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Forget creepy Intel: SHORE unlocks your face at a glance, and it’s already in use

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you thought Intel’s plans for a viewer-watching Web TV box were intrusive, you might want to bury your face in your hands (and leave it there permanently) after seeing Fraunhofer‘s clever and creepy SHORE facial ID system. On show at CeBIT, SHORE can not only identify a face in a still image or real-time video stream, but figure out gender, age, and even what mood the person is in: happy, surprised, angry, or sad. Meanwhile, while Intel’s home entertainment tracking system is already mired in controversy, Fraunhofer tells us commercial implementations of SHORE are already out in the wild.

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GlassUp AR glasses hands-on: Google Glass gets competition

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Gagging for Glass but can’t afford Google’s $1,500 Explorer Edition? GlassUp thinks it may have the answer, a wearable display that looks almost like a regular set of glasses, and harnesses the power of your existing smartphone to flash real-time information into your eyeline. On show in prototype form at CeBIT, and set to ship later in the year, GlassUp takes a more humble approach to wearables than Google does with Glass, making its headset a companion display rather than a standalone computer.

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MyMultitouch 84-inch 4K touch-display hands-on: Angry Birds goes massive

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Angry Birds on an 84-inch 4K tablet? Not quite, but if your iPad or Nexus 10 simply isn’t big enough or high-res enough, MyMultitouch has an 84-inch beast to offer instead. The Germany company is showing off its biggest multitouch table/display to-date at CeBIT, a vast 3.840 x 2,160 Ultra HD screen called the Alvaro GIANT capable of running Windows, Android or most anything else, and we couldn’t resist getting our fingers all over it.

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Nokia “Catwalk” and “Lazer” bring Windows Phone 8 a full metal jacket

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Though Nokia’s Lumia lineup hasn’t thus far been called the thinnest or most hardcore on the market at any point in its short history, it all might change soon with two new models named “Catwalk” and “Lazer”. Spoken about under-cover over this past week internationally, both handsets are being tipped to take the bits and pieces in the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia 808 PureView that people don’t like and toss them out. Left will be a couple of handsets that set the minds of the consumer public on fire – wildfire!

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Samsung Galaxy S4 specifications tease biggest launch in company history

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week we’re seeing more specification theories, leaks, and downright confirmations coming for the Samsung Galaxy S IV (or S4 if you prefer) than this device’s imminent reveal would suggest. The big Samsung “Be Ready 4 The Next Galaxy” invites have been dropped and note a March 14th, 2013 event to be held in Times Square, New York City – if that’s not a massive venue, we don’t know what is. We’ll certainly be there with bells on, but before we get there, let’s have a peek at what we might to see!

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Samsung’s weird little kid is as excited about the Galaxy S4 as we are

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Samsung knows we’re gurgling with barely-restrained anticipation for its Galaxy S4 launch next week, but it’s cranking up the pre-show fever with a mildly-cringeworthy teaser campaign featuring a “secret messenger.” The promo, featuring a milk-sipping child executive supposedly called Jeremy Maxwell, tells us little to nothing about the Galaxy S4 itself, but it looks like this won’t be the last of the videos we get before March 14.

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MSI AG2712 Gaming All-in-One PC hands-on

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

MSI is in a froth of gaming frenzy at CeBIT 2013, with a new 27-inch gaming-centric all-in-one PC taking pride of place in the updated range. The MSI AG2712 squeezes Windows 8, Intel third-gen Core i5/i7 processors, and a touchscreen into its slimline chassis, but also finds room for a discrete graphics chip. We caught up with the new model to find out whether that made it special.

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SpaceX Dragon successfully reaches ISS

, Mar 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

SpaceX‘s second Dragon capsule to run a resupply mission to the International Space Station has been successfully captured by the orbiting platform’s robotic arm, despite launch issues that threatened to leave the cargo shuttle without solar power. Snatched from orbit an hour ahead of schedule, the next step for Dragon is being guided into place to dock with the ISS, at which point nearly a month of loading and unloading will occur.

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Evernote hacked: Emails, encrypted passwords stolen

, Mar 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Cloud notetaking service Evernote has been hacked, the company has revealed today, with an unidentified attacker compromising servers and extracting usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. The attack has forced a mandatory password reset, meaning all users must change their password before they can log back into their account, but Evernote says there is no evidence of either notes being viewed by a third-party, or payment details of Evernote Premium or Business users being accessed.

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SpaceX 2 Dragon struck by problems after reaching orbit [Updated]

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

SpaceX and NASA’s second Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station successfully blasted off on its way into space, but encountered unexplained issues roughly twelve minutes into launch. Taking off at 10:10AM EST today to take new equipment and supplies to the orbiting astronauts, the Dragon capsule, climbing at 1km per second atop a cluster of nine rockets, is carrying around 1,268 pounds of cargo and had been expected to dock with the ISS on Saturday, March 2. Update: More on the launch issues after the cut.

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NASA readies SpaceX 2 for second resupply mission to ISS

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

NASA and SpaceX are just hours away from the next planned resupply mission to the International Space Station, the second commercial mission by the private firm, with a 1,268 pound payload of food, experiments, and more. SpaceX 2 is expected to take off at 10:10am EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, arriving at the ISS the following day, and then being snagged using the orbiting space platform’s robotic arm.

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OUYA to ship consoles starting March 28

, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

After a long wait for consumers, OUYA has announced that it will begin shipping their gaming consoles to Kickstarter backers starting on March 28, which is exactly one month from now. OUYA says that a full launch of the console is still on schedule for sometime in June. This is when the OUYA console will be available in stores for anyone to purchase.

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