October 23, 2015 Watching your home: the best security cams There is always someone watching you, so shouldn't you be watching too? Once the domain of companies like Panasonic, newer names like Dropcam have made security webcams easier to install and – as a result they are becoming increasingly commonplace. A new crop of models promises more features, with sirens, moisture sensors, and even air quality alerts.
October 22, 2015 Nest, Google and the Tweeting fridge: the connected home is coming -- someday The Nest tracks and learns your behavior, and adjusts the heat for you. It's just one part of the connected home gadget market, which will explode in 2014: Belkin has a connected crock pot. Will this vision of the future play out – and do consumers even want it?
October 22, 2015 Personalization is collapsing the Web We all like to feel as if we're being personally catered to, that someone understands and cares about our needs.
October 22, 2015 A tale of two techs: Apple iPhone 5S vs. Microsoft Surface 2 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?
October 22, 2015 Sorry, cellphone: Why landlines still rock Certainly cell phones, Internet calling, texting and other forms of digital communication are more flexible and more efficient, but the plain old telephone service has two major advantages.
October 22, 2015 Technology that can beat the traffic Traffic hasn't worsened much since last year, according to the latest Urban Mobility Report. But any traffic is bad news. Can technology help reroute us around all this congestion?
October 22, 2015 Tomorrow's tech trends today: 2013's gadgets revealed Brains downloaded to hard drives, space tourism, and self-driving cars are all well and good, but what does the more immediate technological future hold?
October 22, 2015 Favorite gadgets to help weather the superstorm After the potable water, candles, and so on, consider the gadgets that can help you endure a storm. Here's a list of my current favorites for those enduring Mother Nature's wrath.
October 22, 2015 The glaring hole in Apple’s product plans With a billion-dollar judgment in its favor against Samsung, the iPad steamrolling the market and the world poised for yet another new iPhone, Apple is sitting pretty indeed. But the company has been frustrated in one -- and it may already be too late.
October 22, 2015 You say you want a revolution? Music industry in turmoil -- again Rocked by pirated MP3s, leveled by Silicon Valley's version of corporate rock (iTunes), and then rankled by copyright wars, the music business has been repeatedly disrupted like no other business. Now it appears more upheavals are on the horizon.
