Gadget News
Xbox One's 2014 Q2 console sales hit 3.9 million
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 00:24
Today Microsoft published its fiscal year 2014 second quarter earnings report, and among it is presented a varied picture: year-on-year results are looking up, while Windows has continued to suffer …
Motorola Gallery overtakes Google's for Moto X, G, Droids
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 17:53
If the public watching the inner bits of Google and Motorola's relationship through Android weren't confused about it before, they certainly will be now. Today Motorola Mobility LLC has released …
Kicker Amphitheater BT2 is a portable Bluetooth speaker
Coolest Gadgets - 24 Jan 2014 14:00
In this day and age, many of us would want to lead a wireless lifestyle – after all, it makes plenty of sense not being tethered by pesky cables and wires that tend to have a life of their own after office hours, getti...
This Transforming Medieval Text Is Actually Six Books in One
Gizmodo - 24 Jan 2014 23:20
With a literacy rate hovering around an estimated 5 to 10 percent of the population during the Middle Ages, only a select few of society's upper echelons and religious castes had use for books. So who would have use for ...
The Techslinger is a tablet holster
Coolest Gadgets - 24 Jan 2014 21:30
Our gadgets are important to us. How we look, is also somewhat important to us. It’s only been in the last few years that being ‘nerdy’ has become a trend, as it certainly didn’t have a positive connotation befor...
Google denies rumor of Google Mobile Services licensing fees
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 07:41
A recent report surfaced that practically accused Google of charging manufacturers a rather hefty fee to license its Google Mobile Services on Android. The Android maker has now come out …
Mac at 30: The Shadow of a Smile
TechPinions - 24 Jan 2014 23:44
Ben Bajarin points out that a key characteristic of Apple for the past 30 years has to make things as simple as possible for users and the same spirit that motivated the Mac in 1984 drives the iPad today. I’ll ...
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ game trailer ushers in Kraven the Hunter
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 21:24
Spiderman is a super hero favorite, having withstood the test of time to become both a gamer and movie-goer staple. Last month, we got a look at "The Amazing Spider-Man …
Uber's "aggressive sales tactic" leads competitor to claim DDoS-like attack
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 23:50
Uber, which has had more than a few battles over the course of its relatively short life, has been accused by competitor Gett of initiating a DDos-style "attack" over the …
Watch Dogs pre-order cancellation a simple error: no need to freak
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 23:40
This morning a report was delivered about order cancellations for the game Watch Dogs, a title set to be delivered some time in early 2014. This game had been delayed …
Apple's Tim Cook: 'There is no backdoor. The government doesn't have access to our servers'
Engadget - 24 Jan 2014 23:29
Apple isn't colluding with the NSA to hand over user data and CEO Tim Cook wants you to know that. In fact, Cook feels so strongly about this issue of security that he's gone on record saying the government would need "t...
Let's Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now
Gizmodo - 24 Jan 2014 23:15
Hey, we made it! It's Friday! It was a cold one--so cold, it shattered the Apple store here in NYC. Well, indirectly at least . But still. Cold.
Subaru Forester joins forces with disturbing "Attack on Titan" series
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 22:58
There's an advertising spot appearing this week for the Subaru Forester which utilizes the mortifyingly strange "Attack on Titan" series as nightmare fuel for its "Confidence in Motion" campaign. We'll …
These Prints Were Made By Pressing Photo Paper To a Computer Screen
Gizmodo - 24 Jan 2014 22:40
Analog or digital: it's the Thunderdome throw-down of our time. Two formats enter; one format leaves. Either or. Pick a side. Or do like Brooklyn-based artist Job Piston, and use 'em both. Reds is a series of physical pr...
The original Macintosh 128K gets torn asunder by iFixit
Engadget - 24 Jan 2014 22:28
The disassembly ninjas at iFixit are usually focused on splitting open the newest gadgets to see what's inside. Today, in honor of the Mac's 30th birthday, they've turned their tools on a thing from the past: the origina...
The Most Amazing Gmail Glitch Is Flooding Some Poor Guy's Hotmail
Gizmodo - 24 Jan 2014 22:18
You probably noticed Gmail was down for a while. David S. Peck probably wishes that Gmail was still down. Because right now, a glitch is causing thousands of misdirected emails to be sent to his personal Hotmail account....
This Week in Time Capsules: The 100-Year Akron Mayor Capsule Hoax
Gizmodo - 24 Jan 2014 22:10
This week in our time capsule news round-up we have a Navy capsule with some awesome tech history, some disappointed uncapsulers in Tacoma, and a time capsule hoax 100 years in the making.
Mighty No. 9 preview screencaps shared by Mega Man creator
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 22:05
This week the man who created Mega Man has shown a few new screenshots of Mighty No. 9, the next-gen game Comcept developer studio are working on - and boy, …
Vine celebrates first year with #VineBirthday campaign, favorite videos
Slash Gear - 24 Jan 2014 22:02
It seems only yesterday Vine took off in a Twitter-fueled spat of popularity, rising through the ranks to become the stomping grounds for all those who want more than GIFs …
13 Industrious GIFs of Machines Making, Breaking, and Moving Stuff
Gizmodo - 24 Jan 2014 22:00
Machines: They make stuff. Lots of it. Hundreds of millions and billions and hundreds of billions of things over and over again forever. Watching them work is positively hypnotic. And we've got the GIFs to prove it.
Engadget Eurocast 052 - 1.24.14
Engadget - 24 Jan 2014 21:53
Whether you own a Hudl tablet or not, if you're anything like Dan and Sharif, you're keeping it real and doing your shopping at Tesco's. Jamie, always the rebel, actually prefers the overpriced petrol station one on his ...
Beatstep Is a MIDI Controller and Step Sequencer in One Tiny Package
Gizmodo - 24 Jan 2014 21:40
Inexpensive, portable hardware for electronic music usually comes short on the features. A beginner 25-key MIDI keyboard, for example, isn't going to get you very far towards making big music, even if it does fit in your...