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UK Owners Lose £134m (€160m/$208m) by Overcharging Devices

Although energy efficiency is currently one of the hottest topics generating beneficial changes for millions of households worldwide, a recent study highlights that 90% of the British people overcharge their gadgets, wasting no less than £134million (€160m/$208m) every year.  Some of them aren'...

3 January 2012
05:48 GMT

New iPhone App for a Paperless Future

A new iPhone app could revolutionize the way we do business nowadays. Forget about the pen left at home, the tons of paper manufactured and distributed annually and the millions of hectares of forests destroyed over this cause. Due to an innovative Adobe EchoSign application, users can sign important documents dire...

22 December 2011
09:58 GMT

The Latest iRiver StoryHD Firmware Is Available: Version 1.28

We're reminding you about the new firmware for iRiver's StoryHD e-reader, now reaching version 1.28. This new firmware addresses certain issues related to DRM (digital rights management) which seem to plague the devices running older software.By correcting the system bugs responsible for the abnormal behavi...

29 November 2011
10:39 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Developer Talks About Gadgets, Upgrades

Just as Batman: Arkham City is being released this week across the globe, Rocksteady Studios' game director, Sefton Hill, has talked about the upcoming Batman game and how the team added not just big features like the open world of Arkham City, but also new upgrades and gadgets that can be used by the Caped Crus...

17 October 2011
14:21 GMT

Automated Fix It Solutions for Malfunctioning Windows 7 Gadgets

Microsoft is providing Windows 7 customers with automated solutions designed to resolve issues they might have come across, in which their gadgets are not working properly, or displaying erroneously. The Redmond company has confirmed problems affecting Windows 7 gadgets, and also indicated that in certain scenarios,...

28 February 2011
06:10 GMT

Black Friday Deals Not So Great Anymore, Study Reveals

This week is a very important one for the United States, where they're celebrating Thanksgiving (on Thursday), followed by what seems to be one of the year's biggest shopping periods, also known as Black Friday, when the biggest stores offer all sorts of discounts in order to draw-in customers bent on a sho...

23 November 2010
03:53 GMT

Transform Your iOS 4.2 Apple iPad into a Real Pinball Machine

We're pretty sure that many of you simply love those large, metallic pinball machines installed in arcades and game centers just about anywhere around the world, for quite a lot of people these things actually representing the first contact with the concept of “gaming”.Sadly, modern technology has so...

19 November 2010
05:49 GMT

Go James Bond with the ThinkGeek SpyNet Mission Video Watch

Let's face it, just about everyone out there is somewhat fascinated by the many gadgets that appeared in the numerous James Bond installments screened over the years (or at least that's how I imagine it to be), and at least a couple of people have actually purchased such gadgets for themselves, such as the ...

3 November 2010
15:01 GMT

Survey Says the Era of Wristwatches Is Almost Over

Time is ticking away for what was once the most reliable time-telling piece: fewer and fewer people use a wristwatch to tell time, relying instead on more modern and multi-functional gadgets.These days, a wristwatch is more of a statement piece than an actually useful accessory, since most of us already have other ga...

27 October 2010
13:31 GMT

Texas Instruments Trumpets DLP Pico Consumer Electronics

This year's Consumer Electronics Show has seen company after company launching entire product lines, or sets of product lines, each eagerly waiting to see the glee in consumers' eyes. Texas Instruments is proudly presenting its significant advancements in its award-winning DLP Pico technology, with more tha...

7 January 2010
09:04 GMT

Hottest Handbag: Bag TV, the Tote with Incorporated TV Screen

Women who often find themselves bored to death or highly irritated on the commute to and from work have now the trendiest of gadgets to keep them company. Bag TV, a new type of handbag created by the company with the same name, caters for the two needs of a woman in this situation, in that it is both extremely trendy...

6 July 2009
14:51 GMT

Teens Don’t Get Enough Sleep Because of the Gadgets They Use

It’s a known fact that having a television set in a child or a teenager’s room is the first thing that parents should not do, unless they want their son or daughter to be constantly distracted and not get enough sleep to make it through the day. A recent study comes to show now that it’s not on...

26 May 2009
15:21 GMT

Future Gadgets Have to Learn to 'Eat Less'

The International Energy Agency (IEA), the main international organization in charge with assessing and regulating the amounts of electricity that are being consumed on the globe each year, is urging increased awareness of the issues surrounding gadgets ranging from computers to cell phones and PDAs. While these devi...

25 May 2009
18:31 GMT

New Gadget Knows What You Want to Do

Gadgets such as mobile phones, personal data assistants (PDA), remote controls, and personal music players have been the beneficiaries of a large number of innovations over the past few years, all designed to make their use a lot easier and more intuitive than it was when they were first conceived. But the new device...

17 February 2009
08:41 GMT

MiniWiz Creates Solar-Powered LED Device

A new device, created by miniWiz, makes use of the light emitted by the Sun to charge its batteries, and can supply six hours of LED lighting on a single charge. The small apparatus, dubbed the Solarbulb, can be stored outdoors without a problem, as its entire surface is covered in a water-resistant plastic polymer, ...

21 January 2009
02:52 GMT

Charge Your iPod by Simply Going for a Walk

A new green device, presented last week at the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) 2009, is capable of supplying 100 percent renewable electricity to iPods, cell phones, and other such mobile devices, via the use of electromagnetic induction. Basically, by simply walking, users can get a full charge on their gadgets in ...

12 January 2009
03:20 GMT

CES Shows Devices Customized for Children and Seniors

This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is not short on innovation, and companies from all around the world display their finest products at stands throughout the exhibition. But among the latest-generation computers and handheld devices, a new class of gadgets started getting a lot of attention – the ...

9 January 2009
10:35 GMT

Welcome to Our Gadgets Section

For the recent couple of months, since Softpedia's new “face” was revealed to the world, you've probably been wondering just what that teasing “Coming Soon” label applied on the Gadgets tab was hiding. Well, as of today, you'll be able to see exactly what we've been cooking...

23 December 2008
03:30 GMT

trueCall, the Anwsering Machine That Fights Off Phone Scams

It's pretty certain that quite a lot of people out there have become the unwilling victims of phone scammers and telemarketers, being coerced into purchasing stuff they didn't really need or giving money away for who knows what reason. And since this seems to be quite a major issue all around the world, two...

23 October 2008
13:31 GMT

Pomera, the Note-taking Device

Miniaturizing stuff is one of the master goals of today's technology and pretty much everything has been shrunk to a more portable, ergonomic and energy-saving size, while at the same time attempting to raise the bar when it comes to performance. From the old voice recorders using cassettes, things moved to the ...

22 October 2008
03:04 GMT

Sony Rolly Live Experience – Always Fun to Play With

Although it's already a bit old (it was initially launched in Japan back in September 2007), Sony's Rolly manages to draw everyone's attention whenever it's on display. After all, it's not everyday that you see a seemingly innocent-looking, egg-like product starting to move around like it...

14 October 2008
15:41 GMT

Consumer Electronics Sales Keep Going Strong, Despite Economic Turmoil

As all of you probably know only too well, the whole world is going through a major financial crisis nowadays, one that will most likely leave its mark on the consumers' spending habits. Thus, it's very likely that a lot of people will give up on some of their favorite activities or will simply cut back on ...

9 October 2008
06:04 GMT

Sega Livedream, a Dream about Live Performance

Everyone loves music boxes, or so they say, at least. And since pretty much every toy from the past has been "updated" one way or the other and brought back to a new "technology-coherent" life, it was a question of when or how rather than a question of if. The new music box-like thing comes from Japan, from Sega to b...

6 October 2008
11:19 GMT

Math Clock: Be Quick Calculating or Miss the Train

I must admit that weird time-keeping machines are fun, whether their functionality is real or not. Having a wacky wall clock or a wristwatch you can barely understand may not be one of the most practical solutions when it comes to being on a schedule, yet I really doubt that anyone buying such gadgets does so hoping ...

27 September 2008
06:06 GMT

A Negative Flash from Tokyo: the Tokyoflash Negative

I guess that naming Tokyoflash the undisputed gurus of weird and unique wristwatches is not too much at all; one needs just a look at groundbreaking models like Infection, Rogue or Scramble to understand why these guys have managed to build such a reputation in the gadget industry. It's in their very nature to c...

18 September 2008
05:51 GMT

Vista SP1 Gadget Brings Mars Weather Updates via the Phoenix Lander

Weather information on your Windows Vista SP1 desktop can now be an interplanetary experience with the help of the Windows Sidebar. While there are a luxuriant variety of weather gadgets for the Windows Sidebar in Vista, there is one that's out of this world, literally. The Phoenix Mars Weather Gadget will bring...

20 June 2008
06:17 GMT

Top 5 Free Vista SP1 Sidebar Gadgets to Keep a Close Eye on Microsoft

Keeping a close eye on Microsoft is not exactly an easy task, moreover since the company has entered a new era of translucency over transparency. But at the same time there are a variety of sources orbiting Microsoft and providing enough crumbs from the Redmond feast. The problem in this context is the centralization...

15 April 2008
07:20 GMT

Google Updates Gadgets

You have all heard of iGoogle, Google's personalized homepage, which allows you to create your own Google website equipped with all kinds of utilities starting with Gmail and Google Search and ending with to-do lists and weather forecast. Because of its growth up in popularity, Google is continuously working on ...

11 April 2008
02:06 GMT

Ladies, Hit Your Local Apple Store Now!

Cosmopolitan has recently come to the conclusion that the #1 place to meet guys is your local Apple store. The answer to this lies within our love for gadgets, of course. We agree that the Apple Store is a great place to find guys, possibly even single guys.Really, we're all single up to a certain age, and when ...

3 March 2008
03:33 GMT

Valentine's from Google

Seeing as Valentine's Day is coming up and we all know what a huge marketing boom it brings to everything red and sweet, beginning with chocolate hearts wrapped in red foil and ending with a Porsche Boxster (not really oldie, but goldie), Google has decided to indulge its users with some gadget feelings.Who can ...

12 February 2008
02:58 GMT

See the Gadgets Behind Google Street View

The Google Street View cars are racing across New Zealand, according to several eyewitnesses. Some more compromising pictures, people entering adult book stores or upskirts from ladies entering cars are not singular items to be shown so far. I guess the weird collector's gallery is going to become richer with th...

10 January 2008
13:06 GMT

Samsung: Women Buy More Gadgets Than Men!

What do women want? Well, they want...gadgets! And since holiday season can often become synonymous with stress, a "therapeutic" shopping spree could be the best thing for a gadget victim. Today, women love buying gadgets more than shoes or jewelery, so, we could say the days when technology was considered a "man...

20 December 2007
13:46 GMT

YouTube Decides that Gadgets are Obsolete

The update that YouTube went through with, a couple of weeks ago, seems to still be in the works and things seem to be changing rather erratically. Categories have been switched and added to other lists, in such a manner that it would have been pretty difficult to know where to head to, had you wanted to do that. To...

29 November 2007
06:32 GMT

Medical Warning: MP3s Are Dangerous for Pacemakers!

News about the impact of the MP3 players upon human life just gets better and better. After in May, i4u has published the report of a 17-year-old student who conducted a study on the effect of iPods on pacemakers, straight at the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute at Michigan State University, things get even more...

29 October 2007
11:46 GMT

Top 10 Gadgets You Might Consider for the Christmas Shopping List

Christmas is approaching rapidly, and everyone's checking their bank accounts (the customers) or their product stocks (the vendors) in order to make sure they'll be ready for the madness that will ensue. And mainly the same as the past years, gadgets and hi-tech consumer electronics will most likely be quit...

29 October 2007
10:26 GMT

The Pursuit of Geekiness... Brits Own 400 Million Gadgets

Nobody knew how gadget aficionados some people can be. Take Great Britain for example. Apparently, the Brits have become real gadget fans. This conclusion is the result of a recent survey, carried out by the fellows from "First Direct".So, according to Webuser, the latest report of First Direct has shown that when i...

19 October 2007
05:06 GMT

The Horror! Gadgets Get Banned!

The number of people who use various types of gadgets almost on a daily basis has skyrocketed over the past few years and now you can see a mobile phone, an iPod or a PDA wherever you look. However, it would seem that this gadget overflow is affecting quite a lot of people in a negative way, as they want to escape th...

30 August 2007
06:06 GMT

Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget Makes Steve Ballmer's Emails Public

Dear Steve... This is how an email addressed to Microsoft's Chief Executive Office Stave Ballmer begins. Ballmer's actual account as well as the password are unnecessary to read the CEO's email. All you need to access it is a gadget designed to integrate seamlessly with the Windows Sidebar in Windows V...

30 July 2007
05:58 GMT

OHSO Travel Toothbrush

People need media (and advertising in particular) to create needs. Yeap, that's right... you would be lost if it weren't for advertising (don't believe me). Just imagine yourself going to the market without knowing anything at all about the brands there and having to read all the labels. So much time l...

10 May 2007
14:26 GMT

TV Timer Makes TV Safer for the Kids

With tons of parental control devices already on the market, deciding what you should and what you shouldn't let your children see can be really confusing. Parents that are tired of catching their kids staring at "late night shows" can choose from remote controls or other electronic tools that block or filter TV...

10 May 2007
05:05 GMT

AVA Core's Cooling "Glove"

Tired of sticking your face in a bucket of cold water soon after you reach the crossing line? You probably need an ice vest, wet towels or some huge windmills. But wait, there's a more effective way to reduce your body's core temperature. AVA Core came out with a portable device that can help your body main...

9 May 2007
06:59 GMT

Power Your Wow Windows Vista with NVIDIA

Nvidia might not provide full support for Windows Vista as some disgruntled customers have alleged, and could face a potential class action lawsuit for failing to deliver on its Vista ready products, but the company can not stay away from the operating system. Together with Microsoft, Nvidia has kicked into gear a co...

8 May 2007
06:01 GMT

The Ashtray Clock: "Oh My, Time for a Cigarette!"

Damn, I love wall clocks! Don't you? Well, maybe 'cept those which don't let you sleep at night. Ninja clocks, wheel shaped clocks or clocks with electronic crazy cuckoos...They remind you of the meaning of "Carpe diem!" and you just stand there and admire beautiful details like the noon chuck hands, f...

8 May 2007
01:05 GMT

Wheel Alarm Clock: Licensed to Brake Your Nightmares

I've seen many weird alarm clocks, but this one is probably going to rule them all (not!). The Wheel Alarm Clock is scary. As you've probably guessed, the Car Wheel Alarm Clock is a desk clock shaped like a wheel. The clock comes with "pimped" arm wheels, normal clock hands and numbers and all the mumbo jum...

7 May 2007
18:36 GMT

Clock Radio with Hidden Pinhole Camera

You probably remember the Security Camcorder Clock; you know, the alarm clock that comes with a built-in motion-sensitive camera. Well, as you've probably guessed when reading the title, here's a similar "pervert" device that continues the clock-hidden camcorder trend. The snappily named Hidden Camera Spy C...

7 May 2007
04:34 GMT

Ttool: Wonder PMP-GPS-DMB Combo

If you're a sucker for PDA-PMP-DMB- GPS combos, then you should move to South Korea. This all-in-one wonder is a PMP (Portable Media Player) running on Windows CE, with a Samsung SRC2440A (400MHz) processor. It's a MP3 player, a video player and a GPS unit in the same body. As you've probably guessed,...

5 May 2007
07:36 GMT

Brica View Art 1000: the Swiss Army Knife of all Portable Gadgets

Just when I thought no one is brave enough to launch another all-in one gadget, I stumbled into this: the Brica View Art 1000. Yes, it does it all, but let me clarify one thing. The 1000 does not actually represent the things it can do, ok? The thing is purported to perform half a dozen of things (none of them well,...

4 May 2007
18:06 GMT

Epoq Video Watch: "What time is it? I don't know, I'm watching a movie!"

MP4 wristwatches are nothing new. They're usually encountered in James Bond movies or in your wildest dreams. Still, there are companies that have tried to create these all-in one gadgets. Unfortunately, the wrist-wonders just failed miserably when it comes to video quality and, well, screen size evidently. Weig...

4 May 2007
17:31 GMT

e-Revolution's Speaker "Says": Wave your Hand to Adjust the Volume

Volume buttons are compulsory when it comes to building speakers, right? Wrong! e-Revolutions magic-ball like motion speaker proves it. Thanks to the devices' built-in motion sensor, you can adjust the volume by moving your hand up and down in front of it. It's not just an ordinary speaker though. The Mot...

1 May 2007
18:06 GMT

CAUL HeliBot: Remote Controlable Helicopter for the Bored

HeliBots are tiny helicopters used in reconnaissance missions by really bored people (Ok, and probably by kids too). You must've heard about the WoWee DragonFly and Micro Mosquito HeliBots. Well, here's another cute one that should help you do some effective helibot-mapping around your obscure workplace. Th...

1 May 2007
05:27 GMT


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