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CCleaner For Android Hits The Google Play Store!
Piriform, the company responsible for the popular PC utility CCleaner, has today announced that CCleaner for Android is now out of Beta and available to download for free. Since the Beta was released, more features have been added and the performance has been improved. We love the fact that... Read more
Be The First To Read All About The Release Of Firefox 30
Mozilla has released a new stable version of its popular web browser! In Firefox 29 the introduction of the Australis interface was big news and made a dramatic impact on the look and feel of the browser. Firefox 30 on the other hand only receives minor functionality updates but that doesn’t... Read more
Toilets Are Getting Smarter At Heathrow Airport
It seems there will be no end to the gadgets and devices getting “smart” upgrades. It seems the new popular item everyone wants to make smarter is their toilet. Indeed, it seems I can’t watch an hour of television without seeing at least one ad that focuses solely on... Read more
Build Your Own 3D Printer For Under $100
When New Matter launched its MOD-t 3D printer on the crowd funding site Indiegogo, everyone was astounded that a 3D printer could be commercially available for just $249 (if you missed the early bird that is) and made everyone realize that these devices are no longer beyond the reach... Read more
This Smart Ceiling Fan Does All The Hard Work For You
Ceiling fans don’t really have all that much to them, and they don’t really require a whole lot of extensive knowledge before someone can figure out how to use it. All it really takes is flipping on a switch and maybe yanking on a chain. (You might even have... Read more
Libre Office 4.3.0 Beta 2 Now Available
LibreOffice is a free but power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.  The software gives you not just one, but six feature-rich applications for all your document production and your data processing needs. Writer is the word processor for LibreOffice. You can use it for almost any... Read more
Man Drops Smartphone in Toilet & Gets Stuck for 6 Hours
What won’t a person do for their beloved smartphone? Just within the past few months, Techbeat has written more than one article detailing the importance we as a society now place on our phones. In one of those articles, it was revealed that more than two thirds of all... Read more
Smart Rifle Paired With Google Glass
Have firearms’ companies taken technology too far?  All technology can be used for the greater good or for the greater evil.  Google Glass is just one of the latest in wearable technology that is on offer to the public. A Gun company has recently paired up a gun with... Read more
3D Printer Helps ‘Regrow’ Van Gogh’s Ear
3D printing has taken on a whole new and exciting endeavour: Growing a human ear…van Gogh’s ear!  In 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his own ear when he had a psychotic episode.  It has now been recreated for an exhibit in a museum. Van Gogh suffered from many... Read more
The Funniest Things You’ll See On Google Street View
Some people relish the opportunity to be captured on Google’s Street View camera, whilst others would have preferred advanced warning, however both result in some pretty hilarious  photos. Here is a selection of our favourite Google Street View shots. Scuba gear and pitchforks, a strange combination Image 1 of... Read more
Syringe Invention Seals Gunshot Wounds In Seconds
The U.S. military had asked medical technology company RevMedx, to find a solution for helping stop gunshot and shrapnel wounds from excessive bleeding. This idea of using a foreign substance to plug a hole is not a new one.  The idea is a medical version of Fix-a-Flat; the foam... Read more
Google Could Soon Protect Your Home
Here I thought Wal-Mart was taking over the world, and it turns out Google may not be too far behind them. Google seems to be trying their hand at everything, and rather successfully I might add. Just mention the name “Google”, and many products and services will probably come... Read more
Virgin Galactic Wants To Take You To Space This Year
I think everyone wants to go to space sometime, especially when they’re younger. If you gather a group of kids together and ask them what they want to be when they grow up, someone’s bound to say they want to be an astronaut and fly into outer space. While... Read more
WinPatrol Update Now Available
WinPatrol is the perfect addition to your Antivirus protection software.  The software alerts you to malware attacks, critical changes and the possibility that your system has been hijacked. If there has been critical changes made to your computer without your permission, WinPatrol will alert you.  Because the software is a multipurpose... Read more
Robotic Origami Can Fold Itself
Researchers at MIT have created origami-like cut outs that fold into shapes like robots when put under high heat. The team has been able to make a bunny, a house, a human figure and an egg out of these flat sheets.  This high-tech origami is just the start of... Read more
Will This House Be Built On The Moon By 2015?
Who hasn’t dreamed about going to the moon? Ever since Neil Armstrong and his Apollo team stepped foot there in the 1960’s, most all of us, at one time or another, have fantasized about retracing their steps. We’ve longed to echo the famous words, “That’s one small step for... Read more
Opera Update is Now Available
Opera version 22.0.1471.50, is a full featured Internet browser which includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions such as Opera’s groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat.  With Opera you are able to customize the look and content of the Opera browser with a few... Read more
Intel Super-Thin PC-Tablet Hybrid
There are plans by Intel to release an ultra thin, two-in-one device powered by Intel’s newest processor chip.   Their procesessor, Broadwell, was delayed for more than a quarter.  But customers can expect to purchase new Broadwell-based hardware just before summer holidays. Intel plans to jump on the tablet bandwagon hopefully... Read more