Gadget News
Sleep Shepherd cap rocks you to sleep using brainwave tech
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2014 20:55
Headbands of different sorts have been around for a while promising to boost brain power, gaming performance, and more (the Foc.us is one example). Joining these devices it the Sleep Shepherd, a nightcap for the modern i...
Windows 10 May Have Gotten Its Name Because of Lazy Coders
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 23:32
When Windows 10 got announced , there was one immediately glaring question: Why Windows 10? Maybe for the extra distance from 8, but a Redditor who claims to be a Microsoft dev has a better--and funnier--answer. The name...
The strange case of O'Hare Airport's vanishing Terminal 4
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 23:27
Chicago's O'Hare Airport is one of the busiest in the world. That scene from Home Alone where they're running through the airport is no joke. O'Hare's hectic energy is overwhelming enough to make you forget your own Maca...
PlexiDrone is modular, customizable, and cool
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2014 23:30
Aerial photography is one of those things that makes drones cool. If you were in awe of the drone video from inside a fireworks show, a new drone might let you do the very same thing. What sets this one apart is modulari...
Facebook Apologizes Over Real Name Policy But Doesn't Back Down (Yet)
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 21:48
Facebook just posed a statement apologizing for the consequences of its draconian policy requiring that people use their "real" names on Facebook. The policy was used to unfairly target members of marginal LGBT communiti...
Drobo Mini 8TB bundle announced
Coolest Gadgets - 1 Oct 2014 19:30
If you happen to have a penchant for making backups of your data as well as work, then I am quite sure you would be pretty much familiar with the folks over at Connected Data as well as what they do. Connected Data happe...
Verizon Is Killing the Throttling Plan Everyone Hated
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 23:45
Verizon was supposed to start data throttling people who used its grandfathered unlimited data plan today, but guess what? It's not going to do that anymore!
Business Too Good at the Apple Store
TechPinions - 1 Oct 2014 23:44
I have been visiting Washington area Apple Stores since the first one in the country opened at Tysons Corner, VA. So I was a little shocked today when I discovered a chaotic Apple Store at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. Th...
Aston Martin's Lagonda superluxe sedan is a heartbreaker
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2014 22:51
Back in July when Aston Martin said it would resurrect the Lagonda name for a super-luxe sedan targeting its heaviest spenders, we only had a couple of shadowy images to go by. Now, the Lagonda is making its official - p...
Scared of needles? Try swallowing them
Engadget - 1 Oct 2014 22:29
If you're one of the many who fear needles, you might be in luck. Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital are working on an oral alternative to injections, and it involves the use of a capsule. On the pill'...
Sprint and Verizon Are Doubling Data for Family and Friend Plans
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 22:25
Phone carriers play this competitive game of "me too." So following the AT&T promo that will double data on shared plans, both Sprint and Verizon have announced that they'll do the same.
2018 Nissan GT-R tipped to use carbon fiber and hybrid power
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2014 11:29
Nissan has been making the GT-R since 2007 and it's a potent beast. The car isn't exactly cheap in its own right, but it punches much higher than its weight class costing significantly less than some of the cars it runs ...
Stick Ups Cable Organizer
The Gadget Flow - 1 Oct 2014 08:00
You and your cables are absolutely inseparable and that's why you may as well need a pack of these extremely handy Stick Ups Cable Organizer. Each pack comes with 12 clips that have an adhesive tape on back which not onl...
Aquarium of Boise gives the internet control of a tank-dwelling submarine
Engadget - 1 Oct 2014 23:54
Maybe you like swimming. Maybe you like going to the aquarium. Maybe you'd like to do both without leaving your house. Now, you can: a new exhibit at the Aquarium of Boise allows anyone with an internet connection to tak...
Nexus 6 mock-up gives further details; still massive
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2014 23:32
We've seen relatively little of the Nexus 6, and have been limited to digital mock-ups and shots of the device possibly being spotted in the wild. An enterprising Android fan has used some of the rumored specs to create ...
Lamborghini reveals 910-horsepower Asterion hybrid concept
Engadget - 1 Oct 2014 23:23
Lamborghini has announced its first plug-in hybrid showpiece, and it's quite beautiful. The Asterion LPI 910-4 packs in a 5.2-liter V10 with 610 horsepower, and its trio of electric motors beef up that latter figure anot...
NFL Sunday Ticket stays on DirecTV for the next eight years
Engadget - 1 Oct 2014 23:19
Wondering if the NFL would take its supersized Sunday Ticket viewing package to another provider, or even to an internet company like Google? You can stop now -- the league and DirecTV have "extended and expanded" their ...
This Map Was Made By Charting Every Single Street and Road In the US
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 23:01
Migration is a mainstay of American culture--the perpetual dream of manifest destiny started with wagons and ended with, well, this: 240 million individual roads and streets, mapped onto a single image by the good folks ...
Verizon won't be throttling unlimited LTE data plans after all
Engadget - 1 Oct 2014 22:56
If you were worried that Verizon would start throttling your unlimited data plan because you use it a lot, you can relax -- Big Red just had a last-minute change of heart. The carrier tells Droid-Life that it has decided...
Hackers charged for swiping military and Xbox data
Slash Gear - 1 Oct 2014 22:54
The Department of Justice has announced that four hackers, part of what is being referred to as an "international computer hacking ring" -- have been charged for stealing data and software related to the Xbox and belongi...
You Can't Build a City Like a Startup: What the Downtown Project Missed
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 22:45
At the CityLab summit in LA yesterday--right about the time that Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project was supposedly laying off a third of its staff--I was having a conversation with a young, excitable urbanist who was heading ...
This Big Ol' Phone Might Be the Nexus 6 In the Wild
Gizmodo - 1 Oct 2014 22:43
Android Police just received these photos from a tipster that appear to show the Nexus 6 in a real human's hands. If it's real, this big-screen device would confirm very persistent rumors that the new Nexus will wear a 5...