By Darrell Etherington The Pop is simply the best dedicated activity tracker that money can buy for $150, for the simple reason that unlike the rest, it won’t just be shoved in a drawer and forgotten weeks, or even months after purchase. Basics Bluetooth 4.0 iPhone (4s or up) or iPod touch (5th gen or…

By Darrell Etherington The smart home needs a remote, and one startup debuting on Kickstarter today thinks the smartphone isn’t necessarily the best option of that. NEEO is a dedicated device that includes a remote, as well as a brain to centralize control of your home, including your home theater equipment as well as connected…

By Desire Athow Hard disk vendors are no longer content selling vanilla drives and they’re now looking for higher margin products, which explains why so many have rushed to unveil wireless hard disk drives. We have had models from Seagate, LaCiE (a Seagate company) and Western Digital already sent over for review, and Buffalo’s Ministation…

By Desire Athow Hard disk vendors are no longer content selling vanilla drives and they’re now looking for higher margin products, which explains why so many have rushed to unveil wireless hard disk drives. We have had models from Seagate, LaCiE (a Seagate company) and Western Digital already sent over for review, and Buffalo’s Ministation…

By Desire Athow Toshiba unveiled a new 3TB hard disk drive that’s crammed into a 2.5-inch form factor. The MQ03ABB300 is the smallest such hard disk drive and kickstarts another potential round of product launches. Samsung Storage, now a Seagate division, produces a 3-platter, 2TB 5400 RPM drive while Seagate has an enterprise-focused Constellation drive…

By Desire Athow Toshiba unveiled a new 3TB hard disk drive that’s crammed into a 2.5-inch form factor. The MQ03ABB300 is the smallest such hard disk drive and kickstarts another potential round of product launches. Samsung Storage, now a Seagate division, produces a 3-platter, 2TB 5400 RPM drive while Seagate has an enterprise-focused Constellation drive…

By Laurence James Introduction Despite storage being the foundation on which all data and applications reside, some people say working in the storage industry can be a thankless task at times, and the work often goes unnoticed as it predominantly occurs in the background. Storage is still a decision left until last when it comes…

By Laurence James Introduction Despite storage being the foundation on which all data and applications reside, some people say working in the storage industry can be a thankless task at times, and the work often goes unnoticed as it predominantly occurs in the background. Storage is still a decision left until last when it comes…

By Avon Barksdeal Another day, another set of hot deals on great gadgets and games! Today we’ve got hot deals on hard drives, headphones, sat navs, laptops, graphics cards, console games and plenty more. Let’s start with this supreme deal on a second screen TV at eBay. The LG 22MT44 is a 22-inch full HD…

By Darrell Etherington The first week of 2015 was CES for me, which meant working out of a suitcase in a bizarre fantasy land hewn from hard desert rock, grit and little else. My home office is a veritable oasis of displays and screen real estate, while my mobile CES office most definitely is not.…

By John Biggs On it’s surface, the products made with a MarkForged Mark One printer don’t look like they’d be very strong. Printed in a crude-looking white and beige filament, the wrenches and tools demoed by founder Greg Mark at CES this year looked like any other 3D-printed object – flimsy and unfinished. However, once…

By John Biggs Teddy the Guardian, unlike his animatronic cousin, Teddy Ruxpin, will not terrify your children. Teddy is actually a vital signs sensor that allows parents to check a child’s temperature and heart rate with a single tap of the bear’s paw. Because it’s also a beloved toy, the child won’t be frightened and…

By Darrell Etherington Apple has a new beta for iOS 8.2 out today, and the software contains a hint that suggests it could launch publicly alongside the Apple Watch. The mention of the Apple Watch is found in the Bluetooth menu, according to 9to5Mac, where a message at the bottom of the devices list directs…

By John Biggs In part infinity in our continuing series of heart-warming 3D-printing events, we present Liam and his amazing 3D-printed Clone Trooper arm. A cool dude named John Peterson printed the arm for Liam after learning about E-Nable, a group of volunteers who print arms and hands for kids. Liam’s arm, for example, is…

By Darrell Etherington This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was typical in one key regard: The best insights to be had at the event are those that appear when you look at its overall composition, rather than at any single announcement or product unveiling. For CES 2015, one theme in particular struck me as especially important,…