November 3, 2015 Off-beat tech gifts for the season Big screen TVs, tablets, and smart watches may make for obvious tech gifts, but what do you get for someone who has it all? And what if your budget is, well, more modest?
November 3, 2015 From bass to beanies: The battle of the headphones After the success of Beats, scores of companies have jumped into the headphone market. The hundreds of available models mean there are now headphones to suit every type of listener, from audiophiles to runners, and every budget - particularly if you already thinking about shopping for gifts.
November 3, 2015 Is traffic camera technology being misused? Speed and red light cameras offer the promise of reducing accidents and deaths, but government misuse is preventing the devices from reaching their full potential.
November 3, 2015 You are your own digital bodyguard It’s easier to steal your identity than it is to steal your car.
November 3, 2015 4K TV: Fad or fantastic? How good is your eyesight? Your answer may determine whether the new 4K TVs, also known as Ultra HD TVs, are the next step beyond high definition TVs – or just another fad, like 3D TVs.
November 3, 2015 The end of net neutrality? The World Wide Web party may be over. If proposed regulations from the FCC become the law of the land, they will close the open bar that has allowed digital information to flow freely over the Internet.
November 3, 2015 Ford demo of car-to-car communication shows what happens when cars talk The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration will publish recommendations in the coming weeks for new car-to-car communication. A demo in a specially tricked out 2014 Ford Taurus gives a front-seat view of how it works.
November 3, 2015 'Gaming' the system: NSA sucking data from apps like 'Angry Birds' The NSA has been spying on smartphone apps, especially popular ones like "Angry Birds" that "leak" our data. So why aren't we angry at "Angry Birds" as well as the NSA?
November 3, 2015 Here's when crowdsourcing actually works 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?
November 3, 2015 Stop-sign camera heralds new era in surveillance 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?
