Hey, didn’t we all just upgrade our iMacs and MacBooks to OS X 10.7, a.k.a. “Lion”? Yep, we sure did—yet here’s Apple, already announcing a new version of the Mac operating system. Dubbed “Mountain Lion,” the latest version of OS X...
Set to go on sale in a matter of days, the PlayStation Vita looks to be the most powerful handheld gaming console ever made. But how much will it cost to put all that gaming power in the palm of your hand—and why bother with another gadget when we’ve already got...
If you’re looking to pay less than $20 a month for data on your smartphone, you’ll soon have just one choice left among the biggest post-paid U.S. carriers: T-Mobile. And while pricier 3G and 4G data plans do—on paper, anyway—offer more bang for your...
Want to try a wireless body scale, a floor-sweeping Roomba, or even the iPad 2 at home without plunking down the full retail price? A new, online shopping site lets you do just that, provided you’re willing to fork over $25 a month. Billing itself as an online...
From a razor-thin 55-inch HDTV to a wireless, Twitter-savvy baby scale (no, really), check out nine new gadgets that are making waves this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Click a thumbnail to start your...
Get ready for a spiffy new iPad in the next few months, not to mention a new iPhone later next year. But there are also several other enticing new products to watch for in 2012, including a new “light field” camera that you’ll never have to focus,...
From the redesigned Gmail to the stubborn Newsstand on the iPhone, here’s 5 new and “improved” features on your favorite products that you wanted undone, pronto. How did I pick the most hated new features of the year? Well, I didn’t pick them;...
Yes, it looks like Hewlett-Packard is getting ready for a final fire sale of the TouchPad, the WebOS-powered tablet that the legendary computer manufacturer killed off last summer after just a month on the market. That’s the word from TechCrunch, which claims...
Is your smartphone secretly keeping tracking of everything you do, from dialing and texting to surfing and searching, and then reporting it all back to the mothership? That’s what security experts are asking after allegations that Carrier IQ, a company that...
Well, Google is finally in the business of selling music, with the search giant unveiling its new music store Wednesday as well as promising free storage of up to 20,000 tracks in your own, online music “locker.” Very nice, but some of your favorite...
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