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Microsoft starts selling ASUS’ VivoTab Note 8 for $329
ASUS, like many other companies, took to CES 2014 to introduce a number of new products. Among these was the often-leaked VivoTab Note 8, an 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet with support for Wacom pen input....
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Golf swing sensor offers smartphone-based coaching, saves your best drives in...
Sony might have claimed tennis, but Seiko Epson is going for golf. After (surprisingly) announcing its foray into wearables at CES last month, the company has announced its next step into broadening...
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How would you change Sony’s Xperia T?
Much as we love Sony, it’s an open secret that the company has somewhat lost its way. For example, when we reviewed the Xperia T, Sony’s late-2012 flagship, we found that it really wasn’t any better...
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Meizu’s elusive founder returns to office as CEO amid resignations
As Chinese phone maker Meizu approaches its eleventh anniversary come March 14th, its notoriously reclusive founder Jack Wong made a surprise return — in front of cameras, no less — to his company’s...
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Sigma’s dp Quattro cameras boast higher-resolution sensors and an extra-wide...
No, you’re not looking at a projector — it’s the dp2 Quattro, the first of three cameras in Sigma’s new dp Quattro lineup. That unusually wide, almost cinematic body is meant to provide a more...
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Jolla’s intelligent phone covers are now on sale, and you can make your own
One of the signature features of Jolla’s first smartphone is The Other Half — an intelligent phone back that uses NFC to automatically customize the phone’s software. Early owners haven’t really had a...
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Yahoo Expands Research Labs in Search of Personalized, Mobile Experiences
There are many conflicting opinions about what troubled Web giant Yahoo must do to turn itself around, but critics and company leaders at least agree on one thing: fresh ideas must be part of the...
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How to Make a Living Room Table from an Old Tire
With upcycling being a fashionable trend, why not integrate an upcycled piece of furniture into your living room? Instead of purchasing a new coffee table for your living room, create something...
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Japanese smart diaper is destined to have a lot of crappy days
The current move towards wearables is surely good news for us, but unremittingly bad news for them. A flexible sensor developed at the University of Tokyo is about to discover just how bad when it’s...
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HTC admits it took its ‘eyes off the ball’ in neglecting low-end phones
Did you know that HTC still made cheaper phones like the Desire 601? Possibly not, considering the attention lavished upon the company’s One series of flagships. HTC is now expecting its next quarter...
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HTG Explains: What is HTTPS and Why Should I Care?
HTTPS, the lock icon in the address bar, an encrypted website connection — it’s known as many things. Knowing what it means is important, as it has serious implications banking online, shopping, and...
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Why Windows Uses Backslashes and Everything Else Uses Forward Slashes
Have you ever noticed that it’s C:Windows in Windows, http://howtogeek.com/ on the web, and /home/user/ on Linux, OS X, and Android? Windows uses backslashes for paths, while everything else seems to...
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‘Fish on Wheels’ frees your guppy from the tyranny of the tank (video)
A company called Studio Diip has created a motorized go-cart. For fish. Though “why” is the first question that comes to mind, at this point we’re only able to give you the “how.” When Little Dory...
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Broadcom’s new chips could put fast LTE in your budget smartphone
While entry-level smartphones are getting to be quite good these days, few of them have fast LTE; many have to make do with either basic LTE or 3G. If Broadcom is successful with its just-revealed...
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Blackmagic now shipping its Production Camera 4K for $1,000 less than expected
So far, all of Blackmagic Design’s cinema cameras have suffered through various shipping delays, and the new RAW-capable Production Camera 4K is no exception. But if you plunked four grand down to...
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[GEEK SCHOOL] Excel Formulas 1: Why Do You Need Formulas and Functions?
This How-To Geek School class is intended for people who use Excel, or try to use Excel but are intimidated by the concept of formulas and functions. Its objective is to make you an Excel pro or at...
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IMO messenger enables video calls right from your browser
There’s a big surprise waiting for IMO users who log into the redesigned website today: a new video chat feature that works right from a browser. Yes, that means there’s nothing to download, as the...
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Russian authorities only accept real money
Now that the good people of Russia have been robbed of untold billions to fund corruption at the Sochi Olympics, their government would like to warn them of a much more serious danger: Bitcoin. The...
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World’s First Entanglement-Enhanced Microscope
One of the exciting possibilities of quantum mechanics is the ability to measure the world far more precisely than with classical tools. Today, Takafumi Ono and pals at Hokkaido University in Japan...
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Other Interesting arXiv Papers (Week Ending 8 February 2014)
Advanced technologies are affecting everything from our sense of privacy and free speech to the types of jobs that are available to the foods that we eat. In our best features this year, we got into...
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