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Compared to Windows 8, the Windows 8.1 upgrade has been improved and includes settings that let you boot directly to the desktop, and keep Metro elements out of your way. If you prefer to stay on the traditional desktop as much as possible, here's a look at how to do it.

The Grip & Shoot is a pistol grip attachment for the iPhone, allowing users to shoot stills and video one-handed, without having their fingers awkwardly splayed to reach the touchscreen controls. We recently had the chance to try one out for ourselves.

UK based-firm TWI has been developing methods for laser tube-cutting for the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. They have now demonstrated a 5 kW fiber laser projector, configured rather like a rifle, that can be wielded by a single person.

Home aquaponics kits, which combine fish and plants in a symbiotic relationship, are becoming more and more popular. The latest arrival on the scene is the futuristic-looking Aqualibrium Garden.

Something changed, and backpacks started evolving. Now it's not at all uncommon to find a backpack that can charge the electronic devices within. The Energi+ Backpack from TYLT is one such model. It's not the first backpack equipped with a battery, but is it the best?

The US Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF), with the help of the crowdsourcing gurus at Local Motors, has launched ArmyCoCreate.com, a website designed to let soldiers, designers and engineers collaborate on identifying soldier requirements and designing prototypes to address them.

The inventor of the Scarpar Powerboard, Dan Baldwin, has now developed another prototype all-terrain board called the Ungoverned that is designed to tackle everything from rocks to snow.

The Large Underground Xenon experiment, buried nearly a mile beneath South Dakota, has completed 85 days of seeking dark matter particles. The results are consistent with a null result, and essentially rule out the 8.6 GeV dark matter candidate noted in the data of other experiments.

Gizmag recently took the opportunity to tour the Hangar-7 Museum in Red Bull's hometown of Salzburg, Austria. Step inside for a virtual tour of intriguing architecture and high-performance machinery.

The latest shipping container project to grab our attention comes via JYA-RCHITECTS and its aptly-named Low Cost House. The budget-conscious dwelling offers a safe and suitable home to a family of seven by utilizing three shipping containers.

The idea of a modular smartphone, with replaceable components being pieced together like LEGO, may seem to be pie-in-the-sky thinking, but Motorola, backed by parent company Google, is keen to make it happen with Project Ara.

After announcing that it will mass produce flexible OLED phone displays earlier in the month, LG has now revealed that Korean consumers will be the first to get their hands on its new curved screen smartphone, the G Flex.