An iPhone that won’t let you snap a photo at a rock concert? That’s the buzz in the wake of a recently published Apple patent application detailing how a strategically placed infrared transmitter could switch off the iPhone’s built-in camera and...
Want to check your Facebook account on the iPad? Well, there are plenty of solid, third-party Facebook apps available (we’ve got Friendly for Facebook, MyPad, Facely HD, and VideoTime for Facebook, for starters), or you could visit the main Facebook website on...
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. It wasn’t all that long ago that Research in Motion, the Canadian company behind the legendary BlackBerry, ruled the roost when it came to smartphones. But now RIM is hanging on for dear life, having suffered a one-two punch...
Those telltale Redbox DVD kiosks at your local supermarket aren’t just for movies anymore. Starting Friday—tomorrow—about 21,000 of the company’s 27,000 kiosks will be stocked with the latest Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 games, including such...
Andrea writes: I’m about to buy my first big flat-screen TV (finally) and a Blu-ray player, but I have a question about the HDMI cable that connects the Blu-ray to the TV set. How much do I need to spend on it? The guy at the store keeps trying to sell me a $100...
I haven’t fired up my desktop copy of Microsoft Office in months, and I must tell you … I don’t miss it. Instead, I’ve become a fervent believer in Google Docs, Google’s free, online office suite. Never fear, I’ll dive into the basic...
Apps, apps, and more apps—that’s what college students and their Mac-purchasing teachers can expect to get from Apple’s annual Back to School promotion. The deal kicks off today (Thursday, June 16) and runs through September 20, and any college student,...
Yep, this is getting a little nuts. Starting around 6 p.m. ET, the CIA.gov website slowly but surely ground to a halt, and the hacker group LulzSec—which just a day ago managed to sneak into the U.S. Senate website—is claiming responsibility. “Tango down –...
Picture this: a three-pound netbook with more than eight hours of battery life, but no hard drive. Instead, Google’s new line of cloud-based Chromebooks relies entirely on Google’s online services, such as Gmail, Google Documents, and Google Calendar, not...
Margaret writes: I’m finally ready to break down and get the iPhone 4, but here’s my question: which one should I get, the 16 GB version or the 32 GB one? I don’t want to spend an extra $100 on the 32 GB iPhone if I don’t really need all that...
