http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/raspberry-pi-made-simple-with-hdmi-ethernet-and-keyboard-starter-kit/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/raspberry-pi-made-simple-with-hdmi-ethernet-and-keyboard-starter-kit/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:15:47 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=175153 Just under £40 gets Raspberry Pi users a super-simple media management solution, with the Element 14 bundle containing a wireless keyboard, HDMI connector and an Ethernet cable for easily whacking together your home media powerhouse. The kit, which is being sold under the rather workmanlike name of XBMC Solution, also comes with a 4GB SD [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/raspberry-pi-made-simple-with-hdmi-ethernet-and-keyboard-starter-kit/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/over-the-top-digital-security-measures-to-beat-the-nsa/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/over-the-top-digital-security-measures-to-beat-the-nsa/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:00:27 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=173631 Because they’re out there, watching. Well, maybe not you specifically. But they could be, if they wanted to, and that’s a bit creepy. Here’s how to shut them outta your life.   Get a Security Token Passwords? Forget that crap. What you need is a Yubikey. Basically, it’s a flash drive that works as the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/over-the-top-digital-security-measures-to-beat-the-nsa/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/you-can-finally-3d-print-your-own-computer-kind-of/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/you-can-finally-3d-print-your-own-computer-kind-of/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:00:02 +0000 Andrew Liszewski http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=173395 Tired of paying the ridiculous markup for brand-name computers, even ones you build yourself? Thanks to the miracle of 3D printing (miracle still being perfected) you can now print yourself an entire computer on the cheap—assuming you’ve got free access to a 3D printer, and don’t need anything more than a basic calculator. The plans [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/you-can-finally-3d-print-your-own-computer-kind-of/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/an-early-online-privacy-expert-revisits-his-1985-predictions-today/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/an-early-online-privacy-expert-revisits-his-1985-predictions-today/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:51 +0000 Matt Novak http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=172333 Back in 1985, Larry Hunter was a grad student studying artificial intelligence at Yale. He had access to the kinds of computers and networking tools that few Americans even knew existed at the time. And for that reason, he saw into the future. Specifically, the future of online privacy. So how did his predictions hold [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/an-early-online-privacy-expert-revisits-his-1985-predictions-today/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/apples-russian-division-rolls-up-its-sleeve-and-registers-iwatch-trademark/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/apples-russian-division-rolls-up-its-sleeve-and-registers-iwatch-trademark/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:30:44 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=172115 There may soon be even more wrist action associated with Apple fans in the near future, thanks to the Russian wing of the company registering trademarks that seem to conform to the “iWatch” wearable computer/clock hybrid we’re expecting Apple to launch as the next big thing in tech. The news comes via local paper Izvestia, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/apples-russian-division-rolls-up-its-sleeve-and-registers-iwatch-trademark/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/apparently-the-government-spends-6000-a-year-per-machine-maintaining-crappy-old-pcs/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/apparently-the-government-spends-6000-a-year-per-machine-maintaining-crappy-old-pcs/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:30:24 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=171884 No wonder the country’s in a black hole of debt when we’re forking out six-freaking grand a year PER MACHINE just to maintain them. You could buy a monster gaming PC for every computer user in the government for that little lot, and still have change enough for Photoshop. Most of them are still running [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/apparently-the-government-spends-6000-a-year-per-machine-maintaining-crappy-old-pcs/feed/ 23 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/this-is-a-work-station-fit-for-an-emperor/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/this-is-a-work-station-fit-for-an-emperor/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:30:11 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=171499 This, as you might be able to tell, is no normal desk set-up. Designed to provide the ultimate in both comfort and productivity, we introduce to you the MWE Lab Emperor 1510 LX work station — and if you have to ask how much it costs, you probably can’t afford it. The five-monitor display station [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/this-is-a-work-station-fit-for-an-emperor/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/intel-haswell-review-can-a-laptop-cpu-keep-enthusiasts-happy/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/intel-haswell-review-can-a-laptop-cpu-keep-enthusiasts-happy/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:00:13 +0000 Maximum PC http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=171297 Faster hardware shouldn’t be this somber. Yet we can’t help but furrow our brow in concern over Intel‘s fourth-generation Core i7 CPU, Haswell. Yes, in typical Intel fashion, it’s a tour de force of technical achievement and features that’s the envy of the free world. It’s also, by the way, quite fast. How fast? *Spoiler [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/intel-haswell-review-can-a-laptop-cpu-keep-enthusiasts-happy/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/sony-vaio-pro-sony-is-finally-making-good-laptops-again/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/sony-vaio-pro-sony-is-finally-making-good-laptops-again/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:30:58 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=171351 Sony will tell you a lot of things about the new Vaio Pro, which replaces the Vaio Z at the top of its laptop heap. It might say that it’s exceedingly light, and made from carbon fibre  Or it might say that it’s got new Intel Haswell guts. But what it should really say is [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/sony-vaio-pro-sony-is-finally-making-good-laptops-again/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/asus-new-three-in-one-crouching-windows-pc-hidden-android-tablet/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/asus-new-three-in-one-crouching-windows-pc-hidden-android-tablet/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:15:18 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=170810 Asus has already been experimenting with mixing Android and Windows in the same device with its bizarre but intriguing 18.5-inch Transformer All-in-One desktop, giant-Android-slab-thing. Now, it’s taking the concept to its logical extreme with the new Transformer Book Trio, dual processor-weilding device that staking its claim to tablet, notebook, and desktop territory. Much smaller than [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/asus-new-three-in-one-crouching-windows-pc-hidden-android-tablet/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/the-asus-g10-desktop-has-its-own-mini-battery-pack/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/the-asus-g10-desktop-has-its-own-mini-battery-pack/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:15:07 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=170716 The Asus G10 is a new desktop being pitched at people who worry about power interruptions ruining their work or gaming sessions, with the thing including a proprietary battery that can keep a whole desktop running for around 25 seconds. The always-on part of the machine comes from the ASUS Power Pack, a small, removable battery [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/the-asus-g10-desktop-has-its-own-mini-battery-pack/feed/ 6 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/this-beautiful-new-asus-ultrabook-is-dripping-in-glass/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/this-beautiful-new-asus-ultrabook-is-dripping-in-glass/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:00:46 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=170654 Asus has been busy announcing a slew of new products at Computex in Taipei overnight and, while many of them are deeply unremarkable, a glass-coated ultrabook and updated Transformer Pad Infinity should be enough to pique your interest. Engadget took a look at the new slim laptop, the 13.3-inch Zenbook Infinity, which uses a pretty [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/this-beautiful-new-asus-ultrabook-is-dripping-in-glass/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hell-yes-razer-made-the-worlds-most-powerful-small-windows-laptop/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hell-yes-razer-made-the-worlds-most-powerful-small-windows-laptop/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 08:30:57 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=170084 Yep, this might be incredible. The new Razer blade is a 14-inch monster… ultrabook. With a discrete Nvidia GTX graphics card. Basically, this is the smallest, most badass gaming laptop-cum-ultrabook we’ve seen. It’s Razer, so obviously this is expensive. The new 14-inch Blade starts at around £1,200, and scales up from there if you want [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/hell-yes-razer-made-the-worlds-most-powerful-small-windows-laptop/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-on-earth-is-asus-teasing-here/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-on-earth-is-asus-teasing-here/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 15:30:54 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=169664 I have to admit, I am totally none-the-wiser after watching this as to what Asus has in store for us at Computex this year. Something to do with parallel universes, but it has to be some sort of fancy tablet or laptop or possibly a transformer (maybe a two-screen machine?), surely? This truly bizarre teaser is so [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-on-earth-is-asus-teasing-here/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-is-hps-take-on-the-retina-macbook-pro/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-is-hps-take-on-the-retina-macbook-pro/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 09:30:24 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168212 HP has just announced a big overhaul of its Envy and Pavilion ranges, and most of the updates are fairly uninspiring — apart from the company’s take on Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro. The Verge has taken a peek at the new laptops, and the Envy 14 TouchSmart Ultrabook sure looks like it could be a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-is-hps-take-on-the-retina-macbook-pro/feed/ 13 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ibms-incredible-watson-has-a-boring-new-job-answering-phones/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ibms-incredible-watson-has-a-boring-new-job-answering-phones/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:23 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167656 After you’ve used your crazy robot intellect to crush puny meatbags definitively in a game of Jeopardy, it would seem like the world is your oyster. But Watson’s not taking trying to take over the world or anything, no. After a trying out medicine and inventing a pastry, he’s settling for a boring job in [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/ibms-incredible-watson-has-a-boring-new-job-answering-phones/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/raspberry-pi-camera-board-on-sale-today/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/raspberry-pi-camera-board-on-sale-today/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:03 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166022 The Raspberry Pi team has finalised the hardware and software required to gets its official camera board up and running, with the 1080p capture tool now ready for home enthusiasts to enjoy plugging in and trying to get bloody working. The Pi camera board’s available from the usual Pi specialists, for around £20. For that [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/raspberry-pi-camera-board-on-sale-today/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/when-will-computers-be-as-powerful-as-the-human-brain/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/when-will-computers-be-as-powerful-as-the-human-brain/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:08 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165760 We all know that computing power roughly doubles every 18 months — but at that rate, how long will it take for computers to be as powerful as the human brain? As this animation from Mother Jones shows, not long. It might have been slow going at first, but we’re soon about to witness a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/when-will-computers-be-as-powerful-as-the-human-brain/feed/ 21 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-most-powerful-computer-network-is-being-wasted-on-bitcoin/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-most-powerful-computer-network-is-being-wasted-on-bitcoin/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:37 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165391 Bitcoin mining machines are insane powerhouses, and they’re only getting crazier. How much power is getting sunk into the digital cryptocurrency? More than the world’s top 500 supercomputers combined. What a waste. According to Bitcoin Watch, the whole Bitcoin network hit a record-breaking high of 1 exaFLOPS this weekend. When you’re talking about FLOPS, you’re [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-most-powerful-computer-network-is-being-wasted-on-bitcoin/feed/ 25 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-iss-has-ditched-windows-entirely-for-linux/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-iss-has-ditched-windows-entirely-for-linux/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 18:00:57 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164799 The United Space Alliance has decided to stop using all Windows computers aboard the ISS, in favour of Linux—to ensure it’s systems are “stable and reliable”. Ouch. The decision will see “dozens of laptops” change from running Windows XP to Debian 6, reports Extreme Tech. There are already Linux systems aboard the ISS, but from [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-iss-has-ditched-windows-entirely-for-linux/feed/ 15