Pure Voca review: Small in size but big in sound

Pure has always been well-known for producing really lovely digital radios, however, specialising in radio means that the Bluetooth speakers built in still sound very radio-ey for want of a better word. With that in mind, I was very excited when I got the chance to review the brand's first portable Bluetooth speaker, the Pure…

Fingerkey uses your iPhone’s TouchID to unlock your Mac

Fingerprint scanners have been around for computer for a while, but anyone who's ever owned one will tell you that they're not actually that brilliant. TouchID, on the other hand, has gone down rather well with people, so why can't you use it to unlock your computer? Someone has thought of that, and they've gone and…

15 gadgets we’d like to open on Christmas morning

There's less than a month to go 'til the big guy in red loads up his sleigh, so we're hurriedly preparing our Christmas lists to send him (and, somewhat more realistically, friends and family). Here are the 15 gadgety things we'd like to see under the tree this December. [nextpage title="next"] Leitz Complete Privacy Case…

Could these leaks show off the cancelled Lumia 1020 successor?

The Lumia 1020 was, and still is, one of the best smartphone cameras money could buy  -- with the 41-megapixel resolution certainly helping things along. Microsoft was rumoured to be developing a follow-up known internally as 'McLaren', but that was apparently cancelled earlier this year. Thankfully we have some shots that show off what that phone…

A new drug could protect the brain from binge drinking

Researchers have created a new drug that could reduce the side-effects of binge drinking. Professor Mike Page and his colleagues at the University of Huddersfield developed a new compound, ethane-beta-sultam, which enters the blood stream quickly so it can pass the blood-brain barrier before the body has the chance to try to deter it. Most…

South Korea is cracking down on selfie sticks, but not for the obvious reasons

Selfie sticks have kicked off in popularity recently, making it easier for people to take photos of themselves without it being an extreme close-up. Some people don't approve of such sticks, and may be pleased to hear that South Korea is cracking down on them -- just not for any obvious reason. So how could…