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Nov

Georgia Tech’s tongue-driven wheelchair outruns conventional rivals (video)


Georgia Tech has long wanted to show that tongue-controlled devices could help the disabled, and it now has solid proof. A new study shows that the school’s wearable Tongue Drive System lets the paralyzed control wheelchairs three times faster tha…

29
Nov

NVIDIA slashes $50 off Shield for Black Friday


NVIDIA, keeping up with the Black Friday crowd, has taken $50 off its SHIELD gaming and entertainment device. The deal can be had through multiple online and retail destinations, all of which you should be familiar. Depending on where you purchase the SHIELD you could walk away some additional…

29
Nov

Stranger Things Have Happened: Nexus One Gets Android 4.4 KitKat


We always knew that Android 4.4 KitKat came with the ability to work on devices with only 512MB of RAM, but we didn’t see this coming so soon. Some clever fellows over at XDA have managed to get Android 4.4 working on a Nexus One. Yes, that’s right: the Google Nexus One. Despite a…

29
Nov

Want To Root Your Moto G? MoDaCo Has You Covered


The Moto G, Motorola‘s first stab at the low-end of the smartphone market, is quickly becoming one of the prime candidates to stuff stockings this Christmas. Clocking in at $199 for the 16GB version and $179 for the 8GB, both of which carry this price off-contract, the Moto G additionally…

29
Nov

Gigaset gets into Android tablets with two models, including a Tegra 4 flagship


You likely won’t know Germany’s Gigaset unless you’ve bought one of its cordless phones, but you may want to take notice now that the company is launching its first tablets. Both the 8-inch QV830 and 10-inch QV1030 have relatively upscale aluminu…

29
Nov

Apple’s European Black Friday Sales Go Live with Discounted Prices, Not Gift Cards


Apple’s online stores for a number of European countries have just come back online for Black Friday’s one-day shopping event, and unlike in Australia and New Zealand where the company is using bonus gift cards rather than discounts as customer incentives, Apple’s European…

29
Nov

BulkyPix Launches Its Black Friday Sales, A Ton Of Great Games On Offer


Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers States-side! Seeing as it’s Turkey Day today, tomorrow is of course the (in)famous day known as Black Friday where sales are offered and stock goes flying out the door. Whatever your stance on Black Friday, there are lots of great deals starting to…

29
Nov

NVIDIA Shield Black Friday Bundle To Net You Some Nice Savings


The NVIDIA Shield has dropped off our radar somewhat since it’s heavily delayed launch in July. It was met with mixed reviews, but it remains very much a niche device that has little to offer to Android users who don’t want to play games, but for those who do play games, its Tegra 4…

29
Nov

PlayStation 4 in Australia and Europe won’t get full PSN features at launch


Sony has been rather successful in selling the PlayStation 4, to the point where the PlayStation Network has strained under the load. The company doesn’t want to worsen these problems with its PS4 launches in Australia, Europe and New Zealand, so …

28
Nov

Nokia’s Lumia 2520 tablet exclusive to John Lewis in the UK from December 4th


UK-centric news is plentiful today while America busies itself with feasts and football. One such announcement concerns the launch of Nokia’s first tablet, the Lumia 2520, which will go on sale December 4th exclusively at John Lewis and affiliate …