By Kane Fulton While laptops, tablets and other devices become thinner and lighter, monitors are having some trouble shedding the pounds. But despite recent trends such as 4K laptops and tablets with larger displays, dual-monitor setups remain as popular as ever. If you’re after a second screen to lend your laptop extra screen real-estate on…

By Kane Fulton While laptops, tablets and other devices become thinner and lighter, monitors are having some trouble shedding the pounds. But despite recent trends such as 4K laptops and tablets with larger displays, dual-monitor setups remain as popular as ever. If you’re after a second screen to lend your laptop extra screen real-estate on…

By Desire Athow Remember talks of a paperless office/world where everything would be digitised, available only on a display near you? Well it never happened. We’re printing more than ever before and mobile devices have, ironically, been fueling the growth of printing. We gathered the best printer deals around in three categories: Laser printers, inkjet…

By Kyle Russell Last week Chinese electronics company Xiaomi gave Western media an in-depth look at its products and business model. From its phones and the Android variant that powers them to its ambitions in the smart home of the future, Xiaomi demonstrated its approach to capturing the demand for premium gadgets while costing less…

By Darrell Etherington Samsung said they would be working towards building LoopPay’s technology into future devices, and stressed that this isn’t just about mobile payments: It’s about building a mobile wallet that is more comprehensive in scope, without requiring either merchants or consumers to change their behavior at a faster pace than they’re necessarily willing…

By Mary Branscombe and Dan Grabham Introduction and installation Windows 8.1 has now been out for a few months and is a freely downloadable update. Microsoft has already released what is the equivalent of a first Service Pack for it, Windows 8.1 Update 1. The latter should already have landed automatically on Windows 8 systems…

By Mary Branscombe and Dan Grabham Introduction and installation Windows 8.1 has now been out for a few months and is a freely downloadable update. Microsoft has already released what is the equivalent of a first Service Pack for it, Windows 8.1 Update 1. The latter should already have landed automatically on Windows 8 systems…

By Darrell Etherington Google is back with its annual Science Fair, with the fifth consecutive year of the program opening the door for submission today. The event is run in partnership with Lego Education, National Geographic, Scientific American and Virgin Galactic, and invites any students between 13 and 18 from anywhere in the world to…

By JR Bookwalter LG may have bent over backwards to bring the world flexible smartphones, but when it comes to further innovation on current form factors, the Korean manufacturer shrugs off any notion that something cool is on the immediate horizon. TrustedReviews today published curious comments from an LG executive that shed light on why…

By JR Bookwalter LG may have bent over backwards to bring the world flexible smartphones, but when it comes to further innovation on current form factors, the Korean manufacturer shrugs off any notion that something cool is on the immediate horizon. TrustedReviews today published curious comments from an LG executive that shed light on why…

By Matt Burns Indiegogo is trying to answer crowdfunding’s biggest question: How do you get your money back if the product never materializes? Called Perk Insurance, the optional coverage will allow backers to receive a full refund — minus the cost of the insurance — if the perk is not delivered within a specified period…

By Greg Kumparak We’ve made it! 2015. The year of hoverboards and self-tying shoes, according to Back To The Future. So far, we have neither of those things. But we do have this absolutely ridiculous iPhone case modeled after Doc Brown’s DeLorean, so we’ve got that going for us. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch…

By Ben Stinson Introduction and design A few short months ago, Oppo was barely a blip on the international radar. After moving beyond the bounds of Blu-Ray players, it first garnered international attention with the Find 5 superphone. At the time it was the first smartphone to launch with a 1080p screen onboard, beating the…

By Jamie Hinks A new US National Security Agency (NSA) spying campaign has been uncovered that involved baking spying software deep inside hard drives made by some of the world’s largest hard drive manufacturers. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab discovered that spies acting on behalf of the government found a way to exploit the source…

By Jamie Hinks A new US National Security Agency (NSA) spying campaign has been uncovered that involved baking spying software deep inside hard drives made by some of the world’s largest hard drive manufacturers. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab discovered that spies acting on behalf of the government found a way to exploit the source…