Have any trouble making Skype calls this morning? If so, you weren’t alone, with Engadget reporting that Skype users from the U.K. to Australia had trouble logging into their Skype accounts early Tuesday. The good news is that Skype appeared to be back up for...
Beyond the obvious question of, you know, why he was sending pictures of himself in skivvies to women who weren’t his wife, the sad, sordid saga of (still) New York Congressman Anthony Weiner raises another nagging issue: how did the wayward lawmaker manage to...
Sorry, folks: Apple didn’t have any new iPhones to show off at its big software event Monday. That said, the software that powers the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch is due for a major overhaul, including a new feature that makes it easier to use an iPhone without...
We’ve been hearing chatter for weeks about Apple’s plans for the “cloud,” and now we finally have the official details. So, what is “iCloud,” exactly—what will it do, when will it arrive, and more importantly, how much will it cost?...
That’s $52 off the standard retail price for the 16GB version of the iPhone 4, and the offer is good through June 30. But there are a couple of catches: you’ll only find the Walmart deal in stores, not online (you should call ahead to make sure your local...
Marjorie writes: Somebody at work was going on about how information is now going to be stored in clouds. I’m not a total idiot so I realize he did not mean the fluffy white cumulus kind. But I’m enough of an idiot to not really know what this is all...
Greetings, friends and family! Welcome to the soft launch of here’s the thing, your source for practical advice, the latest buzz, and the bottom line about gadgets and technology. I’m planning a more public launch of my new blog later this week, but I...
Word is we’ll find out Monday, with WinRumors rumormongering that Microsoft may uncork a new, long-rumored premium TV service for the Xbox 360 during its keynote at the E3 gaming conference. Now, wait a minute—doesn’t the Xbox 360 already stream movies and...
All eyes will be on Apple’s keynote at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday, when Steve Jobs & co. are widely expected to (finally) unwrap a new service that’ll stream all your music from the vaunted...
What do Sony, Yahoo!, PBS.org, and the White House all have in common? They’ve all been victims of coordinated, sophisticated, and somewhat successful attacks by hackers and phishers intent on stealing your private information: think your home address, your...
