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Gigabyte launches BRIX ultra-compact PC
Gigabyte announced today the Gigabyte BRIX, an ultra-compact PC, combining an incredibly small and sleek form factor chassis design with a choice of high-performance Intel Core processors, fast SSD storage, integrated Wi-Fi, USB 3.0 plus dual digital display outputs. The ….
Crave giveaway: Boombotix Boombot Rex portable speaker
An outdoorsy Boombotix Boombot Rex relaxing on a rock. You'll have your choice of black, white, blue, or green. (Credit: Boombotix) Congrats to John D. of Fruitland Park, Fla., for winning a Crucial M500 SSD and copy of Iolo System Mechanic in last week's giveaway. Show More Summary
The Shiny Shiny guide to Father's Day Gadgets and Gifts
There's not long to go now and if you are going to get your dad a little something then you better get into gear. Here then are a few gadget and gift ideas.... Related Stories This year's top Festival gadgets - from portable showers to retro tents Shiny Shiny guide to outdoor games for grown ups!
Sony NEX-IFR5 interface unit delivers 2K and 4K RAW recording capability for the NEX-FS700 Camcorder
Sony’s new interface unit allows 2K RAW and 4K RAW recording directly from the NEX-FS700 camcorder, giving professional users a significant jump in performance, a broader choice of creative tools and unprecedented production flexibility. The NEX-IFR5 interface unit connects the ….
Solar Kettle Boils Water Using Nothing But Solar Energy
Can’t live without hot water? It’s unfortunate, but you’ll have to learn to live without it if you’re traveling or spending some time in the great outdoors. That’s only if
Microsoft details how Xbox One cloud servers will tackle processor-intensive gaming chores
One of the Xbox launch's big reveals was that Microsoft added 300,000 servers to Xbox Live, and now GM Matt Booty has detailed to Ars Technica how that'll improve game play. He said the improved cloud architecture will speed up GPU-Show More Summary
Garage-built Bailey Blade XTR sports car coming to SEMA
Developing a high-performance sports car is a project that takes many years inside a well-established auto company. It's exponentially more difficult when you're a small team pursuing one hot rod enthusiast's vision for the ultimate sports car. Show More Summary
Cat Beards: Cat Required, Facial Hair Optional
Cat Beards are a thing now. Images of cat owners positioning their felines strategically to make it look like they had a beard have gone viral over the past few
Bondsy: The Best Way To Barter Between Friends
Craigslist’s bartering section is a wonderful concept, sure, but the fact of the matter is that there’s an inherent set of risks that comes along with it when you’re making deals with total, unverified strangers. But with Bondsy, which...Show More Summary
What Happened With The NBN This Week?
It’s a week of acquisitions and arguments surrounding the National Broadband Network. What went on? More »
Sherpa Personal Assistant App Is Coming To Google Glass
Sherpa, the popular natural language digital assistant Android app, is coming to Google Glass and other Android-based wearables the company announced today. Although there isn’t a firm timeline for rollout, Sherpa founder and CEO, Xabier Uribe-Etxebarría, tells me the company is looking to launch on Android-powered wearables by the end of 2013 or early 2014. More »
Teen Designs a Supercapacitor that Can Charge Up Your Phone in 30 Seconds
Sometimes I find myself hanging around the charger while everyone else starts trooping out the door because my phone is running low on power and wouldn’t last the night if
US Cellular getting ready to launch Home Phone service
Keen to capitalize on the ever-growing segment of landline cutters, US Cellular appears to be launching a home phone service similar to the Home Connect offerings by Verizon and Sprint in the near future. According to information we've...Show More Summary
Opinion: Did The Australian Government Just Give Us A Terrorism Shopping List?
“Be alert but not alarmed.” That was the tagline of Australia’s first prominent terrorism awareness campaign back in the early-2000s. Hotlines were set up, ads were all over the telly, and people were generally advised to watch out for home-grown threats. Show More Summary
Beardvertising: Grow a Beard, Clip an Ad On It, and Get Paid
Got a beard? Interested in making some extra cash? Then you might want to look into becoming a walking and talking Beardboard. The whole Beardvertising concept was thought up by
What Life on Earth Would Look Like If Earth Had Rings Like Saturn
Every so often when the Moon is especially ginormous or we can see Venus or Mars from Earth, humans collectively freaks out. So cool three exclamation points, we scream. Look how big with thirty i's, we yell. And it's warranted! Seeing things that don't belong in the sky pop up, well, in the sky is fun. Show More Summary
Chrome 28 beta for Android brings translation bar, fullscreen on tablets
Internationally savvy Chrome desktop users are well acquainted with the translation bar's ability to quickly make sense of sites using foreign languages. Courtesy of the new Chrome 28 beta for Android, they can take that linguistic power on the road: the translation bar now shows up on mobile when visiting pages in non-native text. Show More Summary
Which NBN Plan Do You Prefer: Coalition Or Labor?
The press release wars, verbal assaults and party-line barrages continue between politicians and fanboys alike over the future of high-speed broadband infrastructure in Australia, and it’s an issue that will be used as an lightning rod by both parties at the upcoming Federal Election. Show More Summary
Recent rulings show tide may be turning against patent trolls
Patent trolls’ days of effortlessly rolling into court and collecting licensing fees for products they don’t produce may be coming to an end. The Washington Post reports that courts have been increasingly citing the landmark 1978 Supreme Court case Parker v. Show More Summary
Full-scale X-Wing replica touches down as world's largest Lego model
A certain Jedi Master, species unknown, once said, “size matters not.” But he obviously wasn’t referring to the latest Lego creation from the Lego group. Taking the title of the world’s largest Lego model is a 1:1 scale replica of an...Show More Summary
