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Atari and US subsidiaries file Chapter 11
Old-school gamers will immediately think of woodgrained game consoles with toggle switches when they hear the name Atari. While Atari made the most popular game console of the early 80s, today the...
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High-tech gym floor has LED lights rather painted stripes
Think back to your days in elementary or middle school when you had to go to PE in a gym that was used for multiple sports. Odds are your gym had more than the normal lines for basketball court running...
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BlackBerry 10: RIM could sell off hardware division post-launch says CEO
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has admitted the Canadian company is considering selling off its smartphone hardware division after the launch of BlackBerry 10, one of a range of options that hinge on the...
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Scientists at Cambridge University find quadruple helix DNA in human cells
If you’ve ever studied genetics in school or college, you’ll know that the structure of DNA is a double helix. You likely know that DNA carries all of our genetic code. While traditionally we think of...
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EA and GlassLab announce SimCityEDU
SimCity is a video game that allows you to build, run, and even destroy your very own city. One of the things I always liked about SimCity was building up your city and then setting loose monsters or...
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Intel is hard at work on technology to help Stephen Hawking communicate
Stephen Hawking is widely considered to be one of the most brilliant physicists in the world. The problem for Hawking is that he has a deteriorating medical condition that leaves him progressively...
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Alfa Romeo 4C coming to the US next year
If you’re a fan of Italian sports cars and a Ferrari isn’t in your budget, you’ll be interested to hear that Alfa Romeo has a new two-seat sports car destined for the United States next year. The car...
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Silver sheath of death kills STDs
A group of researchers from Canada has announced that they have devised a new silver nanoparticle coating for condoms that could help to completely inactivate HIV and other STDs. According to the...
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BlackBerry changes App World name to BlackBerry World
RIM is betting big on the next-generation of its BlackBerry operating system called BlackBerry 10. The new operating system will be officially unveiled later this month and has created a significant...
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Memoto life-logging camera delayed (but gains digital compass)
The Memoto wearable camera project is making lemonade out of delay lemons, taking advantage of a hitch in GPS antenna design to slot a digital compass into the life-logging gadget. Issues with the GPS...
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Eric Schmidt and daughter Sophie recount North Korea experience
Eric Schmidt’s trip to North Korea raised a few eyebrows, with the Google chairman’s mission to push the open-internet prompting no small amount of speculation; now, thanks to separate accounts from...
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Antarctic Explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s rare Scotch returned to the...
Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was a famous explorer of the frozen wilds. Shackleton had a ramshackle hut in Antarctica where he lived during his expedition. Underneath the floorboards...
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Sergey Brin spotted on NYC subway rocking Google Glass
When you’re Sergey Brin, you can afford to take a limo through the streets of NYC, though the photo opportunities for your Google Glass headset are probably more plentiful on the subway. Augmented...
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BlackBerry 10 licensing back on the table
If you’re a big fan of BlackBerry and ever thought to yourself, “if only I could get RIM’s mobile OS on that [insert brand here] smartphone, my life would be perfect”, you may be in luck. This week an...
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Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad making an appearance at Macworld/iWorld 2013
Last week we had a look at a couple of new photos from the jOBS movie set, which showed off actors Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad resembling Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak back in Apple’s early days. Today,...
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Windows Phone 7.8 update landing on January 31
Those of you who have been waiting for the long-rumored Windows Phone 7.8 update to arrive have been given a reason to smile, as its roll out has seemingly confirmed for later this month. Windows Phone...
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Nexus 10 rumored for refresh with quad-core CPU, 8-core GPU
Google officially announced and showed off the Nexus 10 at last year’s Google I/O conference, and it certainly gave all other tablets a run for their money — the high-resolution display being just one...
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Cuba reportedly fires up underwater fiber optic cable for first time
As odd as it may seem, Cuba is working its way into headlines today. We’re hearing reports that Cuba has finally fired up its underwater fiber optic cable that stretches all the way to Venezuela,...
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Sony might not reveal PS4 until Microsoft has announced next Xbox
If you believe the hype, Sony and Microsoft will be announcing their new consoles this year. We think both will, along with many other gamers and analysts out there. With the next generation seemingly...
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Will Wearables Fuel – or Fracture – Convergence?
The candid snapshot of Google exec Sergey Brin, riding the subway on a $2.25 fare while sporting a Glass prototype worth thousands of dollars, has reignited questions around ubiquitous computing. That...
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