Gadget News
Sony Xperia M2 hands-on
Slash Gear - 24 Feb 2014 15:19
With the Sony Xperia Z family of devices seeing such success over the past year, it's no wonder the company decided to delivery a new mid-range entrant this season. With …
Sony Xperia Z2 hands-on
Slash Gear - 24 Feb 2014 14:26
This week we're having a peek at Sony's latest effort with the rebooted Z, a device called the Sony Xperia Z2. This device rolls out with a 5.2-inch Full HD …
This MicroSD Card Packs Massive Capacity into a Minute Form Factor
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 07:00
At the company's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, SanDisk announced today the imminent release of the single largest-capacity MicroSD card ever created. This tiny storage medium offers an unprecedented 128 GB o...
Lenovo S660 smartphone hands-on: mid-range hero
Slash Gear - 24 Feb 2014 07:09
Lenovo is bringing on some significant smartphone heat to the global market this week at Mobile World Congress 2014. Today we're getting our hands on the Lenovo S660 smartphone, it …
MediaTek MT6732 SoC jumps on the 64-bit bandwagon
Slash Gear - 24 Feb 2014 06:27
With the mobile chip wars slowly heading towards the 64-bit architecture, it was only a matter of time before MediaTek outed its own budget-conscious offering. But the newly unveiled MT6732 …
A Pillow With a Secret Pocket Is the Perfect Place To Stash Your Phone
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 23:00
If you and your bedmate wake up at different times in the morning, the Privacy Pillow's leather-lined secret compartment will let the earlier riser use their smartphone as an inaudible vibrating alarm that's impossible t...
Audi TT 3rd-gen teased with retro details
Slash Gear - 24 Feb 2014 22:43
Audi has begun teasing the new TT coupe ahead of its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month, the third-generation of the car, and one which promises some …
Selfies Have Led to a Head Lice Epidemic
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 23:05
Selfies are so fun. You've got your cool background--ideally, a sun-soaked beach or a compelling urban environment--and you've got your cool friends. Ideally lots of them. Just flip that phone around, put your heads toge...
These GIFs Hide Secret Codes Revealed By A Lenticular Sheet
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 19:20
For all the time we've spent staring blankly at GIFs, it's crazy to think that those looping animations could have been hiding coded messages all along. Prosthetic Knowledge put together this "Lenticular Encryption" proj...
This is the oldest fragment of Earth ever found
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 08:00The 'Superbad' and 'This is the End' team is adapting a book about the '90s video game war
Engadget - 24 Feb 2014 23:54
The duo behind This is the End is making a movie about the the '90s battle between Nintendo and Sega. That's right, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (who also wrote and executive produced 2007's Superbad) are adapting Blake ...
Moviefone call-in service to shut down
Slash Gear - 24 Feb 2014 23:50
Joining the list of things starting to make you feel old, Moviefone, the service that allowed movie-goers to call in for show times, will be going the same way as …
This Split-View Mountain Lodge Is the Ultimate Ski Shack
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 23:50
Somewhere hiding on a hillside northwest of Oslo, there's a magical little lodge. Well, at 1,400 square feet, this house designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is actually a pretty decent-sized lodge. And, boy, is it pret...
Why Nokia is Better Positioned Than Samsung
TechPinions - 24 Feb 2014 23:33
I wrote today about why Nokia’s move to support Android is bold, risky, but also filled with potential. As I watched Samsung’s press conference, the stark contrast between the big news items of both companies was evi...
Samsung Galaxy S5 Hands On: A Tiny Dimpled Step Into the Future
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 23:33
The new Samsung Galaxy S5 may not seem like a huge leap forward on paper. But between the zippy camera , the fingerprint sensor, the heart rate monitor, and a new dimpled body that almost feels like a throwback, it's wor...
Verizon expects to reach its own internet traffic deal with Netflix (update: AT&T too)
Engadget - 24 Feb 2014 23:32
Many suspect that Netflix's bandwidth deal with Comcast won't be an isolated event, and it turns out that those suspicions are well-founded. Verizon chief Lowell McAdam tells CNBC that he expects a Comcast-like internet ...
Jeopardy "Hacker" Method Is Used By Other Players--Including Watson
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 23:20
Arthur Chu returns to television today, the Jeopardy champion with the unconventional playing style who's either hacking or ruining one of America's most popular game shows. But Chu's supposedly unorthodox methods are no...
Switched On: Android (tablet) inside
Engadget - 24 Feb 2014 23:05
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Inexpensive 7-inch tablets were everywhere in 2013 and became, as Switched On noted in December, a populist platform that fulfilled the pr...
Watching flowers blooming is never not beautiful
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 23:04If You Have Bitcoin in Mt.Gox, You Are Probably Fucked
Gizmodo - 24 Feb 2014 22:53Facebook hires Ryan Seacrest Productions' Sibyl Goldman
Slash Gear - 24 Feb 2014 22:52
Facebook has confirmed to the folks at Variety that it has newly hired former Ryan Seacrest Productions' Sibyl Goldman, who will now work at the social network as its head …