Update your Facebook status in a Mercedes-Benz

The Mercedes-Benz is one luxury vehicle that shows the world you “have arrived” at your station in life, but there is a new feature introduced in the upcoming SL class models that has gained its fair share of detractors – as it enables the driver to update their Facebook status despite being behind the wheel.

Ubergizmo, Update your Facebook status in a Mercedes-Benz

Dropbox offers up to 5GB of free space to anyone willing to go beta

Here's some good news for all you Dropboxers out there: the company is offering a bundle of free storage space to anyone who tries the beta version of its new Experimental software. It's really quite simple: just download the test program, upload a photo, and instantly get 500MB of free storage. Upload another photo or video, and an additional 500MB will magically appear at your doorstep. The idea is to test out the beta software's new photo and video uploader, which automatically pulls media from any camera, smartphone or SD card and drops it in the cloud.

2DayBlog.com, Dropbox offers up to 5GB of free space to anyone willing to go beta

Safer Internet Day survey reveals Scottish parents are failing to protect their children from the threats posed by new technology

Westcoastcloud survey also reveals parents worries about sexual content and online groomingWorrying statistics have emerged about the lack of protection for children in Scotland when they surf the internet at home.A survey carried out by Glasgow-headquartered web security company Westcoastcloud for UK Safer Internet Day (Feb 7) reveals that although half of parents in Scotland have installed software to protect their children from accessing unsuitable content when they use desktop PCs and laptops in the home, only 1 in 4 has installed similar protection on the mobile phones, games consoles and television services their kids also use in the ho

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Season 1 of Netflix's first original series ‘Lilyhammer' is now live

. The debut season of Netflix's first original series “Lilyhammer” is now available on demand to all Netflix “Watch Instantly” subscribers. All eight episodes of the series' first season can be streamed beginning Tuesday, and the show is available in high definition. Lilyhammer is the first in a string of original content Netflix is working on in an effort to create an all-inclusive online-only network that will truly pose a real threat to traditional pay TV networks.

Boy Genius Report, Season 1 of Netflix's first original series ‘Lilyhammer' is now live

Rumor: Nikon D800 to Arrive February 7

We have waited way too long for Nikon to formally introduce its new D800 DSLR camera, but the unveiling may be a few days from now. Brazilian site ZTOP reports that Nikon will be launching the D700 successor tomorrow (February 7). The camera will said to come with a 36.3-megapixel CMOS sensor capable of 7360 x 4912 resolution, an ISO range of 100 to 6400, 1080p30 HD video capture, and the ability to record content in either H.264 or MPEG-4 formats. The device is also rumored to have a 3.2-inch LCD screen that provides enough space to browse through the photo gallery.

We only need to wait for one more day to confirm these rumors.

Gadget.com, Rumor: Nikon D800 to Arrive February 7

Eurocom Leopard 2.0 18.4-inch Laptop

Eurocom has proudly introduced the Eurocom Leopard 2.0. Based on the Intel Core i7 processor, the desktop replacement features an 18.4-inch full HD display with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, support for up to Intel i7-2960XM, up to 24GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 4TB storage (HDD/SSD), dual video cards (an nVidia GeForce GTX 560M and an AMD Radeon HD 6990M), THX TruStudio Pro, a Blu-ray player and an HDMI 1.4a port. Additional specs include a pair of USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, eSATA and Firewire 1394a. If you are interested, you can buy the Eurocom Leopard 2.0 for $1,699.

TechFresh, Eurocom Leopard 2.0 18.4-inch Laptop

Google AR Glasses coming soon?

Back in December last year, there were rumors of Google working on some augmented reality glasses running on Android and today, more information regarding them has surfaced. The folks over at 9to5Google have reported that according to their tipster who has seen a prototype of the glasses, they resemble the Oakley Thump 2 (pictured above) and will have a front facing camera for gathering information and aiding AR apps. Apparently the glasses will also be able to take pictures, and the prototype even had a flash to aid with photography at night.

Ubergizmo, Google AR Glasses coming soon?