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Playing 'Portal 2' might make you smarter

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

"Them games'll rot your brain, you know," said the fictional midwestern mom that we've invented for the purposes of this story. Grudgingly, we'd accept her admonishment, put down our copy of Sonic the Hedgehog and go back to playing "educational"...… Go To Full Article

How to Use Virtual Desktops in Windows 10

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

Virtual desktops were finally added as a built-in feature in Windows 10. If you’ve used Linux or Mac, you know this can be a very useful feature. If you open a lot of programs at once, this feature allows you… Go To Full Article

Bring thermal vision to your phone with this camera add-on

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

For the most part, smartphone peripherals can make your mobile devices even more powerful than they already are. A new add-on, dubbed Seek Thermal, aims to do just that by bringing extra imaging features to your handset. The tiny gadget… Go To Full Article

Dropbox for Android can now move your cloud files to an SD card

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

If you're a longtime Dropbox user on Android, you've probably bemoaned the lack of SD card support. What good is having gobs of cloud storage if you can't use all the free space you have on your own phone? At… Go To Full Article

Microsoft Office welcomes Sway, a new authoring tool for web content

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

Microsoft is adding a new authoring tool to its Office suite. It's called Sway, which is the name of not only the application, but also the new form of web-based content it creates. The introductory blog post describes Sway an… Go To Full Article

Wunderlist now lets you attach Dropbox files to tasks

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

Wunderlist has long been a popular choice for folks looking to wrangle both individual and collaborative to-do lists. With today's update though, the productivity app gets a major boost from Dropbox. When creating a new task, you can attach files...… Go To Full Article

Internet Explorer still popular, shock

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

Data gathered by Net Applications has revealed that despite the domination of press by its rivals, Microsoft Internet Explorer is still the world’s most popular browser. Microsoft’s product accounts for almost 60 percent of the market and… Go To Full Article

Beer improves your memory, claim mice

@ 2014/10/03 read/post comments(0)

Thirsty boffins at Oregon State University have discovered that doses of xanthohumol, a flavonoid found in beer improved memory and thinking. True, the experiment was conducted on a group of mice who were not knocking back pints… Go To Full Article

[M] iconBIT Toucan 4K Android Mini-PC Review

@ 2014/10/02 read/post comments(0)

The Toucan Nano 4K is a powerful mini-PC from iconBIT which houses at its core one Amlogic M8 SoC which has its four CPU cores clocked at 2Ghz and is paired with no less than 8 GPU cores (Mali 450),… Go To Full Article

Vertu Aster is a luxury smartphone with 'mid-tier' price, top-tier specs

@ 2014/10/02 read/post comments(0)

Since the launch of the Signature Touch, Vertu CEO Max Pogliani promised that "technology will be more a merging factor and not a differentiation point" for his phones. That's literally the case with the new mid-tier Aster launched today: This...… Go To Full Article

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