Who Wants a Quad-Core Computer for $130?

 When Raspberry Pi released their diminutive, ARM-based PC for $35, people were rightfully chomping at the bit to get their hands on something so cheap and small and hackable. But the 700 MHz, single-core ARM 11 processor it wasn't exactly a powerhouse. Enter Hardkernel's ODROID-X, which packs a quad-core Samsung Exynos chipset on a 3.5 inch motherboard. With each Cortex-A9 core clocked at 1.4 GHz,...

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Five Best Android Web Browsers

There are dozens of great web browsers available for Android, depending on the features you're looking for. Whether it's syncing with your desktop, or super-speedy browsing, or support for flash navigation, you have options galore—some of them popular, others not so much. This week we're going to look at five of the best Android browsers, based on your nominations. Earlier in the week, we asked you which...

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A Village In Assam Uses Solar Power To Run PCs

 Residents of Baleswar in Assam's Nalbari district of Assam boosts that they never witness any power cuts like big cities and towns as solar energy power their households. A lesson worth learning for big city dwellers!  Monday, July 16, 2012: ...

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DIY Cable Box Controls Your TV from Any Laptop or Smartphone

If you have a hard time keeping your remote from getting lost, DIYer Colin shows us how to put together an IR blaster that lets you control your TV and cable box from a web page. Colin, who lives in a fraternity house that often misplaces the remote, built this out of an Arduino UNO, an Arduino ethernet shield, and an infrared receiver. Essentially, you can control the TV's channel from the the...

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Nintendo VS Sega: Exploring importance of logo for video games [Infographic]

As we think about videos games, then Nintendo and Sega are two names that always come first. Nintendo carries the typical essence of Japan. This game is quite interesting and still gaining popularity all across the globe. The successive growth of this game reflects its success in market. On the other hand, it will be not wrong to say that Sega has re-defined the entire world of...

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55% of Smartphone Owners Run Price Comparisons in Stores [INFOGRAPHIC]

An increasingly large subset of U.S. shoppers are using their mobile phones in stores. Some retailers, like Target, are encouraging that behavior, giving shoppers gift cards and other rewards for checking in and scanning merchandise. Others, like Best Buy, are doing their best prevent it, even going so far as to strip the standard bar codes on products to discourage shoppers from running price comparisons...

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Facebook Vows to Speed Web With Tech From … Google

In a rare case of agreement between the two internet giants, Facebook has announced that it’s adopting the new protocol Google developed to speed the delivery of webpages across the net. On Sunday, as first reported by CNET, Facebook engineering manager Doug Beaver announced on a public mailing list that Facebook is moving to SPDY, a tweak to the web’s underlying HTTP protocol designed to significantly...

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Smartphones of the Year (So Far)

We've reached the halfway point of 2012 – high time to look back on how the smartphone space has progressed so far this year. Here, you'll find the year's most notable, most interesting smartphone releases – our favorites, as well as the devices that turned our heads or made us scratch our chins. As has historically been the case, enhancements to mobile operating systems have made just as big of an...

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How to access Facebook's free antivirus tools

You may have fallen victim to it before: Malware disguised as a legitimate Facebook post or app that entices you to click. Now, though, Facebook is offering you free options if you suspect your device has been infected. This is the most recent in a number of updates Facebook has rolled out in its fight against malware. In April, the social network launched the Facebook Anti-Virus Marketplace and made...

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The iPad Game That Took 9 Years (And an Epic Disney Fail) to Finish

Edgar, a mild-mannered window washer, is daydreaming of the girl he loves. In his dream, they meet in a nightclub straight out of Casablanca, flirting from across the room. The scene, lovingly rendered in hand-drawn animation on an iPad, is controllable: By swiping your finger right or left, you can control the boldness of Edgar’s flirting. Swipe too hard and Edgar will gyrate wildly, causing her...

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Airbus designer reveals plans for 3D printed planes by 2050

An Airbus designer is drawing up plans to create a plane from a 3D printer the size of an aircraft hanger by 2050. Airbus employee Bastian Schafer envisions an 80-metre-long aircraft with a curved body made from transparent material, so passengers feel as though they're flying among the clouds, reports Forbes. Airbus proposed the concept of a 2050 self-cleaning aircraft with inbuilt...

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The Real Reason Your Lumia Phone Won’t Get Windows Phone 8

After unveiling the Surface tablet, the company revealed a couple of days later its biggest-ever upgrade to Windows Phone — the Windows Phone 8. However, the latter news left a sour taste in the mouth of users who bought into Microsoft’s mobile platform early, as current Windows Phone users found out they wouldn’t be getting the update. Why wouldn’t Microsoft let its most loyal mobile...

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What if Web Browsers Were Celebrities? [Infographic]

Have you ever thought if web browsers were celebrities, how would they be like? Well usually everything is associated with something, then why not web browsers? Anyway, here are some famous web browsers which are more or less associated with these celebs: Source: digg.c...

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Startup Uses a Smartphone Compass to Track People Indoors

People have used magnetic compasses to find their way outdoors for centuries. In a twist, a startup has found a way to use the magnetic sensors in smartphones to locate people themselves—this time, indoors, where GPS signals don’t normally reach. Tracking people in this way could lead to mobile maps that work indoors, and let stores target offers to customers standing in front of a particular product. The...

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En Garde! Microsoft Creates Smartphone Tech for Virtual Sword Fighting

Microsoft wants to help you sword fight without the physical risks of getting stabbed. The company’s solution? A team at Microsoft Research has created a hardware localization technology that enables you to play a multi-player sword fighting game using only smartphones. No, you won’t need to attach any crazy lasers or peripheral accessories to make it work. The team’s aptly named SwordFight game...

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