Google takes you on a tour of the White House “With all of the hubbub around the race for the White House, have you ever wondered what actually lies behind the doors of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? With some help from Google, the first family is taking users on a tour of the famous residence without…
READ MOREGoogle’s Project Glass “The New York Times first broke the story that Google was working on augmented reality glasses powered by Android in February. Google’s decided now’s the time for the world to get used to the idea of everybody wearing glasses ripped straight out of amateur-hour science fiction. It’s called Project Glass. Do not…
READ MOREUK digital TV switchover starts on April 4th “The death of analogue television is upon us. Stage one of the UK digital switchover begins this week on April 4th, in which the analogue BBC Two signal will be switched off forever. If you’re still rocking any tellies without a Freeview box or built in digital…
READ MORENext Big Thing – transparent, flexible memory “I thought Flash saved every one of us? Flash memory may indeed have been the saviour of saving for the last few years, but there’s a new king of the impossible in town. With flash memory about to hit its physical maximum storage capacity in just six years…
READ MOREBrowserQuest Is A Massively-Multiplayer Adventure Game Written In HTML5 “BrowserQuest, playable in a browser near you, is a proof of concept so ingenious that you’ll wonder why they didn’t just build a Zelda clone and be done with it. In short, the site is a multi-player RPG based entirely on HTML5 with no Flash to…
READ MORELG’s Flexible E-Paper Display Is Coming to Europe in April “LG has announced it has started mass production of its electronic paper display (EPD) product, with a planned launch in Europe next month. LG’s EPD is a 6-inch, 1024×768 e-ink plastic screen. It’s 0.7mm thick, it weighs 14g, and LG claims it’s resistant to scratches…
READ MOREMicrosoft transparent 3D screens “What’s this then? You have to use your hands? Yes but not in the traditional keyboard and mouse sense only. In a Minority Report style this Microsoft project uses a transparent Samsung OLED screen, combined with overhead cameras to track your movements. This all means it can render a 3D holographic…
READ MOREAmazon Kindle Touch is coming to the UK in April “Hot on the heels of the news that Harry Potter is now an ebook, Amazon has announced its Kindle Touch ereader will be available in the UK from April 27. Launching five months after the US release, this model won’t be available in an advert…
READ MORELogitech’s business webcam is an eye on a stalk “Resembling a surveillance unit from a sinister dystopia, Logitech’s newest webcam is strictly for the corporate environment only. The BCC950 Conference Cam holds a Carl Zeiss-lensed HD webcam atop a motorized stalk that can pan across 180 degrees. The camera itself has a 78 degree field…
READ MORELondon Overground to offer free Wi-Fi “Not long after Virgin Media announced it will be bringing Wi-Fi to 80 London underground stations before the Olympic summer madness kicks off, London Overground announces free (yes free) Wi-Fi is coming to 56 London Overground stations, courtesy of The Cloud. The service is expected to start rolling out…
READ MORECommodore Amiga returns with powerful Mini desktop PC “The Commodore Amiga 500 computer deserves its place in gadget folklore, but now the brand is back seeking to capture its former glories with a well-specced Mac mini rival Late last year Commodore pulled a major surprise by re-launching the iconic C64 with all new, modern innards….
READ MORESeagate hits one terabit per square inch “You know that big new hard drive you just picked up? Get ready to feel bad. Seagate today is talking up the fact that it has managed to cram one terabit (that’s one trillion bits, for the record) into a square inch. That super-dense storage comes thanks to…
READ MORENeo Geo X goes official “We’ve already seen the device in the real world, but now it’s confirmed — this portable Neo Geo is legit and heading to both the US and Europe. Blaze is crafting the retro gaming handheld with SNK’s blessing and 20 baked-in titles confirmed, including Metal Slug, King of Fighters ’94…
READ MORELondon Underground to get free wi-fi “London Underground stations will be loaded with wi-fi access from July, offering commuters and tourists free unlimited web access. Though after the Olympics, non Virgin customers will have to pay. London Underground stations will get wi-fi access from this July, and it will be free to all until the…
READ MOREBlackBerry PlayBook has price slashed (again) to £170 “BlackBerry’s PlayBook is back to being the cheapest tablet on the block, following the announcement of yet another price slash – which sees the 16GB model going for just £170 at Carphone Warehouse. If it’s more storage space you’re after, you can also pick up the 32GB…
READ MOREMicrosoft releases Robotics Developer Studio 4 “It’s been available in beta for a few months, but Microsoft has now made the final version of its Robotics Developer Studio 4 toolkit available for download. As before, it remains completely free, and it’s also now compatible with the release version of the Kinect for Windows SDK so…
READ MORENew Apple iPad 3: 10 Things you need to know “New iPad specs, UK price, release date and more on the third generation Apple tablet that has some tasty new features to shout about Referring to its revolutionary device as the ‘poster child of the post-PC world’ the third generation Apple tablet or the new…
READ MORENeed to Know – Raspberry Pi “The Raspberry Pi project wants to get people fiddling around with the basic components behind computers again – and it’s proving to be a hit, with stocks selling out within hours of it going on sale. Want to get your geek on with some home-schooling? Here’s what you get…
READ MORETurn Your iPhone or iPad into a Desktop Phone for Business “Invoxia has unveiled a sleek speaker that transforms iOS devices into a desktop phone and handset that makes conference and video calls for businesses more user-friendly. The company announced its AudiOffice product at the 2012 Mobile World Congress this week. It’s a dock equipped…
READ MORE£22 Raspberry Pi computer sells out within hours of launch “The pint-sized PC, which aims to reacquaint British children with computer programming, the £22 Raspberry Pi, sells out on day one. The Raspberry Pi PC, which went on sale on Wednesday for a paltry £22, has sold out within hours of its launch. The bare-bones…
READ MOREIBM: We’re on the cusp of the Quantum Computing revolution “Technology’s holy grail is the development of a “perfect” Quantum Computer. Traditional computers recognize information as bits: binary information that represent “On” or “Off” states. A Quantum Computer uses qubits; operating in superposition, it exists in all states simultaneously — not just “On” or “Off,”…
READ MORETic Tac Launches Augmented Reality-Enabled Times Square Billboards “Tic Tac is the latest major brand to embrace augmented reality, and it is doing so in a big way: With three billboards in New York’s Times Square. The billboards are the latest element of Tic Tac’s “Shake It Up” campaign, which centers around a mobile app…
READ MORELCD mosaic displays “We’ve always eyed the realm of DIY with suspicion. Grout, tile cutters, wallpaper strippers and dangerous pointy implements can be more trouble than they’re worth, which is why we’re embracing these mosaic LCD tiles with open arms. This set of LCD ’tiles’ come in a variety of sizes and can be mounted…
READ MOREOne-handed keyboard now available for touchscreens “he growing popularity of smartphones and tablets have meant we all need to get used to typing on a touchscreen keyboard. While such keyboards have improved, they can still leave a lot to be desired, and the smaller the display the harder it can be to always tap the…
READ MOREIs This The Future of Touchscreen Tech? “Gorilla Glass manufacturer Corning has unveiled a follow-up YouTube video to its wildly successful “A Day Made of Glass,” providing another look into what the future could be like with the growth of glass touchscreen interfaces, from innovative chalkboards and activity tables in classrooms to uses for it…
READ MOREKinect and Windows Phone combine to create holographic game engine “If your life is anything like ours, it’s in sore need of more pseudo-holographic helicopters. Fortunately, YouTube user programming4fun has come up with a solution, using Microsoft’s Kinect beta SDK and a Windows Phone handset. The system, pictured above, basically consists of a Kinect and…
READ MOREThe Ultimate Retro Gaming Adapter “The Retrode is the world’s most versatile (and fun!) USB adapter for vintage video games. Revive the good old 16-bit times on your computer/smartphone/tablet, using your original cartridges and controllers! Features Cartridge slots for *Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and *Nintendo SNES/SFC games. Access ROM (program/data) and SRAM1 (savegames)! 2×2 ports for…
READ MOREWi-Fi Hotspot Cufflinks “Wish Wi-Fi hotspots would grow on sleeves? A set of cufflinks available at Brookstone serves not only as a decorative man-sessory, it features USB storage — and can even be plugged into a PC to create a Wi-Fi hotspot. In what could easily come from a James Bond movie, these polished silver…
READ MORESamsung’s Transparent Smart Window “Samsung is demoing a mind-blowing transparent glass touchscreen display here at CES and we couldn’t be more excited. The Samsung Transparent Smart Window is, as the name suggests, totally see through but with a simple caress of its touchscreen display it springs to life and overlays widgets, websites and media over…
READ MOREMultitouch launches 55-inch interactive display for Windows 7 “While plenty of eyes are lusting after the expansive EXOdesk, MultiTouch are also looking to grab some of the action with their MultiTaction Cell MT550W7. The interactive 55-incher runs on Intel Core i7 processor, with an edge to edge display that the company’s trumpeting as a first…
READ MOREVictorinox’s SSD pocket knife “Famed crafter of the legendary Swiss Army Knife Victorinox has somehow managed to cram a mind-blowing 1TB of flash storage into its SSD pocket knife, which has been doing the rounds at CES. According to Victorinox, the SSD pocket knife features the only USB stick in the world which can connect…
READ MOREiCade expands line-up with iCade Jr for iPhone, iCade Core and iCade Mobile “Ion Audio’s iCade was one of the surprise hits of the last year, bringing retro-tastic gaming fun to the iPad. But what to do if you want to game on the go? Now Ion Audio’s unleashed three new iCades on the world….
READ MORESony’s SimulView Could End Split-Screen Gaming for Good “Remember having to cover part of the television when playing a split-screen video game so your friends wouldn’t cheat by looking at your screen? Well no more we say! Sony has tapped the miracle of 3D technology to let you play your favorite split-screen games in the…
READ MORESamsung teases flexible, transparent display “Samsung’s flexible display technology isn’t slated to hit the market until 2012, but the Korean manufacturer is already giving us a glimpse of how it may transform our lives, with a freshly released concept video. Yes, it’s just a concept ad, and a relatively brief one at that, but it…
READ MORENano Printers Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from your friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely, beautiful mini-newspaper “Berg design studio has unveiled a miniature web-connected printer which aims to add some physicality back in to…
READ MOREBritish Library digitizes 300 years worth of newspaper archives “Britain’s historical news junkies are in for a treat today, because the British Library has just digitized a major chunk of its newspaper archive, comprised of four million pages spanning some 300 years of headlines. With today’s launch of the British Newspaper Archive, users can search…
READ MORESeagate Momentus XT: a 750GB hybrid laptop drive “Seagate was quick to jump into the hybrid HDD/SSD fray last year, with the decently priced and capable Momentus XT. Now we have a successor with identical branding, but with the HDD upped to 742GB, NAND storage slightly increased to 8GB, plus a faster SATA III 6Gb/s…
READ MOREHack your monitor and 3D glasses, ensure ultimate privacy “You’ve always wanted a bit more privacy with your monitor (porn jokes notwithstanding) and if you’re willing to tear apart a spare LCD monitor and a pair of 3D theater glasses (thanks, Dreamworks and Pixar!), you’ll get it. In lieu of a thicker tinfoil hat, Instructables’…
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