May 3, 2016 CES: The disruption of electronics Some people believe we're on the eve of disruption. Once upon a time, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was about continuing the advancement of new entertainment devices. Now, it's all about blowing up our notions about how those devices are supposed to work.
May 3, 2016 Best gear of the year 2014 Innovation, I'm sorry to say, was not a hallmark of the technology world in 2014. There were plenty of updated gadgets and gimcracks — from thinner tablets to networked, singing light bulbs — but few standout products. Nevertheless, over the course of testing hundreds of high-tech items, from cars to TVs, I found a few devices with the kind of utility and ingenuity that make them worthy of a best of the year designation.
January 12, 2016 The Heart of Tomorrow's High-Tech Cars: Smartphones While technology races ahead, cars are increasingly left in the dust. But that's going to change: Your car is about to join the app revolution.
January 11, 2016 DUI Checkpoint Apps Draw Ire and Fire Want to drive drunk? There's an app for that -- and that fact has been drawing questions from concerned consumers and politicians nationwide.
January 11, 2016 Sony Wants to Sell You a 3D TV Japan's biggest manufacturers are readying flat-screen TVs that can show HD movies and video games in 3D
December 23, 2015 Spy Agency Amends No-Bid Contract Notice, But Google Still Favored One of America’s most secretive spy agencies, responding in part to inquiries made by Fox News about a no-bid contract set to be awarded to Google, announced Tuesday it will revise the terms of its notice for the contract, but Google still has the inside track for the deal
December 3, 2015 Man sues Apple after retail employee deletes years worth of photos Deric White, a 68 year-old man from the UK, is suing Apple for approximately $7,500 after an Apple employee at the company’s Regent Street store in London completely wiped White’s iPhone clean, erasing numerous photos and 15 years worth of contacts in the process.
November 5, 2015 Robots: Technology even cats can love Dystopian visions of 400-pound titanium monsters guided by artificial intelligence (and ready to crush us if we humans get out of line) probably aren't on any mortal's time horizon. But there is plenty of automated technology that is infecting everything from household gadgets to instruments, making them smarter and, well, more life-like.
November 5, 2015 What's wrong with the Comcast-Time Warner deal? A lot Here they go again. Another major merger, another potentially major wallop to your wallet.
November 5, 2015 Like water for phones: Best waterproof phones tested Like oil, electronics are not supposed to mix with water. But a growing array of smart phones is designed to handle the rough and tumble realities of people using their handsets on the beach and in the bathroom. And thank goodness for that.
