Samsung buys Dacor luxury appliance brand - CNET
Enlarge ImageDacor made this luxury range with a built-in tablet. Chris Monroe/CNET Samsung Electronics America will buy Dacor, a company that manufacturers luxury kitchen appliances, Samsung a ounced Wednesday. The acquisition reflects Samsung's continued investment in large home appliance and an i...
Samsung tries a bomb joke (again) to sell battery life - CNET
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWill it bomb? Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It's a lot easier to just batter Apple if you're selling battery life.When Samsung accused iPhone users of being wallhuggers, th...
Can copper coins prevent your laptop from overheating? - CNET
Time to cash in on a cool way to keep your laptop from overheating. This video from Science Cha el shows how to create a heat sink by stacking copper coins on the computer, a tip the host credits to a Japanese Twitter user. "Copper is more thermally conductive than material most laptops are made of,...
Man builds bionic hand out of Keurig coffeemaker - CNET
If there's a zombie apocalypse, we want people like Evan Booth around. Because if an undead walker chomps off your hand, and you want to rebuild it from common household appliances, Booth's the man.Using only the parts from a Keurig K350 coffeemaker, plus adhesives and a 12-volt exte al power supply...
Pod people: CNET's favourite podcasts - CNET
Whether you're a foodie, a science geek or a history nut, Gastropod encapsulates a tasty morsel for everyone. In this biweekly podcast, hosts Cynthia Graber (Fast Company, Slate) and Nicola Twilley (The New Yorker, Edible Geography) look at what we eat, the way we eat and how it got that way. -- Chr...