Ever heard of Mobile High-Definition Link, or MHL for short? Today, it’s a way to connect a smartphone to a HDTV or monitor via microUSB. But the new SuperMHL could challenge HDMI and DisplayPort dominance over your entire home theater. Read more…
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Look Out HDMI and DisplayPort, There’s a New Cable in Town
I mean, sure, technically we knew that Sony’s flagship XBR-X900C Ultra HD television was a ridiculous 4.9mm thin the moment Sony announced it. Technically. But it’s another thing entirely to see what that means: it’s thinner than an iPhone 6 Plus. Read more…
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Sony’s Flagship 4K TV Is Thinner Than an iPhone 6 Plus
It turns out there are still some ways to improve a USB flash drive that don’t involve just cramming more storage inside. The iStick Pro , coming sometime in March of this year, features a Lightning connector on one end for attaching to iOS devices, and a wonderful transforming USB/microUSB connector on the other making it also compatible with laptops and Android devices. Read more…
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The Magical USB Port On the iStick Pro Drive Transforms Into microUSB
At one time when all you needed to connect was a couple of laptops, a cheap wireless router would more than suffice for most homes. But these days, when there’s everything from phones to tablets to TVs relying on your Wi-Fi network, it makes sense to splurge on your hardware. And D-Link’s new 11AC Ultra Performance Series routers promise speeds of up to 5.6 Gbps optimized for the myriad of different devices constantly hopping on and off your network. Read more…
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D-Link’s New Wi-Fi Routers Look Like Reverse-Engineered Alien Technology
Instead of waiting for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week to finally unveil what the new Chevy Volt looks like, General Motors pulled back the curtain on its new electric hybrid at CES just now. No details, no other specifics, just our first full look at the vehicle. Read more…
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The New Chevy Volt First Look: Less Concept, More Sedan
Other than ingesting alcohol and narcotics in sufficient doses to induce a state of analgesia, for most of its history, people in the West got through surgery with the aid of little more than forcible restraint and grit. Read more…
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What Did People Use to Mask Surgical Pain Before Modern Anesthesia?
This gigantic car transporter has been run aground—on purpose—after it began to list just off the coast of the UK. It weighs 51, 000 tonnes, is laden with 1, 400 cars—and now needs to be righted. Read more…
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A 51,000-Tonne Cargo Ship’s Been Deliberately Grounded Near the UK
The people at the beautiful Woods Hole Inn* have snapped these photos of Steve Jobs’ yacht in the wild. It’s the first time we have seen Venus open like this, offering a peek at its interior design. It looks like a summer home from this angle. Here are two more views of the starboard and the bow. Read more…
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First peek into Steve Jobs’ luxury yacht interior
The brains that will power your next laptop are here. Intel’s just taken the covers off the high-powered versions of its new Broadwell architecture. That is to say, the 5th generation Intel Core i3-i7 chips that will make your next laptop better than ever. Read more…
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Intel Broadwell: The Badass Brains That Will Power Your Next PC
Unlocking your front door from a smartphone app isn’t a terribly new idea, you can even electronically send keys to people you want to have access to your home while you’re away. But Kwikset is updating its Kevo Bluetooth front door lock with new hardware that lets you lock or unlock your front door from anywhere on earth you have mobile data on your smartphone. Read more…
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Unlock Your Front Door From Anywhere On Earth With Kwikset’s Kevo Plus