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Amazon will reportedly launch a free video streaming service (update: Amazon...
All signs point to Amazon revealing its set-top box in New York City next week, but that’s just one part of its massive media onslaught. According to a fresh report from the Wall Street Journal, the...
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Philips adds web-connected tap switch, white-only lux bulb to Hue lighting...
Think you’re all done building out your Hue lighting collection? Think again. Philips’ latest product is one you’re likely going to want to own. The tap switch, available later this year for $60, lets...
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Philips Hue targets the ultra high end with $3,500 3D-printed luminaires
Philips’ Hue collection of app-controlled LED bulbs has never been the cheapest option for lighting a room, but the company’s existing products are at least priced to be accessible to many homeowners....
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Google now lets you arrange its web apps just the way you like them
Google’s web-based app launcher can be very handy… unless the app you want is at the bottom, that is. Thankfully, the search firm has just taken some of the frustration out of its interface by letting...
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AT&T reveals Asus Padfone X specs, stays mum about pricing and release date
ASUS left us wanting for detailed specs when it showed off the Padfone X at this year’s CES — thankfully, AT&T (its carrier) has finally spilled the beans about the 2-in-1 device. The duo’s phone...
View ArticleAre GMOs Worth the Trouble?
You hear a lot these days about genetically modified organisms, with many people arguing that they’ll be a necessity in the not-so-distant future, as climate change stresses agriculture, and as a...
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EU court rules that internet providers may have to block pirate sites
Internet providers in Europe may soon have little choice but to filter out pirate sites. In resolving an Austrian case, the European Court of Justice has ruled that EU countries can ask carriers to...
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LG G Flex receives KitKat update, but only in South Korea for now
When it rains, it pours. Shortly after the news that AT&T’s Galaxy Note 3 is finally getting a taste of Android 4.4, LG is doing the same with its G Flex back at home, in South Korea. Most...
View ArticleMicrosoft Builds a Digital “Monkey” to Hunt Fraudulent Ads
Ads on mobile apps generate more than $8 billion in annual revenue for app developers. With so much money at stake, various ways to game the system have arisen. One fraudulent method is to write...
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This R/C racer can shame sports cars with a 188mph top speed
The R/C Bullet might be tiny, but it’s so fast it can leave some supercars in the dust. The 1:10 scale model with four-wheel drive was recently timed at 188mph, beating its own 171.96mph world record...
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How to Make a Disco Ball Bra
Disco ball bras are worn by celebrities such as Lady Gaga, and they’re often worn in clubs. Their popularity hasn’t waned since the days of Madonna teaching us to wear our underwear as outer wear, so...
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Nikon to replace some defective ‘dust spot’ D600s with brand new cameras
After offering up several solutions to a sensor spotting problem on its full-frame D600 DSLR — with mixed success — Nikon has now said that it will replace any defective cameras that can’t be...
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Facebook Messenger on iOS expands to include groups and forwarding
Remember when Facebook bought and then shut down Beluga back in 2011? Well, almost three years later, Zuck’s finally putting features from his first group-messaging-app purchase to use. The latest...
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ZTE’s incoming Grand S II could be first smartphone with 4GB RAM
ZTE’s Grand S II already looks like a pretty fine handset with its brushed metal back and Snapdragon 800/801 CPU, as we saw at its launch earlier this year. But judging by a leak at Chinese regulator...
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[GEEK SCHOOL] SysInternals Pro 5: Using Process Monitor to Troubleshoot and...
In today’s edition of Geek School we’re going to teach you how to use Process Monitor to actually accomplish troubleshooting and figuring out registry hacks that you would not know about otherwise....
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Security Questions Are Insecure: How to Protect Your Accounts
We all know we should create secure passwords. But, for all the time we spend worrying about our passwords, there’s a backdoor we never think about. Security questions are often easy to guess and can...
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BlackBerry loses its bread and butter as Bold and Curve sales finally collapse
In commercial terms, BlackBerry’s much-hyped BB10 phones barely made a dent. The manufacturer’s financial health has actually been propped up this whole time by sales of its older classics, Bolds and...
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Engadget Eurocast 058 – 3.28.14
We’ve got our game faces on, but you can’t see them because you’re strapped into your Oculus Rift. That’s all well and good because we’re doing a deep dive into Facebook’s recent purchase deal for...
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Search engines allowed to block political websites in the name of ‘freedom of...
When a search engine is hauled before a judge, it’s often because somebody, somewhere, objects to a particular search result. However, in the case of eight New Yorkers who tried (and failed) to sue...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon review (2014): new, but not necessarily improved
Don’t call it a business laptop. I mean, you could, but you’d be missing the point: Though the original Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was technically aimed at corporate users, it was good enough for us to...
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