Should You Pre-Order a Lytro Camera?

Focus your photos AFTER you shoot them

Spot Cool Stuff was amongst the first blogs to report on the Lytro, an entirely new sort of camera that allows photographers to focus their shots after they snap their pictures. The "light field cameras," which were a concept then, are reality now. Lytro is accepting pre-orders on ...

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First Google Store Opens In London

Welcome to the Chrome Zone

Welcome to the Chrome Zone. That's not the title of a science fiction movie (that we know of). It's what you'll hear when you walk into Google's first retail store1. It's located not in the vacinity of Google's California headquarters, as one might expect, but across the pond in ...

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LaCie’s Fingerprint-Secured External Hard Drive

Biometric protection for your mobile drive data

You needn't be an international banker, royal family member or Scarlett Johansson to want to keep your private files private. Basic digital security is something everyone should (do but few people actually do) practice. One easy step you can take: When you save your files to an external ...

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The World’s Cheapest Tablet Computer

The Aakash Tablet vs the ePad

As the number of tablet computer models available to consumers explodes it makes sense that prices would drop. But a tablet for the bargain price of US$35!? That's now the reality—if you happen to be a student in India and qualify for a subsidy. But even for the ...

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Steve Jobs, Apple and the
Best Christmas Ever

Steve Jobs: 1955-2011 . . . and beyond

Spot Cool Stuff never met Steve Jobs. But like so many others, we felt touched by him. His was the human hand who reached out to us from every Macintosh computer, from every iPod, every MacBook and iPhone. Rarely have the efforts of a single person stretched around the ...

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Is Upgrading to iPhone 4S Worth It?

Apple iPhone Comparison: 4 vs 4S

Apple just announced the latest iPhone: the iPhone 4S. Those who expected a schmancy new iPhone 5 to be released were disappointed. The iPhone 4S has the same form factor as the iPhone 4. With the exception of the Siri voice functionality (see below), all the software enhancements ...

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