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If you’re a computer enthusiast and gamer who likes to build your own computers, you may be familiar with the name OCZ. The company made its name with computer memory early on and then later stopped making computer memory and moved into power supplies and SSD’s where it found its place. OCZ has announced a [...]

I don’t take many medications on a daily basis, in fact only take one. I have bad allergies and if I forget to take my allergy medicine, I can expect to spend the day sneezing and not being able to breathe out of my nose. You think I would remember to take it, but I [...]

You may recall that during CES we mentioned a cool new iPad mount for your car from Scosche. The iPad mount was called the Scosche backSTAGE pro II for iPad 2. It is designed to mount to the headrest in your car and hold the iPad securely so backseat passengers can use it while driving.

NEC has unveiled three new devices that will be showing off at Mobile World Cup Congress next week in Barcelona, Spain. The three devices are all Android 4.0 LTE handsets that aren’t likely to come to the United States. NEC smartphones and tablets generally stay in Japan.

DNA sequencing sounds like something that needs a multimillion dollar machine and a major laboratory of a University or a government think tank lab. There might be some truth to that statement me, but later this year what may be the world’s smallest DNA sequencer is set to launch from a company called Oxford Nanopore.

If you’re a huge fan of Pinterest, changes may be afoot. There has been a lot moaning and complaining that the site allows people to steal copyrighted materials when they pin images to their profile board. It seems Pinterest has decided to attack these supposed copyright issues head-on with unveiling of new code that blocks [...]

You might be familiar with the company called Looxie that makes the point of view video cameras. Looxie has teamed up with Taser, the people who make the non-lethal weapons for police officers and self-defense. The resulting product is called the Axon Flex and it is a small camera designed for police officers to wear.

Like most people that have ever used a DVR, it’s one thing I can’t live without. I have never used a TiVo DVR, but I can see where it might be superior to the DVR I have with my satellite provider. If you have a TiVo and enjoy Blockbuster On Demand you will not like [...]

I’m sure I’m not the only geek that enjoys messing around with some remote control cars or helicopters every now and again. I’ve seen a number remote control helicopters that use the iPhone for control and tested some as well. The company behind one of those helicopters I have tested now has a new remote [...]

There are a lot of people out there that like to have their iPad wherever they happen to be, but don’t want to have to hold it all the time. If you’re one of the sorts the spiderArm mount may be just what you’re looking for. It is designed to attach to a flat surface [...]

If you’re a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise and have played the eighth game in the series, you may recognize the mini game in the photo below. The game is called Triple Triad and is a card-based mini game that can be downloaded now for Android devices.

NTT DoCoMo in Japan has a pair of new Android devices that will be coming in the next few months. In March the Japanese carrier will get a new smart phone running Android called the docomo NEXT series AQUOS PHONE SH-06D. In April, the carrier will get another device, this time a tablet called docomo [...]