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During its launch last week the new Raspberry Pi computer which is priced at $35. Experienced such a high demand on its site in the first hours of going on sale, that 700 orders a second were being placed by hopeful customers. As you can imagine the website collapsed under the load of the traffic, [...]

The OPMOD Battle Mug has to be the ultimate drinks container for anyone that enjoys a first person shooter game, such as Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 or similar. OPMOD’s Battle Mug is constructed from T6 billet aluminium and features mil-spec 1913 scope rails, together with the handle of an AR-15 to enable you to [...]

We have featured a number of different devices here on Geeky Gadgets that use Apple devices to create guitars and instruments. But an innovative instrument called the Futulele, now use both an iPad and iPhone to create a digital version of the classic Ukulele. The Futulele has been designed as an iPad application which can [...]

Engineers at the University of Utah have developed a concept next generation game controller that not only vibrates but also pulls at the thumb controllers to simulate the recoil of a gun or the pull on a fishing line, for example. The concept controller is fitted with tractors which are located underneath each thumbs and [...]

As well as launching their new V3 laptop today Acer have also unveiled their new Acer V5 which can be equipped with Nvidia GeForce Graphics if preferred. The new Acer V5 is ultra lightweight and thin, measuring just 0.59 inches at its thinnest part. The Acer V5 is equipped with a 11.6 inch screen and [...]

A new Dr. Dre Beatbox portable speaker dock has been unveiled this week, which will be launching on March 11th. Its equipped with Bluetooth enabling you to wirelessly link media players to it and is equipped with an iOS dock on the top.

Adobe has launched their Lightroom 4 software today which has been designed to provide photographers both professional and enthusiast, with the tools they need to edit both images and video. Adobe Lightroom 4 has been created to enable you to easily organise, enhance, and showcase your images and video all from one application, and supports [...]

Ten One Design, the manufacturer of iOS device cases, styluses and stands, have this week unveiled a new pressure sensitive stylus called the Blue Tiger which is a first of its kind for the iPad. Ten One have released a video of an unfinished pre-production stylus together with its companion application being used on an [...]

EA has today confirmed suspicions that the older Mass Effect 2 game saves that are currently stored in the new Xbox Live Cloud game save area will not work with the new Mass Effect 3 game. However don’t despair there is a way you can circumvent the glitch to still play with your older Mass [...]

If you are looking to add a HDMI port to your USB 3.0 equipped computer, you will be pleased to know that SIIG has just unveiled a new adapter that will do just that, and will even process audio at the same time. Providing you with a complete HD video and audio solution.

Google has today announced that its rolled out a new update to its mobile searches which brings the addition of a new “Recent” button for both iOS and Android devices. Any searches you now carry out if you have your Web History enabled and are logged into Google when doing the search, will now be [...]

Anyone who enjoyed using the Google’s App Inventor for Android in its first release will be pleased to know that is now returned thanks to MIT. Back in January of this year Google made their App Inventor for Android, Open Source, now today MIT have now announced that they have now launched their first beta version [...]