The business of iPad accessories is booming even though the device is scheduled to hit the stores worldwide later this month. We’ve previously covered ColcaSac’s fashionable sleeves for iPhones, iPods, and Kindles, and today we learn about a premium iPad carrying case from Booq, a privately-held family company that creates high-end laptop bags. The Sierra Madre, ...

The latest beta of Google Chrome brings a new automatic web page translation feature and more detailed privacy controls on a per-site basis. When you visit a site written in a different language than your preferred language set in Chromes preferences, up pops a discreet bar at the top of the browser window that offers an ...

Say what you will about 2009’s blockbuster Star Trek, but most people will agree that is was a good watch. This video plays on its popcorn-movie appeal by rewriting the ending.It’s ridiculous, nonsensical, and highly amusing. Things get silly at the end, but I do like it when they piece apart things from the movie, like ...

It’s tough to be a technology writer when you have to get a new mobile phone. Heck, it’s tough even if you aren’t a writer considering the number of options available. Rather than looking at technology I looked at what I wanted the phone to do for me. First, I wanted it to consolidate my ...

In recently released ThinkPads, like the T410, is it possible to swap the Fn and left Ctrl key. It gives ThinkPad users something that they’ve been requesting for a long time: placement of the Ctrl button at the bottom lefthand corner of the keyboard. This happens in BIOS, not on the hardware side, so it’s an ...

Gamers who have been following the development of Gran Turismo 5 will already know that the game includes NASCAR. But until now, we haven’t really seen any in-game footage of it in action. That changes today with the release of the video you see above giving a teaser of what to expect. Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the ...

Cyber Clean is a cleaning compound that sells for for a 75 gram packet. According to their website Cyber Clean is: … a revolutionary cleaning compound! When it comes to cleaning action in cavities and where convention cleaning products have physical limits. Cyber Clean gets into cavities because of its perfect combination of viscosity elasticity ...

No one can deny that YouTube has an impressive following. Still, Google knows that the video website hasn’t been able to serve all those who may visit it including the hearing impaired. The company took a step toward addressing this shortcoming when it launched automatic captions to a small group back in November. As the name ...

Over the years, inventors have created some fascinating ways to expand our connection with computers and other electronic devices besides usingstandard input devices like touchscreens,keyboards and mice. Today’s example, created by inventor Chris Harrison, centers on a machine that allows thehuman bodyitself (specifically the arm) to become anew type of input device. Harrison’s Skinput prototype, as ...