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Piixl Jetpack - SteamOS Gaming PC That Hides Behind Your TV

PiixlWhy waste space for desktop computer and pay additional cost for a computer-screen when your existing LED TV can do this for you. Piixl Jetpack is an upcoming compact computer which allows you to do exactly that. Aimed to be an gaming PC powered by upcoming SteamOS, the PC will also be able to run your favorite flavor of Windows or Linux operating-system. Featuring an expandable chassis supporting "Open PC Architecture" (allowing a wide variety of hardware customization) the ultra-thin and quiet Jetpack will be mountable directly to the back of a television screen or under a table via standard VESA mount specifications. No price information is yet announced but since Piixl Jetpack is not the only one joining the revolutionary "Computer behind TV" concept powered by SteamOS, consumers will surely get a worthy deal in near future.

Piixl Jetpack
Piixl Jetpack

LG G Flex: Self-Healing Smartphone With Flexible Display

Flexible displays are something we will be seeing more often in computer, mobile and consumer electronics. LG has now taken the lead by releasing world's first self-healing smartphone featuring a flexible display, G Flex features it's signature uniquely curved chassis which is slightly bent along its horizontal axis. LG's logic behind the curved design is that your fingers need to cover shorter distance compared to a flat screen for typing and watching movies at a distance on 1 feet will offer a viewing experience similar to a 55-inch TV at a distance of 10 feet. Don't miss the hands-on videos shared below.

LG G Flex

Is 'Amazon Prime Air' delivery drone a practical solution?

Utilizing drones for delivering stuff is nothing new, Domino's demonstrated and pitched their DomiCopter pizza delivery drone a few months ago, and now Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos is promising half-hour shipping with "Amazon Prime Air" drone delivery service, but the question remains is this really a practical and viable solution?

While Amazon seems to be all setupped for this new service (checkout the videos) the big questions remains what about the numerous possibilities like midway attacks for fun or theft and the danger of crashes due to malfunction?

Amazon Air Prime

Hacker Claims To Have PlayStation 4 Cracked Unlocking The Path For Pirated Games

Sony PS4 Hacked

We all know Sony takes business very seriously, and unlike other tech companies takes a very strong stand against anybody trying to circumvent their console security for enabling sideloading or game piracy. Sony sued the well-known Apple iOS hacker George Hotz for releasing the first-ever Playstation3 custom firmware which was the initial step towards letting others enable game piracy for the earlier locked platform. An alleged Sony PS4 jailbreak named Reckz0r has now made it's presence public online claiming to allow execution of unassigned/unauthorized code and pirated games on PS4 exploiting an vulnerability in underlying FreeBSD based Orbis OS. The author goes ahead with sharing all details and files showing users how to "crack" their PS4's labeling this as an tribute to George Hot.

Reckz0r

Evena Eyes-On™ X-Ray Glasses Can See Through Your Skin

Do you think Google Glass is cool? Think again after you checkout the Evena Eyes-On™ X-Ray Glasses which can see through your skin. Before you get too excited about the possibility of "see-through cloths" X-ray vision do let me clarify that Evena’s Eyes-On Glasses is meant for medical professionals enabling them to clearly see the veins beneath your skin, which helps their decision for picking the “best” vein to stick you with a needle saving you from multiple pricks at wrong areas. Don't forget to watch and share the excellent real usage video of this cool X-Ray vision gadget posted below.

Evena Eyes-On

Your LG SmartTV Is Spying On You : Logs Whatever You Watch Including Content From USB Drives To Remote Server

Your privacy is at great risk in this era of Internet of things, after revelation of spying backdoor's in Internet routers and Chinese Electric Goods we now have another revelation of spying by LG SmartTV's. Findings made by developer @DoctorBeet revealed how LG is spying on users watching habits including logging of file-names watched by users from there external USB disk drivers as shown below to remote servers. The communication is clearly sending out "unique device ID" (which could be traced back to you) along with the information about what is being watched and too completely unencrypted.

Smart TV

The Internet War Report : Social Media, OS & Browser Leaders of the Past Decade

There is a popular saying "Nothing is permanent except change" (~ Heraclitus), and same holds true for technology. Here is an interesting info-graphic visualizing "The Internet War Report", with some interesting insights into how things changed with social Media, OS & Browser Leaders during the past decade.

Internet War Report

How Market Share And Use Of Cell Phones Is Increasing

Yesterday we shared an informative graphic showing region-wise penetration of mobile operating-system around the globe and today we have a new infographic visualizing some interesting data on - "How Market Share And Use Of Cell Phones Is Increasing".

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