Ford took the opportunity during the Consumer Electronics Show to introduce two new innovations to the company’s SYNC equipped vehicles. The first of which connects the car to the Internet while the second allows drivers to reconfigure their instrument panel using dual LCD screens. The new MyFord Touch technology features a Wi-Fi receiver and a web ...

If 2009 taught us anything, it’s that every product needs an app store. Whether it’s a television or an established mobile operating system, people want their apps. And they want them from a single source where they don’t have to worry about compatibility or difficult installations. Intel, who dabbles in software now and then, announced AppUp, ...

It’s looking like CES 2010 will go down not as the year of the 3D television, or even the tablet, but as the year of the e-book reader. The success of the Kindle 2 and then the nook in 2009 means this isn’t much of a surprise, but what is surprising is how quickly the ...

I’ve always felt that the likes of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson has made an indelible and undeniable promise to me, to be enacted no later than the year 2010: the 21st century was the century in which reality and virtual reality blurred. In this regard, cyberpunk authors and the 21st century are both culpable ...

The web is becoming more and more mobile every day, and it’s no surprise that search giant Google, who knows the web better than anyone, has recognized that. Taking a cue from the geo-location frenzy of popular iPhone and Android apps, Google as just unveiled Google Local Search, which allows you to filter results according ...

With the excitement for the World Cup beginning to start, people are getting interested in every aspect of the games. This extends all the way to the Cup’s surprisingly complex ball, known as “Jabulani”. A video of its construction process has been posted to YouTube and, while it’s slow in parts, it’s worth checking out. The ...

If you’ve heard of ioSafe before then you know the company makes “disaster-proof hardware”. This includes fireproof USB external hard drives, tough internal drive enclosures, and waterproof NAS units. Those are all well and good, but what happens if you’re USB hard drive gets lit on fire, soaked with a hose, dropped 20 feet, and run ...

Intel is attempting to bridge the gap between accessing streaming content on your PC and viewing it on your large screen TV with the introduction of a new display technology known as Intel Wireless Display, or Wi-Di. The easiest way to describe Wi-Di is as a wireless bridge between your PC and TV. It will require ...