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Griffin Technology has taken the step to introduce an upgrade to its PowerMate device, by throwing in wireless connectivity in the form of the Griffin PowerMate Bluetooth. This is stylish power tool for both the novice a...

We had some issues with Huawei's Ascend P6 when we reviewed it last year -- despite a sleek thin design, a gorgeous display and a solid camera, it simply lacked oomph. Now the company has given the handset a slight revis...

Verizon just announced big changes to its Edge early upgrade and payment plan, which allowed customers to upgrade their phones mid-contract after 6 months. Customers can now upgrade their phones after just 30 days, provi...

The One Small Step Doormat brings to your doorstep man's first step on real estate that's not on this world. Neil Armstrong justifiably got kudos for taking the first small step that was a giant leap for mankind. However...

Release follows a Dec. firmware update that was pulled over battery life problems.

When Google announced last week that it had agreed to acquire Nest for more than $3 billion, there appeared to be a general consensus in the tech world: bad news. …

We’ve all had the pleasure of slipping and falling on our bums at least once or twice during the cold months. You can’t stop the snow and ice from coming, but you can find ways to make it less of a crap shoot to live...

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. By now, we've written nearly eve...

The next time you're peeling a fresh, organic, "all-natural" banana just remember: it's filled with tons of chemicals! But don't worry, so is everything else.

Air travel did have a Golden Age. There was more space, classier interiors and bolder designs. You don't even have to go back to the 50s and 60s to see that. Here are some of the actual cabin interiors for the Boeing 747...

Bulky incandescents are pretty rare in desktop lamps these days, and it's interesting to see how lighting designers are taking advantage of smaller bulbs--reducing lamps down to their absolute bare minimum. Take Jella, a...

This so-called Manatus map, originally drawn in 1639, is the oldest map of New York City in the New York Public Library's Digital Gallery. The prominence offered to Brooklyn, that massive land mass in the bottom middle, ...

Years ago, I believed experts who said Net Neutrality wasn't a big deal for two reasons. First, It never really existed in the first place (because many ISPs prioritize traffic in some way, say, for or against online gam...

Two and a half years is a long time to sleep--even for a machine. That's how long Rosetta has slumbered in its decade-long journey towards the comet where it will land. But in the dead of the night, at 2am PST tomorrow m...

Welcome to Time Machines, where we offer up a selection of mechanical oddities, milestone gadgets and unique inventions to test out your tech-history skills. The military complex has certainly embraced the concept of tel...

It's easy to forget that beyond the tourist- and greenery-covered High Line, there are still 300 yards of old, rusting train track. This last patch of decaying NYC railway will soon be turned into the final stretch of th...

Christophe Claret's first foray into the seedy world of wristworn gambling was the Blackjack 21 that let deep-pocketed watch aficionados pretend to squander away even more of their fortunes. That was followed by a Baccar...

361 Broadway, a cast-iron building in SoHo, has stayed put as the neighborhood around it transformed its factories and workshops into restaurants and high-end boutiques. Now, after 133 years, it's changing too--thanks to...

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. The North American International Auto Show kicked off last week in Detroit, an...

Buying furniture is expensive. And making furniture is hard. But with this set of table legs, you can fashion a beautiful custom table without so much as a toolbox at your disposal.

Consumer electronics giant LG did reveal at the recently concluded CES 2014 a new kind of TV that will certainly blow your minds away – I am referring to the flexible OLED TV here, of course. LG claims that this is the...

While it's no secret that film-based movie distribution won't last much longer in the US, the big Hollywood studios haven't officially completed their transition to digital. However, one of them may have quietly made tha...