A Mexican site called Conecti.ca got some hands-on time with the HP Slate, and walked away decidedly unimpressed. The verdict: that the device is basically a keyboardless netbook. Well... yeah. More »
Just in case internet iPhone celebrity Jason Chen needed another reason to feel smug: his alma mater, Berkeley, has the highest internet speeds of any city on Earth. More »
Bill Jordan's recent iPad purchase turned nightmarish, in one of those delightfully grotesque ways that local news affiliates thrive on: a thief grabbed his shopping bag, tugging so hard that he took most of Jordan's little finger with him. Gross. More »
Last Saturday, Atlanta's Georgia Dome was packed with students cheering on the FIRST Robotics Competition national championship. We covered the final matches via live feed, but these up-close photos truly capture the event's electric atmosphere. More »
Anyone can build Optimus Prime out of an old semi and a glint of All Spark. But it takes a true craftsman, a visionary, an auteur (and OK, maybe a clown) to build him out of balloons. More »
It was dubbed a "once in a lifetime opportunity" by UKAirshowReview, and I've got to agree—these photos of 13 Tiger Moth planes flying over Gatwick airport, with commercial planes grounded below due to volcanic ash, are amazing. More »
If you're a BlackBerry fan, there is probably not a single thing you have been looking forward to more than what we have right here - screenshots and full details of RIM's upcoming operating system, OS 6.0. More »
We've already circled January - March next year in our pink filofaxes as the Big Launch Period for the 3DS, but according to CVG it'll actually be going on sale this October—around the same time as Project Natal. More »
Some pictures capture a moment. Others capture a story. For this week's Shooting Challenge, I asked you to stage a scene. Your results were sometimes funny, sometimes beautiful, sometimes sad and always worthwhile. More »
We had to temporarily take down the comments system because a certain post is setting our servers on fire, but there's plenty of commenting to be done on our Facebook page. Head on over and join the party. [Facebook] More »
A particularly sweaty Californian man has already filed a lawsuit against Apple for the iPod Shuffle headphones, but as of this week Apple is offering anyone who's had problems with them a replacement pair for free. More »
Today, the formerly Japan-exclusive Wii Classic Controller Pro ($20) arrives to American stores. It's basically a recreation of Sony's Dual Shock (which is basically a beefed up SNES pad), with double rows of shoulder buttons and dual analog sticks. [Nintendo] More »
Just as I discover the $45 TRON hoodie (a combination of my two favorite things short of "pork fornication," which just sounds bad), I discover it's sold out. Some t-shirt sizes are still available, however. [Threadless via TheDailyWhat via DVICE] More »
Want to know when your pre-ordered iPad will arrive? April 30th. If you planned to buy one from an Apple Store? That'll be the same day, starting at 5pm. PM. So sleep in, nerds. More »
Google's removed the video for inexplicable reasons, however TechRadar dug it up on YouTube, and found Eric Schmidt promising an affordable price-point for netbooks with Chrome OS and the potential for it to be offered on-contract by phone networks. More »
When you look at most of the two dozen or so people in this photograph, which belongs to a Canadian museum, there's no doubt that they're from 1940, the year in which it was taken. But what about that guy? More »
The Festo researchers who built this prototype robotic arm claim that they were inspired by the form and function of an elephant's trunk. But anyone familiar with Spider-Man's nemesis, Dr. Otto Octavius, knows what they really had in mind. More »
In February, Philadelphia's Lower Merion School District had remotely activated webcams of school-provided MacBooks 42 times. In fact, the school snapped thousands of photos in total. More »
The championship match of the 2010 FIRST Robot Competition is starting soon. Many teams have fallen and many robots have fallen apart. But now it's just the best student-made bots of the lot, battling for all the glory. Watch inside! More »
