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Freshen Your Look at a Deep Discount with JackThreads

Posted by Derek Markham Thu May 17, 2012 05:44 PM ET | 0

If you want to look your best, you’ll have to give up some of those ragged t-shirts and frayed jeans once in a while and actually go out and get some new duds in your closet. But shopping for ... Read more

KB Covers Teach New Keyboard Tricks

Posted by Alice Truong Tue May 8, 2012 02:11 PM ET | 0

Keyboard covers are a compromise. For the sake of keeping keys pristine and dry, users have to deal with the effects: sticky typing and imprints on the screen. Yet the ultra-thin silicone KB Covers for Apple keyboards avoids these faults ... Read more

Google Drive Launched, Gives 5GB Free Cloud Storage

Posted by Derek Markham Thu Apr 26, 2012 03:20 PM ET | 0

Cloud storage apps are nothing new – DropBox, SkyDrive, Box, iCloud, and a host of others are already handling the digital storage needs of many – but when the giant of the internet launches its own cloud storage service, ... Read more

How to Make the Starship Enterprise Out of a Floppy Disk

Posted by Jerry James Stone Tue Apr 24, 2012 04:34 AM ET | 0

I admit, I am more of a Star Wars guy than a Star Trek guy but this little project is awesome no matter what side of the galaxy you are on. All you will need is a floppy disk ... Read more

The USB in a Bottle

Posted by Alice Truong Tue Mar 13, 2012 07:59 AM ET | 0

If this USB bottle were to wash ashore, would you insert it in your computer? Security-minded IT folks would warn you against it, but the concept seems very possible with an elegant USB drive from Japan’s Hum design studio. ... Read more

This Tiny Computer is the Size of a USB Flash Drive

Posted by Alice Truong Tue Feb 28, 2012 01:21 PM ET | 0

What you see above isn’t a USB drive. It’s a full-fledged computer: 1.2Ghz processor, 1 GB of RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, a Mali 400 GPU for HD video decoding and a microSD card slot that can support up ... Read more

Amazing Animals Made from Recycled CDs and Other Computer Junk

Posted by Jerry James Stone Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:29 PM ET | 0

Have some old CDs laying around the house or, even worse, a stockpile of AOL CD Mailers?! Then I suggest you box them up and mail ‘em to Sean Avery. This guy makes amazing art from old e-waste such ... Read more

“House of the Rising Sun” Played Using Old Atari

Posted by Jerry James Stone Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:57 AM ET | 0

While I love the original version of this song (who doesn’t!), my favorite is Sinead O’Connor’s cover. Though this remix using old computers is down right awesome, right? The computers at hand are a Atari 800XL, Texas instrument... Read more

Does This Make You Want to Buy a Dell? Bizarre Promotional Video Shows Man Passing Gas

Posted by Alice Truong Wed Feb 22, 2012 05:53 PM ET | 0

In one the strangest ways to plug Dell products, the PC maker has created the above promotional video highlighting how photographer Clayton Sotos, a Dell user, finds inspiration. Or, as The Loop put it in this headline: “Dell’s ... Read more

Autonomous Robots Use Wii Sensors to Play Hockey

Posted by Alexander Davies Wed Feb 1, 2012 07:31 PM ET | 0

This looks like so much more fun than any final exam I ever took. To show their wits, University of Pennsylvania students designed teams of three little robots on wheels to play hockey against one another. The teams faced ... Read more

Not Particularly Tech Savvy? ORIGIN Offers Lifetime 24/7 Technical Support

Posted by Alice Truong Wed Jan 11, 2012 05:52 PM ET | 0

If you’re the kind of person who depends on technical support a lot — and I mean a lot — maybe your next computer should be from ORIGIN PC. The company announced at CES that it will offer lifetime ... Read more

Is Apple Readying a 15-inch MacBook Air?

Posted by Alice Truong Mon Nov 28, 2011 03:04 PM ET | 0

The Apple rumor mill never closes, not even for Thanksgiving. Technically, the latest is from the Monday morning after: Apple is said to revamp the MacBook Air lineup with a new 15-inch model in the first quarter of 2012, ... Read more

No Battery Woes With Charged Up EZMouse

Posted by Alice Truong Mon Nov 21, 2011 06:00 AM ET | 0

In an age where coffee shops are the new office, the need for a computer mouse simply isn’t there. This is something I’ve embraced fully. With such a responsive and fluid trackpad on my MacBook, I couldn’t name an ... Read more

Replace Your MacBook’s Aluminum Casing with 24K Gold and Diamonds

Posted by Alice Truong Fri Oct 14, 2011 07:00 AM ET | 0

In 2008, Apple debuted a line of unibody laptops using aircraft-grade aluminum, shedding the not-so-eco-friendly plastic enclosure. The design and material stuck. But that doesn’t mean you can’t cover your computer in something a bit... Read more

Can You Smellit? Machine Emits Corresponding Smells as You Watch and Play Games

Posted by Alice Truong Wed Oct 12, 2011 07:00 AM ET | 0

Smell-O-Vision made its one and only debut in the 1960 film “Scent of Mystery.” Throughout the movie, the system released 30 different smells into the audience’s seats. The technology was a bit gimmicky, and didn’t... Read more