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Tech news web site BGR introduced their new BGR Show today and episode one is a big one for tech, home theater, and home automation fans. The show is slated to run weekly and, in addition to a little cool technology like this week, they also promise interviews with celebrities and some behind-the-scenes segments with manufacturers. The home featured in
An experiment with HDMI cables is being touted as showing definitive proof that expensive HDMI cables perform no better than cheaper competitors. Posted to Expert Reviews, the study compared HDMI cables – from relatively cheap (just a few dollars) to painfully expensive (a couple hundred dollars). What sets this experiment apart is the thoroughness employed to make sure as many
MOG, the popular and growing online music service, and Ford today made a joint announcement that MOG will be coming to the Ford Sync Applink service. This will be the first voice-controlled version of the MOG app and it will be available in several models of 2012 Ford vehicles. MOG describes the new controls for their in-car app as letting
It is time to say goodbye to the Zune. Microsoft has recently announced that it is switching over to Xbox Music. The emphasis is clearly focused on music, and it looks like there will be a way to stream music videos through Xbox Music as well. What about podcasts? A quick search of the Xbox Music website shows that it
Enough information has found it's way onto the web to say, with a great deal of certainty, that the Google Nexus tablet is a real device and will be on the market relatively soon. It's almost certain as well, that the device is being built by Asus. What we don't know are precise hardware specs and retail pricing, although rumors
Dynamic touch screen technology. Deformable tactile surface. Haptic user interface. Whatever you want to call it, Tactus Technology is poised to change the way you think about what has become near-ubiquitous touch-screen technology. Imagine a touch screen that rises to meet your fingers - keyboard configurations that physically pop up from the screen. That’s what Tactus says it will bring
Japanese physicists have identified a mysterious blast of high-energy radiation that struck Planet Earth more than 1,200 years ago – some 20 times larger than normal variations. The cosmic origins of this ancient and massive radiation event, however, are still unknown. Cosmic-ray physicists from Japan’s Nagoya University, led by Fusa Miyake, discovered the radioactive event – said to have occurred
Get ready to clear your schedules, gamers! Bioware just announced some new reasons why you might want to start playing, (or return to playing), Star Wars: The Old Republic. The thing that caught my attention the most is the announcement that starting in July of this year, SWTOR will be free to play (up to level 15). This isn't the
Flame is a malware that was discovered recently by researcher at Kaspersky Lab. Flame is a malicious program that embeds itself in a system and steal data from that system by watching keystrokes It can steal valuable information, including but not limited to computer display contents, information about targeted systems, stored files, contact data and even audio conversation. It has
Over the past several weeks a number Easter eggs have popped up in Google search, such as the "barrel roll", "let it snow", and "zerg rush" - if you don't understand then do a search for each of those phrases, although the first two seem to no longer be active. The latest one has to do with 80's singing icon
Computer and tablet maker Asus has made a major announcement that they will be partnering with start-up BlueStacks to bring Andoid apps to their line of hardware. The announcement was part of the big Asus show at the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan. BlueStacks appeared out of nowhere just a few months ago with a new platform that allows Android apps to be installed
I love to read, but I've never quite trusted eReaders. To me, it doesn't matter if the eReader in question is a Nook, or a Kindle, or any of the other varieties. It just isn't the same as holding an actual book, made of paper, in my hands. The electronic version cannot replace the feel of the weight of the
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