Gadget News
Razer Mechanical Switch Specially Designed For Gaming Purposes
Coolest Gadgets - 7 Mar 2014 18:15
When it comes to gaming peripherals for the computer, I am quite sure that there is one particular name that should not be overlooked at all, and that would be Razer. The company has just announced the launch of the firs...
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Is Having Wing Cracking Problems
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 23:56
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Boeing's long-suffering 787 Dreamliner has hit yet another snag: At least 42 newly-produced jets may have hairline fractures along the wings. Luckily, the planes haven't been de...
ICYMI: Of Cars and Bitcoins
TechPinions - 7 Mar 2014 23:35
In the hiatus between Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the wildness of South By Southwest in Austin, the last week saw an assortment of eclectic tech news, ranging from Apple's growing automotive efforts, to new th...
Titanfall Burn Cards detailed deeper: no trades, no in-game purchases
Slash Gear - 7 Mar 2014 22:47
With just days left before the full official launch of Titanfall, Respawn Entertainment are taking some time to show off more details about in-game play. Today's bit has to do …
Two Days At Sloan: How Sports Analytics Got Lost In The Fog
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 22:34
"You're hiding all the good numbers from me."
Privacy Watchdog: Don't Trust Facebook with WhatsApp
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 22:33
The corporate narrative around WhatsApp's obscurity-to-billions story centers around values. The company's founders, we're told, respect our privacy above all else--except $19 billion dollars from a company no one trusts...
The Tiny Figure On This Watch Gets Tired When It Needs a Winding
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 21:40
When you're wearing an old-school watch that requires winding every few days, the last thing you want is to look down to discover it stopped ticking hours ago. That's why mechanical watches usually include a power reserv...
13 GIFs That Will Make You Incredibly Anxious
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 21:20
GIFs are a blast. They can teach you how to knit or learn you some science . They can also make you incredibly anxious. How? Just check these out and you'll see what I mean. Well, after they finish loading.
Where the Progress Bar Came From
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 22:41
We've all spent hours--maybe even days--of our lives cursing the slow crawl of the dreaded progress bar. But did you ever stop to think about how much worse it might be if the bar wasn't there in the first place. Fortuna...
Leak reveals the Nokia Lumia 630's colorful backside
Engadget - 7 Mar 2014 02:37
There have been leaks showing the front of the Nokia Lumia 630 (aka Moneypenny), but a complete view of the Windows Phone 8.1 hardware has been elusive... until now. Frequent tipster @evleaks has posted an apparent press...
Greetings, from Joystiq
Engadget - 7 Mar 2014 23:40
My Dearest Friends at Engadget, With this letter I have enclosed a large, slightly frayed chunk of styrofoam that we all thought resembled the prominent "t" in the Engadget logo - you know, the one wearing the cute Wi-Fi...
Google Glass, Mines, and Hipsters: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 23:40
Is Google Glass really "killing cities" or just the douchebags who wear them? Are mines bringing cities down--literally? Is the Bowery doomed? Is Berlin really over? We examine these questions and more, in this week's ed...
Nosgoth gameplay in Beta mode: Vampire PvP on the loose
Slash Gear - 7 Mar 2014 23:28
If there was one game I did not expect to be playing this week, it was a person vs person vampire-themed free-for-all online title from Square Enix called Nosgoth. This …
Cosmos Review: The Universe Gets a Much-Needed Reboot
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 23:24
When we found out that Seth MacFarlane--a man known more for fart jokes than a passion for science--was behind the reboot of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (premiering this Sunday at 9 pm EDT on Fox), we were understandably a...
Jezebel New 'Avoid Humans' App Helps Ensure That You'll Remain Forever Alone | Gawker Joseph Gordon-
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 23:12
Jezebel New 'Avoid Humans' App Helps Ensure That You'll Remain Forever Alone | Gawker Joseph Gordon-Levitt Perfectly Recreates "David After Dentist" Video | Kotaku Conan O'Brien Plays WWE 2K14, Calls His Character an A**...
A Remote Control Sofabed For Your Laziest Houseguests
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 22:20
Like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, sofabeds put two wonderful things into one even awesomer package. People like sitting, and people like sleeping--it's the perfect combo. So how could a sofabed possibly ever be improved? ...
Privacy groups demand Facebook Whatsapp acquisition be halted
Slash Gear - 7 Mar 2014 22:14
A privacy advocate group has asked regulators at the Federal Trade Commission to put the kibosh on Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp for a while. It seems they want to get …
Watch a man get stunned by the Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone (stun copter!)
Engadget - 7 Mar 2014 22:11
You're gonna want to steer clear of this CUPID. The Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone, or "stun copter," can deliver 80,000 volts of pure projectile terror directly into the skin of an ill-intentioned hoodlum. Th...
Here's 4 Minutes of Captain America Kicking Ass in The Winter Soldier
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 22:01
A trailer's one thing , but to get a feel for just how badass Captain America: The Winter Soldier will be, might we recommend this four minute scene? Why yes, yes we might!
Visit an Incredible Winery Built Out of Abandoned Boats
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2014 22:00
If you were driving through the remote Guadalupe Valley in Baja, you might mistake it for an ancient, dried-up port town: A cavalcade of overturned boats scattered across the desert like whale skeletons. In fact, this is...
LEGO Breaking Bad and Shaun of the Dead sets appear aside new Movie figs
Slash Gear - 7 Mar 2014 21:32
This week at SXSW the LEGO presentation team have showed off and mentioned several new sets for the near future. In addition to suggesting that they'll have more LEGO Movie …
iReadyGO Much i5 Quad Core Console Phablet - being a tablet just wasn't enough
Coolest Gadgets - 7 Mar 2014 21:30
Some combinations are tried and true, such as peanut butter and jelly or Mario and Yoshi. These pairings make something that was good on its own much better. Just when you think that a product is useful or fun by itself,...