With more than 4.2 million page views, 2008 has been an amazing year for us. In fact, it’s been the best one since the blog’s inauguration back in 2005. Some of our most popular stories ever have been published in the last year, and in case you weren’t around back then, here are the top […]
You may not have heard of the company, but among audio- and videophiles “in the know,” Oppo, a Chinese manufacturer, reigns as a “best bargain” champ among very high-performance disc-player brands. The company makes a noted effort to include high-quality parts and better-than-usual engineering designs to maximize both audio and video quality, plus, uses extensive […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] While there are a lot of “link shrinkers” and “URL shorteners” out there, this one caught my eye. Adjix is a link shortening service that has the added benefits of tracking and monetization. Back in the early days of TinyURL and its ilk, shortening a link was a fairly click-heavy, but necessary process […]
Built out of a Bioloid Humanoid Robotics kit, this amazing Humvee transformer robot can actually transform from its initial truck form into a fully functional, badass-looking robot. Not an average robot kit, the Bioloid Comprehensive Kit from Robotis allows you to build and configure over 26 robots! The Bioloid Robot Kits from Robotis are the […]
By Will Sullivan, Contributing Writer, [GAS] Nope, contrary to some recent speculation, it’s not from Wal-mart (where the “discount” is currently only two bucks). It’s from AT&T… …the catch? It’s only the 8GB model…and it’s a refurb. (And there’s the obligatory two-year contract, natch.) Still…it’s under a 100 clams! (The 16GB model, also reburbed, goes […]
While most of us think of this time of year as the season of giving, corporations seem preoccupied with keeping, or even taking — via outrageous patents. One current trend in graphical user interfaces these days is the use of live icons to indicate files, where the icon represents a mini-preview or thumbnail of the document […]
I’ve always considered IT certifications as mostly worthless, but still, what this little girl accomplished is pretty amazing. This only goes to prove one thing: Anyone with an exceptional memory can succeed at those Microsoft certification exams. I wonder how she would manage to deal with real-life IT issues, such as rebuilding a corrupted Exchange […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] As a scientist (or at least a scientist-in-training), I tend to think of the physical world and human curiosity as eternal bedfellows. As long as there are other worlds to ponder, be they huge or microscopic, we will do what we have always done: “Seek out and explore new […]
If you’re a member of Generation Y, chances are you can do a lot of different things with your cell phone: text, email, surf the web, pay for merchandise, take pictures and movies — oh, and even talk to people in real time! But have you ever used it to test your blood for diseases? […]
Researchers at Panasonic have developed a new robot designed to rinse dishes before stacking them inside a dish washer. Check it out: Our verdict? It looks like a useless piece of junk. I mean, have you seen how this thing rinses the dishes? It certainly won’t get food off the plates by simply dumping them […]