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Startup hires 'cyborg' Mann for Google Glass–killer project

3D augmented reality specs coming your way this year Watch out, Sergey! A new startup is hard at work on a device that's far more ambitious than Google Glass, and it has just signed on wearable-computing maven Steve Mann as its chief scientist.…

Microsoft reveals Xbox One, the console that can read your heartbeat

Upgrades Live service – and no always-on requirement Microsoft has shown off its next-generation gaming console, the Xbox One, with an upgraded Kinect and voice-recognition system, Skype integration, seamless switching between viewing modes, and a massive ramp-up in server support for the Live online community.…

Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC to be Exclusive to Xbox One

Activision will continue the tradition of releasing Call of Duty multiplayer downloadable content first on Xbox.

The Best SSDs and HDDs For Your Money: May 2013

Since last year, we have seen the launch of many new SSDs, bringing higher performance at lower prices. The vast majority of SSDs are not below below $1/GB, with two even below $0.70/GB! Hard drives prices have been slowly but surely dropping too and haven't been this low in a long time.

Xbox Reveal: Xbox 720 is now the Xbox One, with 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and Kinect 2.0

Today, Microsoft unveiled its brand new video game console dubbed the Xbox One. With a powerful 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 500 GB hard drive, this new Xbox is a beast. Unlike Sony, Microsoft had no qualms showing off the hardware, so now we know more about the Xbox One than we do the PS4 in some ways. Sadly, there was no mention about used games or always-on demands.

Teenage girl creates tiny device that could charge a smartphone in 20 seconds

When you're out all day, it's a huge pain to charge your mobile devices. Even if you remember to bring a charger and get lucky enough to find a free electrical outlet at a coffee shop, you still have to sit there for around an hour or so to get a full charge. Show More Summary

Cold fusion reactor independently verified, has 10,000 times the energy density of gas

Against all probability, a device that purports to use cold fusion to generate vast amounts of power has been verified by a panel of independent scientists. The cold fusion device being tested has roughly 10,000 times the energy density and 1,000 times the power density of gasoline.

GeForce GTX 780 Already Announced in China; Official Specs

The official spec sheet of the GTX 780 has surfaced; it has already been announced in mainland China.

NASA funds 3D food printer, to combat hunger in space and on Earth

The space agency recently awarded a $125,000 grant to a project aimed at 3D printing food for astronauts, and while the space agency's main concern is efficient food storage for long-haul space flights, creator Anjan Contractor hopes his technology could help people here on Earth get access to the volume and variety of food they need.

SilverStone AR01 CPU Cooler Review

The SilverStone AR01 is a CPU cooler with tower heatsink, 120 mm fan, and three heatpipes. Let´s see if it performs well.

New wireless network speed record: 40Gbps over 1km, using extremely high frequency 240GHz

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have successfully transmitted 40 gigabits per second over a one-kilometer (0.62 miles) wireless link. The technology, dubbed Millilink, is the same...Show More Summary

All the Different Methods Google Uses to Capture Street View

Google's cameras roam the earth the bring you all the views of streets, mountains, campuses, and even underwater.

Review: Sony Xperia SP

The new mid-range marvel? Oh yes. Sony’s flagship Android smartphones have been a bit of a disappointment to me. But if the Xperia S and Xperia T didn’t quite cut the Colman’s, the cheaper follow-ups, the Xperias P and V, were more convincing. Sony, it seems, is better in the middle than at the top.…

High-quality inkjet-printed graphene circuits: One step closer to foldable computers

Researchers at Northwestern University have devised a new method of creating large volumes of high-quality graphene, and then printing flexible graphene patterns with an inkjet printer that are 250 times more conductive than previous attempts.

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