Hardware
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Facebook Just Coughed Up $1 Billion For A Company That Makes Brain-Reading Wristbands
Stirring the speculation pot about the company’s long-rumoured smart glasses, yesterday Facebook agreed to acquire the CTRL-Labs startup which has been developing a wristband capable of reading a wearer’s thoughts and using them to control computers and other devices.
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Why Nest Accounts Are Becoming Google Accounts And What You Can Do About It
It’s official: If you’ve got a Nest account, you can now swap everything over to your Google account. But should you do it right away, if at all? And why is Google asking you to combine accounts anyway? Here’s everything you need to know if you’ve got Nest-branded smart home gear set up.
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You Can Upgrade This Star Wars Death Star PC Case With A Superlaser Video Projector
If there’s not a fancy, over-tuned car in your driveway, there’s a good chance there’s a fancy, over-tuned gaming PC sitting on your desk. The beige PC boxes of the ‘80s are long gone, now replaced with cases adorned with blinking lights, LCD screens, and exotic shapes – including one now shaped like the ultimate…
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My Grudge Against Iomega And The Click Of Death
There are companies I dislike, companies I disagree with, even companies that have occasionally angered me with disappointing gadgets that under-deliver. But to date there’s only one company that I hold a genuine, deep-rooted grudge against. It’s the reason I don’t have copies of most of the work I did in uni, and I will…