Nintendo looks into your eyes - and sees into your soul with the Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo usually isn't the prime candidate when one thinks of innovation. However their recent leap into the console market may not have given them the advantage with graphics, but their intuitive (albeit not very accurate) Wiimote system has put them in the same league as their Microsoft and Sony counterparts. The same holds true even now. As the Nintendo DSi XL is being spread across gaming press this week (we didn't get one to be sure, maybe next year?), Nintendo also saw fit to announce its newest product in its portable selection: the Nintendo 3DS.

AuthenTec Sensor makes Fingerprint Development .. Better

MELBOURNE, FL (Mar 23) - Fingerprint recognition devices used to be a thing for the use of high level, and high budget organization like the Pentagon, or secret organizations bent on ruling the world. However, AuthenTec, a leading provider of identity management, security, and touch control products, announced that its ATW310 fingerprint sensor has been integrated into a new, lowcost fingerprint development kit unveiled today by Texas Instruments. This will make it easier for manufacturers to develop fingerprint-enabled access control products for things such as locks, time and attendance monitoring systems (no more time fraud folks unless you're willing to lose a thumb over it), all the way to regular consumer products such as Data Storage, USB Smart Keys, Smart/Cellphones, and other portable devices.

@ becomes Art - Symbol inducted into MoMA

This isn't an ASCII joke. @ Is now everywhere, and is being used for more and more daily usages from e-mail all the way to Twitter. It has beaten the ampersand (&) and the number sign (#) in terms of relevancy in today's society, and it seems that the Museum of Modern Art has recognized it's importance in today's society not only as a functional symbol, but as a historical piece of art.

"Facebook" Virus Strikes Again!

The term "Hacker" seems to be a tad over-used these days, but according to a news release by (Reuters), "Hackers" have spread virus-borne spam e-mails that target's Facebook's 400 million person userbase. The virus, according to a McAfee statement on Wednesday, is in an e-mail that tells you that your Facebook passwords have been reset, and urges you to click on an attachment to get your new login credentials. What it actually gets you instead, among other things, is your banking information, passwords, and other types of malicious software.

Google TV - Next step in World Domination

Google has slowly but surely gotten a foothold in all facets of our society, starting from a simple search engine, all the way to our phones, browsers, OS, internet advertisements, and the like. It seems that they are still not slowing down anytime soon. They are looking towards a new (or perhaps older horizon), the more antiquated media, Television.

The project, dubbed Google TV (I'm sure GTV is already taken somewhere), is a partnership between Sony, Intel, and Logitech to create a product that would enable TV goers to view popular internet content through their televisions. Very reminiscent of Apple TV, the Xbox 360, or the Playstation Platforms, it's definitely not uncharted territory to say the least.

3DTV - Fad or Standard of Innovation?

We've all come to love the experience of being able to see various movies in 3D. You get to pay an extra 4 bucks for your ticket, get cool glasses with RFID tags so you don't steal them but don't actually work all that well, and if you're lucky and see it in IMAX, then you also get to see a cool laser show in the beginning. All of these play a part in the experience you have in being able to see things in 3D (Because real life isn't good enough). That being said, Sony's latest technological push relies on bringing the 3D experience into your home, glasses and all.

Now, it's all well and good to be able to enjoy a 3D movie once in a while, but to bring it to your TV?
It might be a little tedious, especially when you have to wear glasses every time you watch TV. Especially for us geeks who already have glasses (assuming you don't have contacts), this poses an exceptionally difficult situation of BEING ABLE TO SEE. Aside from this very minor detail, we can all assume that the future holds perfect 20/20 vision for all. The question is, are people willing to pay for it?

"Iphone 4G" Rumour Bin

It's almost that time of year again. Nope, not talking about Easter. I'm talking about Apple Keynote Day! That time of year where Mac fanboys and girls go giddy over Steve Jobs gracing us with his presence on that ever-ominous stage at the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) on June 8-12. In preparation, and as a flagship post for Geek Factor and as an Apple fan myself, we're going to give you a roundup of the current rumors that about the interwebs about the iPhone, and the percentage of probability that they will come to pass and why. Let the rumour bin begin!