There’s not much a young boy can do while sitting in class, ignoring the lessons. Add a dozen years or so and the boy-turned-man will be sitting at four-hour meetings, doing nothing more than twiddle his thumbs.

Thinking of making things more interesting? How about a pen that takes pictures and videos while you’re tapping it against your desk or pretending to write? Maybe you could unscrew the cap to reveal a micro SD card that you can plug into your computer to retrieve your files. continue reading…

BioShock fans will no longer have to wait for the upcoming live-action movie to witness one of the game’s iconic characters come to life. Nor do they have to visit the depths of Rapture to see him up close.

Thanks to the efforts of an ingenious graphic designer/prop maker, many gamers’ dreams, or rather nightmares, have come true.  Harrison Krix, an Atlanta resident, has created a full-sized Big Daddy suit straight out of the critically-acclaimed survival horror RPG shooter.

In the game, the Big Daddies, who are locked forever inside hulking atmospheric diving suits, are blighted souls who roam the dystopian underwater city of Rapture. Their singular task is to protect the childlike denizens of Rapture known as Little Sisters. continue reading…

Ready your wallets and credit cards. We scoured the Internet to bring you the best deals for Black Friday. You really don’t have to camp out at your favorite store when you can avail of best deals right now.

Xbox 360

Perhaps the best online deal on Black Friday is the Xbox Arcade Console at Wal-Mart, which can be yours for $99 starting, well on Black Friday itself. The deal maybe enticing, but, the Arcade version of the Xbox 360 lacks a hard drive. Nevertheless, it plays all Xbox 360 games, not to mention it comes with a wireless controller. continue reading…

If you don’t know what present to give for someone special this holiday season, the safest choice is always electronics.

While it is quite sweet to get a scrapbook made from scratch or a sonata that remotely sounds like Beethoven, gifting someone with an electronic device is way cooler, admit it, and not to mention easier too.

Think about it, you don’t have to put much thought on the color scheme as most devices, if not all, come in standard tones. Plus, you’d also be spared from confusing measurements and sizes that still don’t fit even though you follow vital stats right on the dot. continue reading…

Photo credit: visitsingapore.com

The Fine City is set to look fine online thanks to the world’s most popular search engine. Singapore, the island state in Southeast Asia known for its high standard of living and well-organized society, has teamed up with Google to find local tourist spots that can be featured on the Internet.

Last month, the Singapore Tourism Board and Google asked Singaporeans to nominate places that could be viewed by the latter’s Street View trike. The trike or tricycle is the Lion City’s counterpart of the vehicles used by Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth.  continue reading…

Techno-talk nowadays is not just in the high-res but high-def mode as well. After the introduction of high-definition (HD) capabilities in top-of-the-line devices from camcorders to LCD screens, HD is now becoming more common in cheap, quick-shooting devices.

The trend especially got a really good boost from popular online video sharing websites like YouTube, which offered HD back in 2008. Back then, they started offering 864×480 pixel videos and used stereo AAC sound. In addition, the aspect ratio of 4:3 was changed to a widescreen format of 16:9. continue reading…