Google is rumoured to announce a Smartwatch

Hello Google lovers! Rumour has it that Google will be announcing a smartWatch called “Gem”. The rumours aren’t confirmed and they come from the co-founder of Android Police. Though there is no pictorial proof for it, the rumour looks relatively reliable. Samsung have already released their SmartWatch...

Twitter may kickstart consumer-tech IPO train

From accommodation service Airbnb and storage site Dropbox, to limo-providers Uber, a clutch of hot Silicon Valley names that have steered clear of the markets may now gravitate back if Twitter helps revive investor interest in consumer apps and dotcoms....

NASA's Voyager 1 Spacecraft Embarks On Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space

New and unexpected data indicate Voyager 1 has been traveling for About one year through the plasma, or ionized gas, present in the space between stars. Voyager is in a transitional region immediately outside the solar bubble, where some effects from our sun are still evident. A report on the analysis...

Considering a Cyberstrike Against Syria

As America crawls toward retaliation against Syria for its government's use of chemical weapons on its citizens, debate rages over what form it should take. Could cyberweapons be part of such an action? "Cyberweapons are just another piece of our military arsenal and should be considered along with...

Wireless Aside, Cr OS Linux Delivers the Best of Two Worlds

The Cr OS Linux distribution is an interesting blend of the Cinnamon desktop with a special edition of the Chromium Web browser. The approach Cr OS Linux (pronounced "Cros Linux") takes gives you a taste of Linux Mint with a chaser of a not-quick pure Google Chrome OS. Cr OS is a fully functional Linux...

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 is your introduction to the new features and elements of HTML5 - all the leaner, cleaner, and more efficient code you've hoped for is available now with HTML5, along with some new tools that will allow you to create more meaningful and richer content. For everyone involved in...

Apple unveils iPhone 5C: Same specs as iPhone 5 and ‘beautifully, unapologetically plastic’

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 5C. The leaks leading up to the unveil were spot on: The iPhone 5C is a unibody polycarbonate (plastic) smartphone, coming in a range of colors (blue, red, yellow, green, white), and sporting virtually identical internals as the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5C is, in essence, a...

The 3 most popular software downloads

We've trawled the PC Advisor download section, which offers the latest and best software downloads for your PC, to bring you the five most popular programs that your PC just can't live without...

NASA prepares to launch 600Mbps space laser system to replace conventional radio links

NASA is preparing to launch The Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD), a testbed that will use lasers to send and receive data between Earth and the Moon. This will be the first time that NASA uses lasers instead of conventional S-band radio waves to communicate with spacecraft, allowing...

Intel moves to make 3D gesture control as pervasive as the mouse

Gesture-control peripheral makers Leap Motion and Haptix have stolen the spotlight from traditional input devices over the past year with promising new devices and OEM design wins. A bit lost in the mix has been tech-giant Intel’s sizable investment in what it calls perceptual computing. At IDF 2013...