October 22, 2015 Microsoft's new tablet: the great copier surfaces again Microsoft finally revealed this week that it will introduce its own tablet called Surface. The Microsoft tablet -- still in prototype form only -- looks sleek and slick with a built-in stand and a thin cover that doubles as a keyboard. But does the world really need another tablet?
October 22, 2015 In modern valentine quest, dating is digital Love's labor is not lost -- at least, not online. Dating for most people is now officially a digital endeavor, according to a study out just in time for Valentine's Day.
October 22, 2015 The revolution will not be tweeted Can censorship ever be a good thing? Twitter wants you to think it can be, but the truth is that it looks like the company has stepped on a slippery slope coated in lard.
October 22, 2015 Resolution: Get Your Finances Straight Online Getting into financial shape is a New Year's resolution many of us make every year. But it can be tougher than losing weight or even quitting smoking. However, there are some great free tools online to help you stick with the program and achieve your fiscal goals.
October 22, 2015 New Facebook Rule: Only for the 1 Percent? It's being called "the Facebook Rule," and it's designed to shut you and me out of at least one social network.
October 22, 2015 Could We Start Trusting the Internet Again? As untrustworthy as the Net may seem some times, there are some hopeful signs that maybe, just maybe, the era of fake reviews may be coming to an end.
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.