October 22, 2015 Why Killing AT&T-Mobile Is a Good Thing Cell phone owners rejoice! Last week, the Department of Justice announced it would sue to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. And that is a very good thing—for consumers, for other carriers, for T-Mobile, and even for AT&T.
October 22, 2015 Best Tech Gifts for Dads and Grads Parents have some mixed feelings about college students returning home for the summer. It's great to see the progeny, but you just got used to having the house all to yourself--and started liking it.
October 22, 2015 Heads Up, HuffPo! The Mob Is Turning on Crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing powers The Huffington Post, Wikipedia and more. But not for long. Now that mob of unpaid folks writing for free is turning on the hand that fails to feed them, demanding better information and even -- shock, horror! -- to be paid for their work.
October 22, 2015 Your Web Browsing Is Being Tracked -- Is Government Regulation the Answer? Every click you make on the Internet is being tracked, not just by Internet Explorer or Firefox but by hundreds of small companies that tie the click of your mouse to your IP address -- and then to your name. And that data is sold to the highest bidder.
October 22, 2015 2011 CES Preview: 5 Big Trends to Watch 2011 promises to be among the most active CES shows in the last 10 years, with new mobile devices -- ones that really work and that people really want -- and improved electronics, including in-car systems that drivers will love.
October 22, 2015 Why You Need a Smartphone: Video Calls E-mail, texting, tweeting, posting, blogging -- they've all become as common as telephones and computers. So why haven't video calls taken off too? If the introduction of new products this fall is any indication, that may be about to change.
October 22, 2015 Caller Beware: Smartphones Present Tons of New Security Threats For years, cell phone companies have been saying that smartphones aren’t as vulnerable as PCs to viruses and malicious programs. But today it's looking like smartphones are, in fact, even more vulnerable to attacks -- and present a unique danger in terms of identity theft, spying and fraud.
October 22, 2015 Gadget gifts for the time-challenged People call it procrastination, I call it time management. If you're like me and are still shopping for gifts, at least you're in the home stretch. Some of my last-minute suggestions may be difficult to come by in time for Christmas (overnight shipping can only perform so many miracles) but perhaps you'll decide to get one of these gadgets for yourself — after the holiday.
October 22, 2015 Streaming music gets higher Taylor Swift may not like Spotify, but music fans love streaming music. Even as musicians continue to rail against the freemium music world order, new streaming services promise better sound that may even appeal to audiophile holdouts.
October 22, 2015 The perils of social sharing We're always warning people not to “overshare” online, lest they limit their future job opportunities, expose themselves to fraud, or just gross us out. Now there's another reason not to share: to avoid being tricked and manipulated by the very Web services you use.
