According to the BBC, major file-sharing site Megaupload has been shut down – and its founders are facing criminal charges by the United States’ federal government. Predictably, the site’s founders have been charged with violating piracy laws. Prosecutors claim Megaupload has cost copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue, despite Megaupload’s claims of
Audio and mobile device accessory manufacturer iFrogz has freed users from the need for large external speakers or headsets to augment their devices’ output with its new Boost amplifying speaker. Compatible with most mobile devices featuring an external speaker, the Boost uses Near Field technology (the first device to do so for audio) to transmit
SteelSeries invited us up to their suite at the Aria during CES to show off a few new products that will be coming on the market this year. The Flux demonstrates SteelSeries’ desires to get into more mobile technology. While not as large and bold as their other audio offerings, the Flux does have portability
Maxell Corporation and Wearable Inc. demonstrated the second-generation AirStash wireless thumb drive at the Consumer Electronics Show. The AirStash 2’s press release calls the AirStash the “first and only wireless flash drive.” It uses a built-in web server and media streamer to share data with up to eight devices wirelessly within 50 meters and has
Razer took some time during CES 2012 to show off the latest prototype of their Project Fiona tablet. This tablet runs on an Intel Core i7, and is essentially a higher end laptop. Combine the underlying Windows 7 OS and add accelerometers and a touch screen to the already obvious controller rig around the main
Award-winning peripheral manufacturer iLuv displayed a wide selection of tablet and smartphone accessories at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Newest on iLuv’s list is its WorkStation Series, a lineup of combined docking stations seeking to fill the niche normally occupied by stationary desktop or netbook PCs. The iMM517 WorkStation Pro includes speakers and a mounting
TYLT has introduced a new line of smartphone accessories at the 2012 Consume Electronics Show, including battery packs, car charger cables, and modular designer smartphone cases. TYLT’s products all share a distinctive angular design. Its new Band car charger cable is flat silicon with a unique flat, coiled style. Its line of smartphone cases feature
Since the announcement that Netflix was bringing the popular TV show Arrested Development back to life there has been a stirring of speculation and hope about the possible returns of other cancelled shows. Is this perhaps a chance to bring back geek favorite show Firefly? Of course, geeks have been clamoring for this for ages.
The holiday season is arriving shortly, and as any normal holiday-loving person would do, I’ve started plotting ways to rack up my karma in time for Christmas. That’s right, Calvin has nothing on me. I know what you’re thinking: preparing for the holiday season this early triggers vivid flashbacks to Christmas decorations filling the department