More Digital Home Articles

  • 25 April 2013

  • News: Hands on with the HAPIfork

    As tech writers, we get our fair share of devices and gadgets to play with: Smart pedometers, smart watches, even smart cars--but HAPIlabs is the first company to bring us a smart fork. Yes, you read that right: The current upswing of technology has extended to cutlery with the HAPIfork, a connected fork designed to monitor how fast you're eating and encourage you to eat mindfully.

  • News: Sony DEV-50V binoculars let you capture 3D video of distant 'subjects'

    Let's face it, you can get all the great photos of your family outings and kid's soccer games with a good compact zoom camera or entry-level DSLR. And these days, every decent camera shoots hi-def video.

  • 24 April 2013

  • News: Microsoft to announce next Xbox on May 21

    Eight years after the first Xbox 360 units shipped, Microsoft will finally pull the curtains off its long-awaited successor on May 21.

  • News: Samsung to expand retail presence in US

    Samsung is making an aggressive sales push in the U.S. market by expanding into thousands of third-party retail outlets where dedicated staff will sell and provide advice on the company's smartphones, tablets and entertainment products.

  • News: Samsung wants you to buy a Galaxy S4, then a Samsung TV

    Samsung has jam-packed the Galaxy S4 with fancy features, but there’s one that stands out in making the new handset attractive to anyone who’s looking to buy a new phone and a TV in the near future.

  • News: Wink to take a photo with Google Glass--maybe (and other stuff you missed)

    Happy World Book Night! If someone thrusted a book upon you today, they were probably, most likely not crazy. But wait--before you get to reading all that free literature, here's some news you might have missed.

  • 23 April 2013

  • News: Asus ships Cube Internet streaming device with Google TV

    Asustek has shipped its Google TV streaming device called Cube, which will become available starting this week for US$139.99.

  • News: Berg creates #Flock, a Twitter-driven cuckoo clock

    The project was created to promote the Berg Cloud Internet-connected-product platform, but does seem awfully familiar.

  • How-Tos: How to minimize noise in digital photos

    In the days before digital photography, seemingly every corner store had rack upon rack of film on display. Each roll of film was marked with a speed--measured in ISO--such as 100, 200, or 400. Higher-speed film was handy for low-light photography, but it had a serious disadvantage: grain.

  • How-Tos: The 21 worst tech habits--and how to break them

    You bite your nails. Your house is a sty. You never signal before changing lanes, and when you finally reach your destination, you're 30 minutes late.

  • News: What is UltraViolet?

    After May 1, if you're out shopping and you buy a DVD or Blu-ray, there's a good chance it will come with a bonus -- a free copy of your new movie or TV series online, available for streaming or for download.

  • Feature: What is Google Glass? Everything you need to know

    You might have heard of Google Glass or Project Glass, but what is it? We'll tell you everything you need to know about Google Glass right here.

  • News: Microsoft to bring back Start button

    Microsoft is planning to resurrect the iconic Start button which users are sorely missing from its Windows 8 operating system.

  • 22 April 2013

  • Opinion: Save yourself a trip to the body shop with this DIY rear-view camera

    If there's one challenge mankind has been wrestling with for well over a century, it's how to parallel-park your car without backing up into another car or a parking meter. Once again, the intrepid Raspberry Pi computer comes to the rescue. Developer Jeremy Blythe designed a Raspberry Pi-based project that combines a cheap and effective parking camera along with a distance sensor in your vehicle.

  • News: Twitter, Comedy Central team for five-day #ComedyFest

    Hot on the heels of the launch of its new music discovery service, Twitter now plans to push its content chops even further by holding a five-day comedy "festival" in partnership with Viacom's Comedy Central, complete with the abundant use of hashtags.

  • News: All-robot film crew makes a documentary about humans

    The past few decades have seen robots occupy numerous occupations once purely under the sole purview of humans. This trend towards a de-peopled workplace shows no promise of slowing down anytime soon. In fact, a new project appearing at NYC's Tribeca Film Festival is proving that robots may have yet another role that they can take off our carbon-based hands: documentary filmmaker.

  • Opinion: #Flock is a Twitter integrated-cuckoo clock that chirps when others tweet at you

    The clever folks at Berg, along with Twitter UK, have put their collective hand to an interesting Twitter-driven cuckoo clock they call #Flock. While it's easy to appreciate the lovely craftsmanship of these clocks (they really are pretty cute), what's even more interesting is how they're wired into the Internet.

  • Opinion: Mini PCs amok: From 3ft tower to 3cm mini marvel

    Back in the 1980s the PC revolution brought about the microcomputer. We’re still seeing an ongoing trend in shrinkage, which has resulted in the current mini PC.

  • 21 April 2013

  • News: Remains of the Day: At long last

    Siri’s eidetic memory has an expiration date after all, Apple gets a brush off from some Antarctic birds, and Tim Cook reaches the end of his tether. It’s curtains for the remainders for Friday, April 19, 2013.

  • How-Tos: Shoot now, focus later: Change the focus after you take a photo

    The line separating reality and science fiction continues to blur. Whereas 40 years ago, cameras that focused themselves were unfathomable, auto-focus lenses have been a routine part of photography since the 1980s. Fast forward to today, and you can purchase the Lytro camera, which does away with the idea of focusing entirely: You can change the focus of Lytro photos after they're taken. The coolest part? I'm going to tell you how to simulate Lytro photos with the camera you already own.

« first « previous … 7 8 9 10 11 … next » last »