Archive for the ‘Daily Digest’ Category

You’ll never get a flat tire with the Soft-Ride Bike. This wonder uses what appears to be a normal bike frame, but instead of the standard metal rims/spokes with rubber tires, the wheels on the bike are made up entirely of sprung steel. Guests staying at the W Hotel in London’s Leicester Square will have […]

We’ve seen a lot of cool things made out of LEGO bricks. Recently we saw a LEGO robot hand, a LEGO 3D milling machine that carves 3D shapes, and even a pancake-making robot made of the tiny toy bricks. However, this is the first greenhouse we’ve seen built out of LEGO bricks. The LEGO Greenhouse is part […]

If you like the look of the specs on the new HTC Raider and Titan, but you’d prefer a phone that doesn’t ship with the Sense UI, you’re in luck. The Samsung SHV-E120L has had its secrets laid bare, and they’re every bit as impressive — if not more so. Like the HTC Raider, the […]

It doesn’t matter how simple a printer is advertised as being, they all end up having annoying software to install, an LCD that is too small to be of any real use, and require a PC and other software in order to get the image or document into the correct state for printing. Artefact, a […]

Earlier this summer Microsoft warned consumers about a widespread phone scam targetting Windows users. Phone calls originated in India, while victims were targeted in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Ireland. Windows users contacted by Microsoft were bilked out of more than $1 million dollars in total — and that was from a sampling of just […]

Not too far back a prototype of the HTC Holiday appeared on Craigslist. Shortly after, a very similar phone was handled and tested on AT&T‘s nascent LTE network. Now the phone has gotten official on the Korean HTC website as the HTC Raider 4G. The specs are slightly improved over what had been previously reported. […]

Back in July GameStop briefly posted minimum specs for Battlefield 3 on their online store. Now the official PC requirements have been released by DICE and EA, and GameStop weren’t far off the mark. The bare minimum requirements needed to play the game may have a few of you with older rigs moving uncomfortably in […]

There are plenty of excellent remote desktop apps out there — from relative newcomers like TeamViewer and Mikogo to grizzled veterans like RealVNC. Proving once again that you can teach an old dog new tricks, the RealVNC crew was on hand at the Intel Developer Forum 2011 showing off a killer new feature that those […]

Just about every mid-range and high-end television on sale today includes at least some smart TV features, like content streaming and web browsing. But just because you saved a few bucks by picking up a clearance-priced 32″ 720p set doesn’t mean you can’t get in on the action. A number of solid add-on boxes are […]

The animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, is definitely one of the most extreme organizations out there trying to prevent animal cruelty, at least when it comes to advertising. Its action have been questioned many times in the past, and some of its decisions on what to […]