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.
October 22, 2015 From Mobile World Congress, attack of the super phones Rather than getting smaller, smartphones are getting bigger -- and more powerful. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, the annual coming out party for new mobile handsets, the trend is clear -- but are people ready for these brawny beasts?
October 22, 2015 Last, Last, Last Minute Tech Christmas Gifts It's never too late to get your Christmas shopping done. You just have to know a few tricks to procure the right procrastinator's presents. Here are a few really last-minute suggestions.
October 22, 2015 3 Reasons Google Is Killing Internet Search Google search just isn't what it used to be. Sorting through the digital flotsam and jetsam of the World Wide Web is no easy matter to be sure, but it seems that with each passing week, Google's search results become more disappointing.
October 22, 2015 Cyber bank robbers attempt billion-dollar heist, targeting your money An organized global cyber crimewave has been underway for months, according to security firms McAfee and Guardian Analytics, attacking banks in Columbia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the U.S. -- with a potential total of $2 billion targeted.
