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Kudos to EA for making Command and Conquer: Red Alert available as a free download, in preparation for the release of Red Alert 3—and in celebration of the RTS franchise’s 13th anniversary. Interested parties should visit this page, and set aside enough time for the 1GB download (500MB for each of the two game disks). […]

Leviton’s ability to cram three wall sockets into the same space for two inspires more “now why didn’t I think of that?” moments. That’s what makes the Triplex outlet amazing.Well, maybe not that amazing. After all, all Leviton did was realize that there was a lot loose space in between the standard two-socket configuration. They […]

There are times when I have blamed my own gaming shortcomings on the controller being too small and fiddly and wishing things were just a little big bigger.
Still, even I think that a console control measuring 4-feet across is taking the mickey. Like this cool, giant-sized SNES controller built by dedicated modders at SCAD […]

For years, flat panel TVs have all been about who has the biggest [typical] but these days, it’s all about who has the thinnest.
Sony showed off its really thin Bravia ZX1 last week at the IFA Show 2008 in Berlin just as Philips was introducing its own pared-down TV, the Essence.
It’s not as thin […]

Filed under: Wearables
Gore-Tex is fine and dandy, but the real argonauts out there know it still buckles under the most extreme conditions. Now, however, adventurists that happen upon a ridiculous amount of water could soon ford rivers (à la Oregon Trail, of course) without worrying about soggy socks. The technology, dubbed ion-mask, was originally crafted […]

Filed under: Desktops

There was no shortage of case mods at NVIDIA’s NVISION conference, but this one in particular managed to snag the majority of the spotlight. Created by Richard “DarthBeavis” Surroz, the Blade-themed DayWalker actually houses three separate computer systems; two are for playing games, while the other acts as a server. Conceptually, at least, […]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Neurosurgery with robotic assistance is getting pretty old hat nowadays, so it looks like scientists are trying to up the difficulty factor by keeping their patients awake — a team of French doctors just completed the first successful removal of malignant brain tumor from a still-conscious patient, using a computerized laser and […]

Filed under: Laptops

HiVision (also known as Shenzhen), a Chinese OEM exhibiting at IFA, is completely unabashed about its collection of netbook look-alikes, which range from 400MHz ARM-based computers that could retail for as little $150, to full featured VIA-powered affairs. Everything was as plastic as could be, of course, but the HP Mini-Note rips were […]

Filed under: Peripherals

While we’ll always know Violet for its iconic bunnies, the company is branching out into a more direct RFID application. The Mirror RFID reader is a USB-pluggable little platter that can read RFID tags and launch an assigned action on the computer when it spots a tag it knows. Examples we saw included […]