Kobo's Newest eReader, The Aura HD Is Available In Espresso Brown, Ivory, and Onyx
The New Limited Edition Kobo Aura HD eReader
by Charles Mohapel
Having used the original Kobo eReader, second generation Kobo Wireless eReader, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, and Kobo Arc, I was eager to my hands on their newest model, the limited-edition Kobo Aura HD E Ink eReader, and see how it matched up against the previous models.

Let The SLAPPA HardBody PRO Headphone Case Protect Your Favorite High End Headphones
SLAPPA HardBody PRO Headphone Case (SL-HP-07)
by Charles Mohapel
How many of us have broken our favorite headphones or damaged the cable connection by carrying the headphones unprotected in our backpacks, duffle bags, or messenger bags? Your best bet for protecting your headphones is not a soft nylon bag, but ideally speaking, a custom case that comes with them. But if they came with the aforementioned soft nylon bag, or worse, no protection at all, then your best choice is to purchase the appropriately sized and shaped hard case.

HTC One Sprints Onto The Scene
HTC One: 4.7-inch Super LCD 3 ,Quad Core 1.7ghz
by Ernest Lilley
Sprint just announced the online availability of the much anticipated HTC One, HTC's new Android SmartPhone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, quad-core, 1.7GHz processor, a "premium metal unibody", camera optimized for low light, and a 4.7 inch, Full HD 1080p, 468 PPI display.

Take Your Show On The Road With Epson's 1761W 3 LCD Projector
Epson PowerLite 1761W Projector
by David Em

Back in the nasty old days of the late Twentieth Century, mobile presentations required lugging around a portable computer, a set of cables, and a bulky projector. Epson's 1761W (the W stands for Wireless) 3 LCD projector goes a long way toward upgrading this scenario. The 1761W is small, bright, and light, and streamlines mobile presentations.

A Simple Carousel Slider in JQuery
bxSlider - A Simple and Versitile JQuery Content Slider and Carousel
by Ernest Lilley
I've been looking for a simple carousel for images to use with TechRevu and some other publications we work with (SFRevu, Gumshoe,...) and found this one by Steven Wanderski, which can be used in lots of different ways. Here's an example showing the current issue of SFRevu, which is a great source for science fiction and fantasy reviews, btw. If you like Steve's work, be sure to stop by his site and buy him a beer. Evidently he prefers Belgian Ales, but PayPal makes it easy for you to kick over a few bucks to let him choose his own brew.

Why The Kobo Arc Tablet Is A Tablet To Be Reckoned With
Kobo Arc 16GB Tablet (Black)
by Charles Mohapel
The Kobo Arc is the second color tablet from Kobo, the first color tablet being the Vox. Both come with 7 inch screens but the Vox only comes in an 8GB model (expandable with the option to add a 32GB Micro SD Memory Card), a 1024 x 600 resolution display, and a 800 Mhz processor (512MB of RAM), all specs vastly inferior to those of the new Arc.

Plantronics Audio 478 Stereo USB Headset (Audio 478)

by Ernest Lilley
The .Audio 478 scores high marks for both comfort and audio quality whether you're Skypeing away through the 16 bit mic with DSP and noise cancellation or listening to you tunes in 24 but stereo. The 478 is foldable, adjustable, and featherlight, but like most on the ear headphones you may get tired of wearing them for prolonged periods, in which case you'd probably prefer an over the ear model.

Plantronics Audio 648 Stereo USB Headset
Plantronics Audio 648 Stereo USB Headset
by Ernest Lilley
If you're looking for an inexpensive behind the ears headset, this one offers simple controls and good sound quality, managing noise-canceling without annoying creating annoying gaps as a result. Our only real fault is that the band is on the small side, you if you've got a big head it might be a tight fit.

Certifications: CompTIA Security+
Certifications: CompTIA Security+
by Ernest Lilley
IT Security certifications are often the next step tech's take after getting their basic hardware and network certs in place. Unfortunately, they're not the easiest certs around, requiring a knowledge of network administration, cryptography, and operational best practices. Just as with network certifications, there a many to choose from and many levels to progress too. Here we're taking a look at the capstone of CompTIA's basic exams, Security+, which requires a passing score of 750 for its 100 question exam, though all questions may not count equally. Having just been through the mill myself, and passing on the first try, I thought I'd share some thoughts about getting ready.

Lenovo U310 13.3-Inch Ultrabook (Graphite Grey)

by Daniel P. Dern
Lenovo IdeaPad U310 combines performance, style and portability in an "Entertainment-oriented" ultrabook good for business and pleasure. As our reviewer says, "Lenovo's IdeaPad U310 ultrabook is a good machine, and reflects Lenovo's stated intent/goals. The machine is thin (0.7 inches), and understatedly elegant (your color choice of Graphite Gray, Cherry Blossom, or Aqua Blue), an easy carry-and-use. At 0.7x13.1x8.8 inches and 3.7 pounds, that's bigger and heavier than an iPad, even one with a Bluetooth keyboard, but it's not something you couldn't carry around all day if you wanted to."

Are You Ready For Some Super Bowl Ads?
Super Bowl 2013 Ads: Tech, Sex, and Selling Sure...But Nothing Beats An Astronaut. Ever.
by Ernest Lilley
Maybe football isn't our fandom of choice, but we love the Super Bowl anyway. For us, the suspen...cont

Windows 8: Time To Upgrade
Windows 8: Time To Upgrade
by Ernest Lilley
As of the end of this month, the $39.99 upgrade for Windows 8 Pro goes away. If you're running a...cont

3D Printing Comes To The Catwalk In Paris Fashion Show
Stratasys and Materialise Prototype The Future of Fashion
by Ernest Lilley
The future won't really arrive until you can step into a new 3D printed outfit made to whatever ...cont

Deep Space Industries Plans To Mine Asteroids With Robot Ships
Deep Space Industries Robot Miner Fleet Launches in 2015
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Starting in 2015, Deep Space Industries is planning on launching robotic mining spacecraft to grappl...cont

Audi Takes A4s and iPads to the Track - For Slot Cars
Audi quattro Experience: iPads, 4WD Slot Cars, and a Custom Track
by Ernest Lilley
There was a time when slot car tracks could be found in every hobby shop across the USA. For many, i...cont

CES 2013: The Dern Report
CES 2013: The Dern Report
by Daniel P. Dern

There were, as always, thousands (or more) of new/newish products at this year's (2013) Consu...cont

CES 2013 ShowStoppers: Press and Gadgets at the Wynn
CES 2013 Showstoppers
by Ernest Lilley
ShowStoppers closes out the first full day of CES 2013 over at the Wynn. We'll be back with phot...cont

CES 2013 Starts With a Pepcom Tailgate Party
Pepcom Digital Experience @ CES2013
by Ernest Lilley
The Pepcom team always bring together a mind-boggling array of cutting edge tech companies in a pres...cont

Kobo's New Glo Sheds Some Light On Your eReading
Kobo Glo eReader
by Charles Mohapel
While the various Amazon Kindles and Nooks from Barnes & Noble dominate the American market, Kobo of...cont

Panasonic's LX7: Shoots Eyes Wide Open With f1.4 Leica Lens
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX7K 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 7.5x Intelligent zoom and 3.0-inch LCD - Black
by Ernest Lilley
There are a lot of things to like about this advanced single lens digital...which we can't bring...cont

We Welcome Our Future Robot Insect Masters
TechJect Dragonfly Project
by Ernest Lilley
Forget robot planes, helicopters, and birds. The future of flying robots is hovering silently on dra...cont

HP Canada's Pre-CES 2013 Product Showcase In Toronto
HP Pre-CES 2013 Product Showcase
by Charles Mohapel
On Wednesday December 12, 2012, I and other members of Canada's high tech media got an early pee...cont

LP-2020A+ Lepai Tripath Class-T Hi-Fi Audio Mini Amplifier with Power Supply

by Ernest Lilley
Though it's smaller than a hardcover novel and only puts out 2x20W RMS, this little amp delivers...cont

Adobe's Create Now Live Event: The Creative Cloud Offers More
Create Now Live Event - December 11, 2012
by Ernest Lilley
We caught Adobe's online presentation for their cloud based version of Creative Suite, Adobe Cre...cont

RetroUI Pro: More Than Just Putting Start Back in Windows 8
RetroUI Pro: Getting Back To Work With Windows 8
by Ernest Lilley
Windows 8's new "Metro" interface may bring a tablet/smartphone feel to the desktop, with fun ap...cont

Skullcandy's Retro Aviators Have Style, Awesome Sound, and Over the Ear Comfort
Skullcandy Aviator Headphones w/Mic3
by Jon McClure
I'm normally not a fan of Skullcandy's headphone design. They feel cheap and gimmicky, like ...cont

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2012: A Stroll Through The Exhibit Hall
Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2012: A Stroll Through The Exhibit Hall
by Daniel P. Dern
Tech journalist and frequent contributor Daniel Dern took a walk in the material world at the Materi...cont

New Tricks for an Old PC - Adding a Little HDMI: EVGA GeForce GT 610
EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB Graphics Card
by Ernest Lilley
Part of our major home/office electronics refresh was a really big monitor/tv...and suddenly I neede...cont

Adobe CS6 Production - 11 Full Featured Programs...But Wait...There's More!
Adobe CS6 Production Premium
by David Em
Adobe's hardly the new kid on the block when it comes to digital video production, but with thei...cont

Forward Unto Dawn: The Final Episode Rocks
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Web Series
by Ernest Lilley
Quite possibly the best bit of Mil-SF/GameFic ever created, the HALO 4 webseries, "Forward Unto Dawn...cont

Unmanned X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) Follows Up Catapult Launch With First Touch-And-Go Landings X-47B Makes First Touch-And-Go Landings On Carrier
Looking at this image of the US Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator as seen fro...more

The Bigger, Better Flickr Really Is Bigger And Better Your World, in Full Resolution
Yahoo! is shifting the photo sharing experience by introducing a new Flickr design on Web, a new Fli...more

Organizers Of The 2013 International Space Apps Challenge Announce Their Five 'Best in Class' Winners NASA Announces Global Best in Class Winners for the International Space Apps Challenge
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The New 4K Ultra HDTVs Are Here - Warm Up Those Credit Cards Sony 4K TVs Now Shipping in US
Just in time for Father's Day, comes good news for early adopters of home electronics with deep ...more

Who Was Sir Barnes Neville Wallis And Why He Was Much More Than A One Shot Wonder Dambusters 70 Years On: Barnes Wallis - An Engineer Ahead Of His Time
Unless you're a military history buff or a World War II vet who served in the European Theater, ...more

One Xbox To Rule Them All? But What Does 'Them' Include? Did Xbox One Just Make The Long-Rumored Apple TV Set Irrelevant?
What does Microsoft Xbox One mean for the future of videogaming, Apple TV, and more? Did Microsoft ...more

Microsoft's Xbox One Takes Gaming System To The Next Level - The Ultimate All-In-One Home Entertainment System For Your Home Microsoft Unveils Xbox One: The Ultimate All-In-One Home Entertainment System
Now that Microsoft has captured our undivided attention by publicly introducing the Xbox One, the Ul...more

Ten Real Life Versions Of Technologies Seen On Star Trek The Top 10 Star Trek Technologies
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Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Leica Majority Shareholder, Purchases 25.1% Stake in I SHOT IT.com Leica Majority Shareholder Buys a Share in I SHOT IT Internet Photo Platform
While Dr. Andreas Kaufmann is not a household name, photographic professionals and serious photograp...more

Is The Damaged Kepler Space Telescope Beyond Repair? NASA Telescope's Planet-Hunting Days May Be Over
Launched in 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope has discovered and confirmed 132 planets to date, but w...more

Think Tank Photo Replaces Logistics Manager Rolling Camera Case With New Logistics Manager 30 Rolling Camera Case Logistics Manager 30 Large Capacity Rolling Camera Bag Released
If you're a working professional photographer looking to purchase a Think Tank Photo Logistics M...more

Are Sony's DSLRs With Translucent Mirror Technology Going To Be Discontinued Soon? All Sony Alpha A-Mount Cameras Going Mirrorless in 2014?
When Sony discontinued conventional SLR technology and switched to Translucent Mirror Technology, wh...more

D-Wave Two Quantum Computer Selected for New Quantum Artificial Intelligence Initiative, to be Installed at NASA's Ames Research Center D-Wave Two Quantum Computer Selected for New Quantum Artificial Intelligence Initiative
D-Wave Systems Inc. of Burnaby, BC and Palo Alto, CA, the world's first commercial quantum compu...more

HP Offers Clustomers Two New Two-In-One PCs, One Running Android, The Other Running Windows 8 HP Expands x2 Detachable PC Portfolio to Enable Ultimate Flexibility
On Wednesday May 15, 2013, HP introduced a pair of new two-in-one PCs. One is the HP SlateBook x2, ...more

BlackBerry Introduces a Youthful and Fun BlackBerry 10 QWERTY Smartphone, the BlackBerry Q5, for Selected Markets BlackBerry Introduces A New BlackBerry 10 QWERTY Smartphone, The BlackBerry Q5
For the longest time, BlackBerry diehards were wondering if Research In Motion (RIM), now officially...more

Nikon Announces The Fastest 1 NIKKOR Lens Yet: The New 32mm f/1.2 If you're a photographer who shoots with a Nikon 1 System camera, you will no doubt be delighted...more

Pirate3D To Offer Buccaneer 3D Printer For Under $350 US It seems that every week or two we see how Company A or Company B is offering a mass market 3D print...more

Research Conducted By Samsung Produces Speeds That Make LTE Looks Like A Tortoise On Tranquilizers So you think LTE is FAST???!!! Research conducted in millimeter waveband or Extremely High Frequenc...more

Lamborghini's 50th Anniversary Is A Concept Car From Parent Company, The Volkswagen Group So new that Lamborghini has not even added it to their website yet, the Egoista is a 50th birthday p...more

When Will Windows Blue (Windows 8.1 Or Windows 8, Service Pack 1) Come Out And What Changes Will It Bring? No one can argue that Windows 8 is a quantum leap from Windows 7, but many customers are finding the...more

Peratech Designs The QTC Ultra Sensor - An Ultra-Sensitive Touch Sensor For Domestic, Commercial, And Industrial Use One frequent problem with touch technology is that its sensitivity is often hit or miss. Peratech, ...more

The Chillsner From Corkcicle Is The New Way To Keep Your Beer Cold This Summer With Summer bearing down on us like a runaway train and Memorial Day 2013 in two weeks (or Victoria ...more