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Bicycle helmets are great pieces of equipment and take the brunt of an impact instead of your head in the unfortunate event of an accident. Most things that a cyclist is likely to hit are pretty hard, whether it's a car, tree or the road itself, and a helmet can genuinely save your life. The sad fact is that in
When the Chromecast first came out in late July it connected to very few things. You could cast YouTube, Google Music, Google Movies and Netflix. Hulu Plus was added in mid October. Today Pandora has been added to Chromecast. It works great on my HTC One which is an Android phone. The icon shows up at the bottom and it
If you own a pet, you know what the urine smells like. Apparently, so do Dell Lattitude 6430u users. They started complaining the smell on the messageboards. Turned out, Dell confirmed the smell is real (but not really urine). "The smell is not related to cat urine or any other type of biological contaminant, nor is it a health hazard,"
Wireless mice are commonplace these days but many only work with their own brand wireless transceiver, which restricts their use to devices equipped with USB ports. Less common are Bluetooth-based mice which have the potential to work with any Bluetooth-equipped unit, including Android and iOS tablets, potentially making them much more useful. On review here is one such mouse, the Microsoft Bluetooth
Apparently, a manufacturing issue has come to the point that Apple is proactively replacing certain iPhone 5S models. The issue causes the battery to drain and not recharge fast enough. Although Apple is not saying the actual problem, they assure it's not a battery issue. It's a good summation this issue could cause the phone to burn out or even
What, exactly, is going in with the large barges that have appeared more than one port? The speculation on the internet points to Google. Are these mysterious floating structures intended to become Google Glass stores? Might these become new data centers for Google? It doesn't seem like anything is 100% confirmed as of yet. Not a lot is known right
Found an article tonight that showed the Russians found spy chips in electric irons that had come out of China. If true this takes things to a whole new level of scary. Please note prize winners we have our coordinator email setup at insider@geeknewscentral.com Also want to thank those of you that have contributed to the crowd-funding campaign. Check it
The mouse has been around nearly since the humble beginnings of personal computing and, unlike the PC and its software, this tiny peripheral has changed little. But time and technology eventually catch up to even the simplest of objects and the lowly mouse is no exception. We have witnessed the introduction of cordless versions, first with USB dongles and later
If you love the smell of bacon, then you are in luck - your smartphone can start smelling of it without you having to put the phone on the griddle! You will need an iPhone or Android device to run this, but this adaptor - created by Scentee - will emit a smell of bacon into the air. You can choose
If you watch HD videos on YouTube videos you may have noticed lately that there is a difference depending on what browser you are watching them on. The difference is not your imagination. Google who owns YouTube is now using HTML5 with MPEG-Dash which uses the Media Source Extension API. This allows an adaptive stream meaning that videos can be automatically
LG have announced the widely anticipated G Flex smartphone, the first to have a significantly curved screen. Obviously there have been smartphones with curved screens before, such as the Nexus S and the original Palm Pre, but the LG Flex is the first to make the curved screen into a major feature. Intended to follow the features of the face,
I present the slate of podcasters that where nominated for the 9th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards. I also present my State of the Podcast Union that I do each year.. Lots of gems in this. Congratulations to all the podcasters who where nominated. See all the nominees at PodcastAwards.com
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