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• The SIM Card Sticker That Allows Easy Access to Mobile Networks Across the Globe

  

  For those who travel abroad, there’s always a pang of jealousy when locals are able to switch on their phones upon landing, without a thought of excessive fees. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 GADGETS

• Google Web Designer Creates Animated 3-D HTML5 Ads in Minutes, for Free

  

  Google released its new tool for building adaptive, universally usable rich  ads this morning. With Google Web Designer,  hard-core animators and... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Google’s Quantum Computer in Limbo After Government Shutdown

  When Google and Nasa announced plans to boot up an honest-to-goodness quantum computer at Nasa’s Ames Research Center, it seemed like the beginning of... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• iPhone 5S and iOS7 Have a Secret Weapon

  The reality distortion field has gone into reverse, but it’s blinding us to the truth: Apple is still leading the way When Steve Jobs was still with us, many... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• ‘Terminator Arm’ Produced out of 3D Printer

  It may look like a sci-fi movie prop, but it could be a glimpse at the future of prosthetics. 3D printing can render everyday artefacts in clear plastic, so we... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• EU Wants All Companies to Use Standard Charger – Take Attention Apple

  A European Parliament committee unanimously voted to require all phone makers to sell the same type of charger. While most companies already provide the standar... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Forget Terabit Networks; New Multicore Fibers Could Signal a Petabit Age

  Some interesting experiments in fiber optics could dramatically improve the data rates of our backbone internet networks. Researchers at the University of... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Goldfinger 2: Asian Site Leaks Rumored Gold iPad Mini 2 With TouchID Sensor

  

  It’s not that much of a stretch of the imagination to believe that Apple might unveil gold, or “space gray,” iPads in the upcoming month(s). Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Google Research Shows off New Way to ‘virtually Project’ Your Smartphone onto An...

  Sure, Google already has Chromecast for throwing websites and media to big screens. The company’s engineers believe they can go one better, however, with... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Rockstar: ‘GTA 5′ Cops Not Racist

  There’s a fan theory about GTA 5 travelling around the forum world — that the in-game cops are guilty of racially profiling. There are three protagonists in... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Tests Show iPhone 5s A7 Chip is Dual-core, Still Beats Quad-core Android...

  

  When Apple announced the iPhone 5s last week, it made a lot of noise about the 64-bit architecture of the phone’s new A7 chip. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Consoleception: You Can Play Your PS4 Through Your Xbox One

  At the Tokyo Game Show this past week, Microsoft got a question about whether or not the Xbox One’s HDMI-In capability will support the ability to run its rival... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Apple Sells Nine Million New iPhones, Tells Investors to Expect a Nice Quarter

  Some analysts thought Apple might sell five million new iPhone 5c and 5s models this weekend. More optimistic estimates topped out at around eight  million. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• The Best New Tablet Tools for Visual Artists

  Tablet sales are booming, projected to reach $229.3 million global sales this year and overtake PC purchases by 2015, IDC reports. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Three Men Impersonate Cops to Cut GTA 5 Waiting Line

  They posed as cops so they could play as crooks, police say. Three Staten Island men have been charged with second-degree criminal impersonation after posing... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Online Gaming’s Onward March to Total Domination

  There’s a pretty good chance the gentleman sitting in the corner of Starbucks fiddling with his iPad is actually playing Candy Crush instead of reading over... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• New Browser Extensions Let You Hit the NSA Where It Hurts: in the Data

  Flagger.io does just one thing: It adds a random selection of keywords, like “terrorist,” “pressure cooker,” “Al Qaeda,” etc. to the address of every website yo... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Apple’s M7 Chip is the Trojan Horse for Its Wearable Computing Plans

  Could the iPhone 5S’s new M7 chip be something of a trojan horse, leading the way for Apple’s wearable-tech debut? As expected, Apple’s Town Hall September... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Why Outsourcing Innovation is Going to Be Big for the Tech Industry and Beyond

  Innovation within large corporations is often slow and ineffective. Corporate bureaucracy creates inertia, stifles creativity and instills a fear of failure in... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Europe Plans to End Mobile Phone Roaming Charges

  The European Commission is proposing to scrap mobile phone roaming charges across Europe as part of a raft of measures to reform the telecoms market. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 GADGETS, TECH