The reason why modern keyboards are in QWERTY layout [Infographic]
Ever wonder why our computer keyboards are in QWERTY format? This infographic explains.
Category Archives: General Tech
Watch Kim Komando in 1990s explain what a computer is [Video]
"What happens when you press the wrong button? Does it blow up?"
“Video games are the #1 cause of violence” [Comic]
With all this violence, we should have video game control instead of gun control.
Next Xbox will have ability to be “always online” but game developers have the choice to use it or not [Rumor]
There are quite a few rumors floating around about the next Xbox, but most of them are just that- rumors. We don’t actually know what features the next Xbox will have, nor do we know much about the internal hardware. We do know on...
Researchers develop artificial sense of touch for robots, not long until Blade Runner is a reality
In the future, androids -no not the mobile smartphone brand, but human-like robots- will be developed with a combination of various types of technology. Tech hasn’t quite advanced enough to allow for the development of a human-lik...
The troll that makes you procrastinate [Comic]
Whenever you procrastinate and waste time instead of getting work done, just play Trolley.
This “ultimate filing system” automatically files your documents after you print them [Video]
This is a lot more entertaining than it should be. I need to get out more.
Arena.Xlsm is a video game built inside Microsoft Excel, work has never been so much fun
Some employers monitor work computers for unnecessary software, which means you can’t install games and play them at work. But what if you could play a game using software they already have installed? Cary Walkin, an accountant an...
This unique smartphone technology can triangulate the source of gunfire
Hypothetically speaking, let’s say law enforcement receives information about a potential threat at an event. The source of the threat turns out to be a rogue sniper, who fires a weapon from afar. Being able to pinpoint the exact ...
For the first time ever, smartphones have outsold feature phones worldwide
According to industry analyst IDC’s recent sales data, the first quarter of 2013 has a very significant statistic. Smartphones have finally outsold feature phones (cell phones that are not smartphones but do more than just c...
Qualcomm’s extremely fast Snapdragon 800 chip to begin mass production in May, enables 4K video playback on phones and tablets
Android’s current cream of the crop in terms of performance consists of the HTC One, the LG Optimus G, the Sony Xperia Z and of course, the Samsung Galaxy S4. All four phones (or at least a variant of it) have Qualcomm’...
“Pictures we didn’t take before digital cameras” [Comic]
The advent of digital cameras freed us from the restriction of traditional cameras that limited us to 24 (or so) pictures per roll, resulting in lots of useless photos.
128-year-old audio recording of Alexander Graham Bell is restored and available to listen to
Alexander Graham Bell is famous for inventing the telephone. There has long been a debate about who actually created the first telephone, but that’s not what we’re here to discuss today. On April 15, 1885 in the American inventor’...
Voice-to-text is just as dangerous as texting while driving, according to study
You’d think that because you weren’t using your hands to text, all these new fancy voice-to-text options we have today would be safer, right? A new study suggests that this might actually be wrong, and it could be just...
You’ll be able to wink to take photos using Google Glass, according to device code
We’re all pretty aware what Google’s Glass project is capable of at this point, and those lucky few who already have their hands on the device have been kind of enough to rub it in our faces. But it looks like those on...