leaving their car doors unlocked at night and stuff is getting stolen. LAPD's solution? 7-minute DIY zombie movie. Perfect.

Street photography is the purest, most spontaneous way to create art with a camera. No studios, no props, no poses; all you need is the right equipment and a street with people on it. In this original series for Engadget...

Items directly related to life and death should not go on sale. Sure, the price of any product can be affected by market conditions, but you just don't want to be buying bungee jumping cords half off. You just don't.

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, it's time to start thinking about ho...

Even though it is a pretty populated world already, Quechua wasn't going to let that interrupt the (rugged) vision for a smartphone of its own. The company, which is known for selling mountain sports gear and equipment, ...

Google has filed a patent that would alert you to important updates from friends on multiple social networks and give you the option to send them a canned response. “I got my dream job!” could be replied to with a ca...

SpaceX‘s rescheduled Nov. 25 launch on Nov. 28 was rescheduled yet again due to a slow rocket thrust buildup. The Thanksgiving Day launch was ready to go and seconds from liftoff, but the on-board computer automaticall...

Many assumed it was dead, but NASA has published a new video showing comet ISON surviving its close encounter with our home star on November 28, 2013, getting launched by the Sun's gravity into a new lap around the solar...