An Irish company called Steorn is set to demonstrate what they claim is a free energy device later on today both live in London and streaming on the interweb. The claim is that the device, called Orbo, generates free, clean and constant energy without any outside input. As such the Orbo is another entry into the world of perpetual motion – a concept that has yet to be proven and so far has... 

So the day has finally come: The long awaited iPhone is actually available to consumers (or rather to those stupid eager enough to stand in line for days to get their hands on it). Because Apple in their infinate paranoia has refused to supply anyone except a very select few with a demo model and we are in Canada where the phone won’t arrive until some time in the next century we’ll just... 

A lot of eyebrows were raised in the web design and development community when Microsoft announced that they were diving head first into the web development market with a new program package designed to be in direct competition with Adobe’s (formerly Macromedia) Flash platform. In conjunction (though somewhat delayed) with the release of Windows Vista comes the release of Microsoft Expression –... 

The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for volunteers to go to Mars Russia for an experiment in social behaviour. Basically they want to lock a group of 6 people in a research facility for 500 days (the duration of a real Mars mission), shut them off from the outside world and see what happens to them. Kinda like those Biosphere projects they did in the -80s that spawned some godawful horror movies... 

I remember way back when Microsoft released their first ergonomic keyboard. It looked weird and my computer nerd brothers proudly proclaimed that noone with any skills would ever use these things. And then my mom bought one for her home office. Needless to say we were all sold on the concept once we got past the geek factor. Now, years later, Microsoft is releasing their Natural Ergonomic Desktop... 

As if the whole concept of shooter-games-turned-movies wasn’t already proven beyond any doubt to be the single dumbest idea in movie making history Legendary Pictures – currently producing the much anticipated World of Warcraft movie – has announced that they’ll be wasting even more money trying to make movie crap out of nothing by putting Diablo on the big screen. Since it... 

If you live in an apartment building or in a city you’ve probably noticed that when you turn on your laptop there are multiple wireless networks available – some of them encrypted, some of them locked and some of them wide open. If so you’ve probably also wondered what would happen if someone hacked all these networks and piggybacked off them rather than pay money for their own broadband... 

So you noticed? I hope you did. Welcome to the new and massively improved AndNowYouKnow. When we started we based the site on the impressive Content Management System Joomla! (yes, the name is Joomla! with an exclamation point). Unfortunately it turned out that running a gadget blog like this one using Joomla! was a bit like trying to drive a Hummer through a convenient store. So after much research... 

Ever wake up with a distinct feeling you’ve been probed by an alien? Ever dreamed of a weird cone shaped ray of light coming down from the skies to lift you up to a flying saucer filled with hot alien women? Ever felt like you are being watched? Constantly? If you say yes to the last one, you are probably right. If you said yes to the first two you should get your head out of the -90s and just... 

Watch Akash on Citytv Vancouver’s Breakfast Television with Simi Sara and Dave Gerry Monday June 4th at 9:15am and 9:35am channel 13 .  He will be covering the latest and greatest in gadgets and technology for the summer.  Read More →