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  • Personalization is collapsing the Web

    Published October 11, 2013

    We all like to feel as if we're being personally catered to, that someone understands and cares about our needs.

  • Microsoft and Apple head to head -- again

    Published September 26, 2013

    One company introduces an upgraded device and sells 9 million units in a couple of days. The other introduces upgraded gadgets and earns a collective yawn. What makes Apple a blooming success while Microsoft continues to wither on the vine?

  • Here's when crowds are actually a good thing

    Published September 18, 2013

    Crowdsourcing was supposed to be the Big Idea that leveraged the interconnectedness of the Internet -- but the results have been generally discouraging. Yet in one case, crowdsourcing is working. What is it? 

  • An Apple smartwatch? Fuhgeddaboudit

    Published September 11, 2013

    Apple's announcement today was that it's refining its smartphones rather than introducing any amazingly great new gadgets. So all eyes in the tech industry are turning elsewhere for the next big thing and that looks to be in the area of so-called wearable computing.

  • The last Windows PC you'll ever buy

    Published September 04, 2013

    A lame duck CEO. A major operating system that nobody wants. Rapidly declining PC sales. A desperate Hail Mary acquisition of a trailing smart phone maker. Is this the swan song for Windows?

  • Why today's high-tech cars can drive you crazy

    Published August 28, 2013

    There's no denying that it's a touch-screen world, from ATMs and smartphones to tablets and even laptop computers. But in the automobile, it's a battle between button proponents and touch-screen advocates.

  • The 3 best tablets for travelers

    Published August 23, 2013

    Travel means packing, and packing means packing light. Or trying to. So you don't want the extra weight of books, CDs, and DVDs to haul around, which makes a tablet the ideal vacation companion. Here are three of the best that I've tested.

  • Technology to save Bambi -- and people

    Published August 19, 2013

    When cars meet deer, the results can be disastrous. Unfortunately, most attempts to prevent deer and vehicle crashes--ultrasonic deterrents, infrared warning systems--have failed to eliminate the danger. Now a Canadian company believes it has a system that could save lives and money.

  • Stop-sign camera heralds new era in surveillance

    Published August 14, 2013

    Could we become a nation of digital squealers? Will technology go beyond state-sponsored surveillance of our behavior and turn us all into a society of snitches?

  • 'Elysium' science: This is your brain on robotics

    Published August 09, 2013

    The exoskeleton technology featured in the movie "Elysium" could be closer than we think, able to assist paraplegics as well as action heroes, scientists say.