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Geek deals: $549 for Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition with Radeon HD graphics
When you start looking at a laptop with features like an anodized aluminum chassis, discrete graphics, and a backlit keyboard, you’re usually talking about an $800 (or more) system with a dual-core Intel…
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Nexus 7 hardware refresh happening this July
The Nexus 7 is reportedly set for a major hardware refresh about one year after its initial reveal at Google I/O 2012. This time around, there’s more in store than some modest storage…
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Samsung prepping pocket-busting Galaxy Mega phones
It looks like Samsung is ready to attack yet another screen size niche. There’s a small gap between the 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2 and the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, and that’s where the new…
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Seagate ships first 4TB hard drive with 1TB per platter
Two things that aren’t new today: 4TB hard drives and disk platters that hold 1TB of data. We’ve been hearing about 4TB hard drives for over a year now, with Hitachi being the…
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Toshiba’s U925T hybrid ultrabook works as a laptop, fails as a tablet
Toshiba's newest Ultrabook is a perfect example, with a hinge design that makes touchscreen computing make a lot of sense.
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id Software in trouble: Doom 4 nowhere near finished, Rage 2 canceled
Back in 2009 gamers everywhere were surprised by the news that id Software had been acquired by Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax. But worries about ZeniMax taking over and destroying the studio that...
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen recreate 32 year old Microsoft photo
The image you see above is a classic. It depicts a very young Bill Gates sitting next to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, with both men surrounded by different types of computer. Both men…
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Scientists indirectly detect the existence of dark matter
We all know what dark matter is believed to be: a never-seen, barely explainable material that holds the universe together like some kind of super-powered glue. Imagine the black coloring used to create…
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Casascius: Gorgeous physical Bitcoins that have real value
Did you know that the Bitcoin, a virtual currency, is available as an actual coin? Well, it is, and it's call the Casascius.
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Google wants more speed, dumps WebKit for Blink browser engine
Google has announced that Chrome will be moving to a new rendering engine called Blink. The new engine will be a fork of WebKit, and Google plans on molding it into something that’s…
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This gorgeous video shows what Earth looked like throughout 2012
Though 2013 is well underway, NASA has recently released a rather gorgeous video documenting what our planet looked like throughout 2012. The video wasn’t made with just, for example, a camera mounted on…
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Microsoft creative director’s response to always online console rumor: deal...
Adam Orth has a lot of experience in the games industry having worked at PopCap Games, LucasArts, and Sony Computer Entertainment America. But in his current role as Creative Director at Microsoft...
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Smart foam furniture can be squashed to 5 percent its original size
Buying new furniture for your home or office usually means choosing between pre-assembled units or flat packs. On the one hand pre-assembled units are ready to use, but typically cost more and can…
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A view from the other side of piracy
Piracy is a hot topic these days. I'd like to offer you my perspective as a creator of content that is worthy of piracy.
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5 things you need to know about Google’s Blink browser engine
Google has unexpectedly announced on the Chromium blog that it was forking WebKit and beginning work on a browser engine of its own: Blink.
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HTC One pre-order offers prove HTC still doesn’t get it
As the next wave of epic superphones comes closer to their launch dates, the inevitable pre-order period has arrived. For the HTC One, it seems like just about ever carrier has their own…
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Dell’s $600 Alienware X51 is now available with Ubuntu
Dell, the on-again-off-again friend of desktop Linux, has announced its first Ubuntu-powered gaming PC. The X51, Alienware’s console-lookalike, will soon ship with Ubuntu Linux and full graphics driver...
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Geek deals: Price drop on Dell XPS 8500 desktop, Neato robotic vacuum, more
While the truly geeky among us might prefer to build their own desktop PC, there is a lot that goes into such a build behind the scenes. It starts with a wealth of…
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Get prints of your favorite video game maps and classic computers
Art does not have to be a confusing presentation all about the tragedy of modern consumerism in western culture. No, sometimes art can be cool and nerdy. Such is the case with these…
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Skype malware turns your computer into a Bitcoin mining zombie
A new piece of malware is floating around, but that seems like par for the course these days. What makes this malicious bit of code notable is the goal its creators have in…
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