The Cool Gadget Guide
With the holidays in the rear-view mirror, you may have finally become comfortable with your new tech gadget. But what about that old one collecting dust in the closet? I have two outdated like new Palm PDAs. The good news is that some local cell phone stores serve as donation drops for cell phones, chargers, batteries—whatever—from all carriers and brands. Find out if there is any one close to you.
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Last month, Google chairman (and former CEO) Eric Schmidt hinted that a Nexus tablet will be coming within the next six months. He didn’t actually use the word “Nexus”, but there was talk of a tablet produced (at least in part) by Google. Visions of a 10-inch, quad-core, Ice Cream Sandwich-running iPad competitor danced through
By being both slovenly and the type of person that expects technology to solves my problems, I’ve found that I’m the ideal consumer for robotic floor cleaners. For some now I’ve been using iRobot’s Roomba 560 robotic vacuum cleaner, but I’ve also used the Neato XV-11 to see how it compared. Finally I’ve just given
Though you may have thought 2011 was already the year of the tablet, 2012 is shaping up to really be the year of the tablet — and we’re not even a full week in yet. Apart from the possible arrival of a new iPad model or two, it looks like the Android tablet price war
Logitech is one of the most well known peripheral makers out there, and it has a healthy selection of rodents available for most people’s needs. Its latest mouse attempts to shake things up a bit though, by moving away from the standard shape and adding additional functionality when in your hand rather than on your
Microsoft Flight, the game to rise from the ashes of Flight Simulator, is going free-to-play and finally taking off this spring. The PC-only game will let players start flying for free around Hawaii’s Big Island in the ICON A5, a new concept small plane aiming for real-world production this year. In true free-to-play fashion, the
The Vioguard anti-bacterial keyboard has received US FDA approval for use in healthcare, the start-up has announced. This means that hospitals and other such sterile environments can use the keyboards. The keyboard works by extending for use and retracting when it’s out of use. When it retracts into its housing, two germicidal 25-watt ultraviolet lights
If you are starting to make plans for this year’s summer vacation, you may want to add Dusseldorf, Germany to your list of possible destinations. Where else in the world can you take your family to a theme park built into the remains of a nuclear reactor? Before you start shopping for a personal geiger
For those of you lucky enough to be taking advantage of Verizon’s ultra-fast LTE network on your smartphone or tablet, you may have also had the privilege to experience having little or no LTE signal when traveling in a vehicle or inside your home/office. Wilson Electronics is looking to help you with this problem by
