Thank God for surveillance cameras!

YOU’D remember this 1993 abduction-murder case in England of 2- year-old James Bulger whose mutilated body was found on a railway track. After investigations, it was shockingly revealed through video images from surveillance cameras at the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, near Liverpool, that he was abducted not by an adult, but by two [...]

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Ainol Novo 7 Elf review and promo code

Tweet Tweet Can a $150 tablet be any good? We recently had a chance to spend some quality time with the Ainol Novo 7 Elf, and, we must say, for the price, it’s an excellent tablet. Almost everything is made in China these days. The combination of low cost resources and cheap labor seems to [...]

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Gadgets with cool, connectivity, and powers we can call our own

Not enough space? Seagate’s GoFlex Satellite portable Wi-Fi drive does the same thing, but offers 500GB of storage and access for up to eight people at once, as long as everyone is not using high-power applications. seagate.com/goflexsatellite You can also store important information, from business files and copies of your passport to your music library, [...]

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Nokia Lumia 900 vs. HTC Titan II: Which Windows Phone to buy

(Credit:CNET) It was a good day for Microsoft and AT&T yesterday, when the carrier opened its registers for two 4G LTE Windows phones: the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II. Both have the most recent version of Windows Phone OS, large screens over 4 inches, and 16GB of storage, with 25GB of extra [...]

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TV camera toppled at Occupy rally during arrests (w/video)

KSTP-TV cameraman Chad Nelson was filming one of the 12 arrests during an Occupy march in Minneapolis on Saturday, April 7, when he became part of the story. Nelson’s camera was shoved to the ground by an Minneapolis police officer on Nicollet Mall after 10 p.m., said KSTP news director Lindsay Radford. The camera, worth [...]

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Best action sports holiday gadgets

Planning on taking yourself off on a sports holiday this year? Whether you’re strapping a snowboard to your feet, clambering onto a mountain bike or hitting the waves on your surfboard, you’re going to need at least a few key pieces of tech to get the most out of your active trip. I headed out [...]

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Canon Pixma MX512 Wireless Office All-in-One

The Canon Pixma MX512 Wireless Office All-in-One ($149.99 direct) is essentially the same printer at its core as the Canon Pixma MX432 Wireless Office All-in-One ($99.99 direct, 2.5 stars). However, it includes lots of extras to justify the higher price, most notably a network connector and print duplexer (for printing on both sides of a [...]

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Police arrest man in string of Radio Shack robberies – phillyBurbs.com : North Penn: robbery, radio shack robberies,

A 58-year-old Philadelphia man faces federal robbery and gun charges in connection with a series of Radio Shack robberies, including the holdup of a shop in Montgomery Township, in early February. Montgomery Township police said William Harrison was taken into custody without incident by Philadelphia police on Feb. 17. They have since identified him as [...]

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Nikon Coolpix S9300 Review – Digital cameras – CNET Reviews

The Nikon Coolpix S9300 is a modest update to 2011′s S9100. It’s basically the same camera, but with increased resolution — 16 megapixels up from 12 — and built-in GPS for geotagging your photos. The latter comes in handy for travel or if you just like to see where you’ve shot, while the former is [...]

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Barbara Lippert’s Critique: Screen Savior

Advertisement In this digital and mobile age, the idea of carrying around a weekly or monthly magazine in anticipation of flipping through its ink-stained pages is about as antique a concept as the word “periodical.” So I feel like Andy Rooney going on about how I prefer paper and a stitched-up spine to a cold, [...]

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