Computers

Five Things You Can Do With the New Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is here at last —now what can you do with it? Here is our pick of the project ideas that you can try with your Pi. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-now-buy-this-tiny-computer-for-35-updated-5889218 Note that not all of these are going to work straight of the bat. The Raspberry Pi is brand new and will require some fiddling…

Tech News Stuart Houghton-Gizmodo UK Feb 29

You Can Now Buy This Tiny Computer for $35 (Updated)

Over the past year, we’ve seen a lot to get excited about over this tiny computer, the Raspberry Pi. It can stream video via Airplay, can run Quake III, yet only costs $35. Fortunately, now you can buy it. https://gizmodo.com/35-gadget-streams-video-from-ipad-to-tv-using-airplay-5877804 The Model B Raspberry Pi is just finishing production in China, but is now available…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 29

Intel’s Greatest New CPU Already Overclocked to 7 GHz

It’s coming later than we’d like, but Intel’s impending superchip looks like it’s going to be worth the wait—especially if you’re a speed addict. As in processor speed, not amphetamines. https://gizmodo.com/intel-confirms-that-ivy-bridge-is-definitely-delayed-5888514 It’s not available to us mere press and plebes, but alleged internal benchmarks show a walloping 100% overclock—from 3.5 GHz to 7. The method…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 28

This Is the ‘World’s Smallest PC’, and You Can Buy It Now

Late last year, we showed you a sneak preview of the FXI Cotton Candy; a dual-core computer that’s the size of a USB stick. Well, production is underway, and you can pre-order one right now. https://gizmodo.com/cotton-candy-is-a-sweet-pocket-sized-dual-core-computer-5861067 Packed inside its tiny little frame is a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor built by Samsung, along with an ARM…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 28

One Library for the Entire World

It’s quite easy for people to talk cynically of the various ways in which technology is supposedly undermining culture and society. (And those complaints are obviously nothing new.) In particular, people have — rightly or wrongly — been afraid of “information overload” for ages. But I’m an Internet apologist. The ability of average people to…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 21

Your Heartbeat Could Be Your Password

A technology in the works might soon allow you to unlock your hard drive by simply touching your keyboard. Your unique heartbeat, emitted through your fingertip, would be your password. Chun-Liang Lin and his team at the National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan translated a human heartbeat into an encryption key using an electrocardiograph…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Feb 13

Totally Badass Cyborg Costume Made of Old Apple Computers

This is the greatest thing ever. Somebody in Chongqing, China decided to show their love for Apple products by dressing up in a homemade cyborg costume made of iMacs and other outdated Macs. Now he needs to go out and fight crime, with the awesome power of OS 2. [MIC Gadget via Cult of Mac]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 9

Logitech Cube Lightning Review: This Is Not a Mouse

Logitech arguably makes the best mice you can buy. I guess it tires of doing so, as the Cube mouse-plus-PowerPoint-clicker is an ergonomic war crime and peripheral abomination. At least it’s small enough to purge from memory. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-g400-lightning-review-im-going-to-murder-your-5837268 What Is It? A “compact” pinky-long touch mouse meant to be used during presentations, too. Who’s it…

Reviews Sam Biddle Feb 7

The World Now Buys More Smartphones than Computers

In 2011, manufacturers shipped 487.7 million smartphones and only 414.6 million computers—that’s desktops, laptops and tablets. Combined. We’d heard prophecy of this day, and now it may have arrived. The study by Canalys has troves of data about global smartphone sales, which seem to lend credence to the theory that smartphones are becoming the main…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 3

Tomorrow’s Spies Will Drop F-BOMBS Everywhere

Fuck. It’s a word that commands attention. These F-BOMB computers, however, are designed to do just the opposite—quietly and inconspicuously gather sensitive information from within secure areas. And if the F-BOMB is discovered or destroyed, fuck it! It only cost $50 to build in the first place. The F-BOMB—Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors—is…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 27

A 10-Year-Old Kid Got Lost Inside a Computer—For Real

TNW has a great little anecdote today: a 10-year-old kid got lost inside a computer in the 1950s. That was the time when computers less powerful than your current phone were bigger than most homes. This is his story: In 1950, I was 10 years old, visiting the Michigan State University campus. The computer was…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 25

A computer program “painted” this artwork from its own imagination

This landscape may not look like that much – it’s a solid B+ in middle school art, I’d say – but this might just be proof that its creator, a computer program named the Painting Fool, is a creative being. The program is the brainchild of Dr. Simon Colton, a computer scientist at Imperial College…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 25

10 Ways Big Data is Creating the Science Fiction Future

Sometimes, it already seems like the websites you visit know more about you than you know about yourself — but this is just the beginning. Every day you’re helping to generate masses more data, which computers are getting better and better at crunching. How long will it be before the predictive power of these systems…

io9 Kelly Faircloth Jan 19

Lenovo’s A720 Might Be the Multitouch All-In-One PC We’ve All Dreamed Of

27-inch screen. 10-finger capacitive multitouch. Aluminum body. Fully articulating screen that folds to your liking. If there was ever a touchscreen all-in-one that had all the elements to succeed, Lenovo’s A720 might be it. The A720’s is powered by a Intel core processor and screen that goes from 90 degrees (standing upright) to -5 degrees…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 9

HP’s Ultrabook Is Made Out of Glass (Update: Hands On with Video)

How do you turn heads when everyone on the block has an ultrabook—and most of them look like bootleg MacBook Airs? Make yours fast as hell and built from a bunch of damn glass. The HP Spectre 14 isn’t made entirely out of glass, but it sure does dominate the thing: wristpad, screen, lid, all…

Tech News Sam biddle & kyle wagner Jan 9

Putting My Hands On Vizio’s New Machines Gave Me Computer Envy

Vizio says it’s trying to disrupt the computer market, and I think it just did. These are simply gorgeous machines, and are fast and powerful to boot. We saw three lines today, the Thin + Light laptops, its Notebooks, and some really amazing all-in-one desktops. The entire line features great industrial design by Scott McManigal,…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 9

Lenovo’s Y-Series Laptops Can Handle All Your Multimedia Demands, and Then Some

Lenovo’s Y-series laptops aren’t flashy by any means, but the Intel Core i7 Processor, NVIDIA GeForce discrete graphics, JBL premium sound and Blu-ray drive make up for the workman-like exterior. The Y580, specifically comes in 14 and 16-inch sizes, supports up to 8 gigabytes of RAM, and has a 1 terabyte hard drive. There’s also…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 8

Vizio Plans to Beat PC’s “Sleepy Giants” at Their Own Game

Not content with dominating the HDTV market, Vizio revealed on Friday plans to turn the PC business on its ear with a series of sleek, Apple-inspired All-in-One and Notebook PC’s. In an interview with Bloomberg, Chief Technology Officer Matt McRae announced that Vizio will unveil two Windows 7 All-in-Ones, with 24-inch and 27-inch displays, and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 7

Santa’s Trusty Robot Reindeer

When I was a kid I would’ve given just about anything to see a hoverboard under the family Christmas tree. Back to the Future II came out in 1989 (when I was six years old) and the movie promised kids like me a world of hoverboards and ubiquitous product placement by the year 2015. I…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 23

10 Amazing Peripherals You Didn’t Know You Needed

You’re a veteran tech geek. Your friends and family always look to you for advice when buying PC gear or gadgets. Yet there’s still stuff you don’t own, and don’t realize you need. Now, it’s true that many of you may have a couple of the items on this list. But there’s likely gear here…

Tech News Loyd Case - MaximumPC Dec 15

Five Things You Can Do With the New Raspberry Pi

You Can Now Buy This Tiny Computer for $35 (Updated)

Intel’s Greatest New CPU Already Overclocked to 7 GHz

This Is the ‘World’s Smallest PC’, and You Can Buy It Now

One Library for the Entire World

Your Heartbeat Could Be Your Password

Totally Badass Cyborg Costume Made of Old Apple Computers

Logitech Cube Lightning Review: This Is Not a Mouse

The World Now Buys More Smartphones than Computers

Tomorrow’s Spies Will Drop F-BOMBS Everywhere

A 10-Year-Old Kid Got Lost Inside a Computer—For Real

A computer program “painted” this artwork from its own imagination

10 Ways Big Data is Creating the Science Fiction Future

Lenovo’s A720 Might Be the Multitouch All-In-One PC We’ve All Dreamed Of

HP’s Ultrabook Is Made Out of Glass (Update: Hands On with Video)

Putting My Hands On Vizio’s New Machines Gave Me Computer Envy

Lenovo’s Y-Series Laptops Can Handle All Your Multimedia Demands, and Then Some

Vizio Plans to Beat PC’s “Sleepy Giants” at Their Own Game

Santa’s Trusty Robot Reindeer

10 Amazing Peripherals You Didn’t Know You Needed

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