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Alienware's Area-51 gaming desktop isn't the only extreme product the company has today. Joining the triangular monster in the usual form-factor stakes is the Dell UltraSharp 34-inch Monitor (U3415W), the company's first...

If your set-top box isn't quite router-like enough for you, there's the antenna-toting Orion R28 from Tronsmart, an Android TV Box that is now available for pre-order. Two models are available currently, with a third one...

Audiophiles are well known to take spend a whole lot of money on a good quality piece of audio equipment, simply because they can afford to, not to mention being able to enjoy all the creations and masterpieces of maestr...

Sometimes, the right people see the right articles, and can add some needed insight. One clever sleuth thinks they've cracked the case on the iPhone 6's RAM. Originally thought to be improved form the iPhone 5S, we may b...

Today the newest bit of gameplay for Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS has been released. This gameplay shows off how the game will work, 1 to 4 players in the same room, complete with every character that's been made of...

When I was in grade school, I used poorly engineered retractable pen cannons to fire tiny beads at my friends an enemies during class. I thought it was pretty cool but this mini grappling gun puts all my pre-adolescent t...

You walk into that big, bold store and tell yourself "don't forget a catalog on the way out this time". The Ikea catalog is a good barometer for style on a budget, and something lying around many homes and apartments. If...

HTC has something special planned for IFA, and it looks like it might be a 64-bit capable phone. Dubbed the Desire 820, it might be everything you want a mid-range device to be, with a big screen and massive battery. Add...

A fire hydrant or a spigot in a park might seem like innocuous civil courtesies, but in our drought-consumed future, they're dangerous weak spots in the infrastructure that protects our precious natural resources. Public...

Chromecast and YouTube are like a match made in heaven. And, since they're both part of Google's big picture strategy, it makes sense for both things to be as friendly as possible with each other. To that end, YouTube's ...

When you think about mechanisms that animals use to avoid becoming dinner, clever adaptations like poisons or pointy spikes come to mind. But the Ostracod, a type of zooplankton, uses something a little more magical.

The launch of the app Cirqle symbolizes our wish to move away from the complicated mess present in social networks of the past. In Cirqle, made for iOS first, we're seeing the likes of Instagram, Twitter, and Google+ tur...

For a number of recent events, including the World Cup and Lollapalooza, Snapchat let users beam their event photos to a crowd-contributed feed known as Our Story. After over 350 hours of snaps were uploaded during the t...

Facebook's Messenger app isn't new -- it's been around since 2011. It was up to users to decide if they wanted a separate app or if they liked exchanging messages inside the regular Facebook app. Now if users tap the mes...

Going to work is expensive. You have to pay for accommodations near your place of employment which sometimes means uprooting your life, paying for gas or public transportation, and worst of all, lunch. It’s only one me...

Several of us here at Engadget HQ employ If This Then That's (IFTTT) recipe-based automation chops to keep app-driven tasks in order. The software outfit has been keen on adding new functionality often, with channels ope...

All that separates you and the blissful long weekend is one small stretch of Friday afternoon, and we're here to get you through it. Come shoot the breeze with the Giz crew--at least the ones still staring at their compu...

A backpack's got plenty of pouches and pockets for storing a water bottle, but a sleek messenger bag? Good luck fitting a Nalgene in there without an unsightly bulge. You'll either need to go without and keep an eye out ...

The teams at Deep Silver / Volition have let it be known that they're bringing Saints Row IV "Re-Elected" to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 27th. With this game - a re-imagining of Saints Row 4 - they'll be includ...

The United States found itself without a Chief Technology Officer yesterday when Todd Park relinquished his post to go trawl Silicon Valley for IT types, but that spot may not stay open for long. Bloomberg claims that th...

Remember that bootleg iPhone running Android? It was a complete hack job, void of anything officially Apple. It may have looked the part, but it wasn't even iOS. The guys who have been responsible for a lot of the iPhone...

Have you ever been overwhelmed with so many things to do that you immediately become tired? If you have the willpower to only sleep 20-40 minutes, it can be a very helpful way to refresh your brain. Of course, the hard p...