Gadgets

Razer Project Fiona at CES 2012

Well, this product doesn’t have an official name yet…so it’s going by “Project Fiona”.  Check it out: So…it’s a tablet…for PC gamers…with controls.  Hmm, could be interesting…anyways, today we’re going to stop by and see if we can film a demonstration of the thing, I’ll reserve judgement until I...

Tech Update #111 High Emotions, Low Energy

Description: It’s Friday, which mean its Tech Update Day, and today everyone is running low on energy but high on emotions, but we’re going to pull together and deliver another 30 mins of awesomeness. Kicking off is some video game news with some Unreal engine 3 going flash, Crysis...

Useful app for Android users

I know most people guard their smartphones with their lives, but just in case any of you should happen to lose your smartphone in the future, you should download the “Plan B” app by Lookout Mobile Security.  This app is rather unfortunately named (I immediately associate the name with...

Apple Wins EU-Wide Injunction Aganist Samsung Galaxy Tab

A German court has just granted Apple preliminary injunction of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. This ruling primarily means that Samsung’s new 10 inch tablet will not go on sale in Germany and soon to be the entire European Union. Apple sued Samsung for “blatantly copying” the iPad, with claims...

Mango on HD2, Tactile Pixels, and iPhone Slingshots

Some awesome individuals have hacked the HTC HD2 phone so that it runs the beta of Mango, the next release of Windows Phone 7.  I have never used an HD2, but reviews online all say that it was a super-amazing, powerful phone.  They feel that the hardware has essentially...

Cisco axing their Flip minicamera

Cisco announced on Tuesday that as a result of reorganising their business, they will close the Flip camera market. So the closure means that this will dissapoint most of their Flip camera fans and they’ve said that they will continue to concentrate on their existing “key-pirorites” such as their...

Google pulls 21 rootkit Android apps from their store

Yes,  some of us aren’t a security savvy, but an Android “fan” site called Android Police reports that a Reddit (you know what to do RTW) user called lompolo was the first person to discover this after a scan on a rootkit-infected app called Super Guitar Solo confirmed that...

Global Android Activations

Data visualization of global Android device activations from October 2008 to January 2011. Android Global Activation So… How many of you guys have an Android system on your mobile? Comment or DIE!

DIY Mobile Vidchat Robot

While this guy uses his mini robot for skype chatting and such, one could easily imagine further modifying the iRobot (or perhaps instead a Roomba) for surveillance, spying, etc.  Perhaps we could combine the mobility of this robot with the eavesdropping power of the robot that can hear through walls...

Open-Source Bluetooth Network Hacking Device

Michael Ossman has designed Ubertooth One, which is an inexpensive and open-source Bluetooth network sniffer.  While in “monitoring mode”, it allows you to gather data meant for other Bluetooth devices.  This little device is a USB plug with a ARM Cortex-M3 processor-based board and an antenna, and it’s compatible...