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• 11 April 2013

• News: Gigabot comes not to destroy but to print

  Have you ever thought to yourself, 3D printers are cool, but they're just too small? Well then, the Gigabot (funding through May 9) may be for you.

• News: Australian market more concerned with print quality than cost: Oki

  Businesses in the Australian market look for quality instead of cheap printing.

• 10 April 2013

• News: Oculus Rift VR headset is easy to repair, at least for developers

  Developers will have no problem cracking open the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that connects to a PC and plays 3D games.

• 09 April 2013

• News: PARC spin-out launches Kickstarter campaign to disrupt home networking market

  PowerCloud Systems, a company spun out of the famed PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)--birthplace of the etthernet, laser printing, and the graphical user interface--aims to upend the consumer networking market with a new cloud-managed Wi-Fi router. The company launched a Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday to bring its new Skydog Home Network Package (funding through May 14) to market.

• News: Space policy launched by Federal Government

  The Federal Government has released Australia’s first ever space policy – the Satellite Utilisation Policy.

• 08 April 2013

• News: Intel doubles speed of Thunderbolt interconnect

  Intel has doubled the speed of the Thunderbolt data transfer technology, which will soon shuttle data between host computers like Macs and peripherals at a rate of 20G bps (bits per second).

• News: Slideshow: The Week in Mac Accessories: You should see our USBs!

  If you're looking for the latest USB 3.0 technology (including the hubbiest hub ever) look no further than the latest Mac-accessory roundup. Also: cases, key covers, adapter holders, super docks, air filters, and even a backpack.

• 05 April 2013

• Opinion: Trax is a wearable GPS for your pets and little ones

  When your smaller mammalian responsibilities wander, it may be wise to keep tabs on them. Wonder Technology Solutions (aka WTS) has come with a suitably diminutive, well, solution. The Trax (funding through April 12) should allow you to keep an intelligent digital leash on your children or pets.

• Opinion: Kindle and Raspberry Pi join forces in this wireless terminal hack

  It's pretty obvious that we love hardware hacks, whether it be Kindles that gets jailbroken into makeshift displays or some amazing uses of the Raspberry Pi. Now one hacker named Max Ogden has combined these two great hack flavors into one ultimate combo he calls the Kindleberry Wireless.

• News: London School of Fashion exhibition shows 3D-printed fashions

  See shoes, glasses and jewelry from designers creating fashions using 3D printers – and see them being created.

• How-Tos: Give computer mouse the correct level of accuracy; laser mouse or optical mouse?

  Our Helproom Editor explains how to ensure your PC or laptop's mouse has the correct level of accuracy.

• How-Tos: What monitor cable should I use? Connecting PC to monitor

  Our Helproom Editor offers advice to those people who are looking to connect their PC or Mac to a display.

• 04 April 2013

• News: University of Notre Dame students 3D-print a living animal's skeleton

  Last month, we saw an incredible use of 3D printing where doctors replaced 75 percent of a man's skull. Now, one University of Notre Dame grad student is one-upping the this accomplishment by recreating the entire skeleton of a living mouse.

• 02 April 2013

• News: Three biggest misconceptions about 3D printing

  If your business isn't already investing in 3D printing, it should be. And if you have a 3D printer, you should buy another one, recommends Gartner research director Pete Basiliere.

• 01 April 2013

• News: Trade groups look for uses for recycled CRT glass

  An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television sets, with a US$10,000 prize for the best proposal.

• 31 March 2013

• News: It's World Backup Day, so you should back up, and here's how

  World Backup Day 2013 has arrived for its third anniversary so will you backup and avoid losing your precious files?

• 29 March 2013

• News: Look but don't touch: displays defy distraction at New York Auto Show

  Step into one of the glitzy cars at the 2013 New York International Auto Show, and you may be tempted to reach out and poke at the dashboard touchscreen to see what it can do. The answer, in many cases, may come as a surprise: absolutely nothing.

• News: Peering into the sci-fi future of PC displays

  Moore's law may keep us supplied with octa-core smartphone processors and PCs packed with millions of transistors, but not all areas of technology keep the pedal to the proverbial metal as enthusiastically as the chip technology. Specifically, desktop displays--the portals through which we glimpse the output of those hulking CPUs--are stuck in neutral while the technology in the rest of your PC tears ahead at breakneck speed.

• Buying Advice: Keyboards buying advice: all you need to know when buying a keyboard

  A keyboard is the gateway to your computer, and the component with which you’ll literally have the most hands-on time. With different styles and layouts, it makes sense to find one that suits you best. Here's where we get dexterous with eight high-quality mechanical PC keyboards. Continue reading for keyboard buying advice.

• How-Tos: Monitor connection problem: Connect DisplayPort to DVI with Dual-Link DVI

  Our Helproom Editor explains how to connect a DisplayPort output to a DVI monitor input via an adaptor, supporting Dual-Link DVI.

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