This 13-inch Samsung Series 9 notebook I have here is a sexy slab, my friends. It tips the scales at 2.88 pounds thanks to Samsung’s use of aircraft-grade “Duralumin” which is apparently twice as strong as aluminum.
The backlit keyboard is one of the best I’ve used and the computer itself feels like it’s generally in hyperdrive—it …
Well it only took a little over a year, but Android tablet makers have finally decided to compete against the iPad’s $500 starting price.
Acer is first out of the gate with its $450 Iconia Tab A500, slated for launch this Sunday, April 24th at Best Buy. It’s got a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, one gigabyte of RAM, 16 gigabytes of …
It only takes 2,500 oranges to power a neon billboard and two repairmen to change a light bulb in my apartment. I think it’s time to head to the produce market the next time I have an electrical shortage.
A recent Tropicana ad for the French market shows a team assembling thousands of oranges to power a neon sign. The project, which …
The $70 Wet Circuits 4-outlet power strip is VERY expensive for a surge protector. That being said, the company claims that this one is water resistant and you can stick tweezers into the sockets without electrocuting yourself to death. I tested those claims. Did I die? I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Remember the German guy who built his own working laser gun? That was nothing. The US Navy successfully tested their version of a weaponized laser, which they used to set fire to a boat off the coast of California.
Peter Morrison, program officer for the MLD warship raygun project says, “This is the first time a High Energy Laser, at …
The $1,300 Acer Iconia laptop is certainly unique. The machine features two 14-inch touchscreens instead of the tried and true screen-and-keyboard combination, while retaining the same form factor as a standard laptop.
The bottom touchscreen is home to the Acer Ring, which is activated by touching all five fingers to the glass. …
Tax prep? There’s an app for that. Several, actually.
The folks at Intuit recently gave me a demo of their TurboTax apps: SnapTax for iPhone and Android lets you take a photo of your W2 form and fills in all the necessary blanks automatically, while TurboTax for iPad features everything you’d find with the web-based version of …
“Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any time.”
That’s the ominous message that greets you when you delve into the deepest, darkest corners of Gmail. Beware!
However, some of Gmail’s experimental features can and do make your e-mail …
The iconic green jacket golfers win at the storied annual Masters tournament means one thing: The victor’s name goes down as one of the best in history. Tiger Woods accomplished that feat in 1997, making him the youngest person ever to do it at age 21.
That’s great and all but I still beat him at his own game. Granted, it was only …
Do you remember the music video for This Too Shall Pass by OK Go? It’s basically three and a half minutes of an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine captured in a single shot—no small feat whatsoever.
The company behind the contraption, Syyn Labs, was recently approached by Google to devise a Rube Goldberg machine to kick off the opening …
Well, that’s what the Angry Birds movie would probably look like if it’s directed by Michael Bay. Only because, um, the Rooster Teeth video spoof is actually directed by Michael Bay.
Besides, given how I’m bombarded by Angry Birds advertisements even just sitting on the bus, it’s only a matter of time before Rovio cashes in. Then, …
London-based software engineer Gareth Lloyd and colleague Tom Martin created this wonderful video of the history of the world – well, of Wikipedia’s history of the world, at any rate.
It turns out that no less than 424,171 Wikipedia articles have geographical co-ordinates and dates associated with them. Cross-reference the two, and …
