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New Tech Could Create Textured Touch Screens

New Tech Could Create Textured Touch Screens

We all know the problem with touch screens. You can't text under the table while you're in a meeting. Or...

Will The Predictive Search Engine That Google And The CIA Funded Successfully Predict The Elections?

Will The Predictive Search Engine That Google And The CIA Funded Successfully Predict The Elections?

Companies have used search engines and social media data to follow trends and attempt to predict the future for years....

1080p HDTV Looking Tired Already

1080p HDTV Looking Tired Already

If you're a gadget hound like me, you probably spent hours agonizing over the purchase of your TV. It's one...

Sony’s Five Biggest (Recent) Mistakes

Sony’s Five Biggest (Recent) Mistakes

It is, I admit, sometimes hard not to feel sorry for Sony. The electronics giant, who own some of the...

Toshiba Launching Glasses-Free 3DTV by Year’s End

Toshiba Launching Glasses-Free 3DTV by Year’s End

You're an early adopter, right? Remember that LCD HDTV you bought to replace that faulty, wooden, 27-inch console television? Remember...

How The MPAA Is Using The Law To Protect Its Business Model

How The MPAA Is Using The Law To Protect Its Business Model

In what appears to be another shocking attempt to constrain and limit the functioning of the internet, US lawmakers are...

XM Radio Is Alive And Well: Sirius Projects 20 Million Subscribers

XM Radio Is Alive And Well: Sirius Projects 20 Million Subscribers

In 2008, many tech sites and bloggers pronounced that XM radio was dead. Today, Sirius declared otherwise. Mel Karmazin, CEO...

7 Reasons People Fear E-Commerce

7 Reasons People Fear E-Commerce

The transition over the last decade from brick-and-mortar store purchases to e-commerce purchases has been dramatic. The 2nd quarter of...

Google Street View: At Least Penguins Can’t Sue

Google Street View: At Least Penguins Can’t Sue

As you're well aware, most bodies of authority aren't terribly thrilled with Google's Street View these days, looking down upon...

Bookies Place Odds on Who AOL Will Buy Next

Bookies Place Odds on Who AOL Will Buy Next

Following AOL’s acquisition today of technology news site TechCrunch and video service 5min Media, industry insiders are left to wonder what’s next...

Why I Still Want a Desktop Computer

Why I Still Want a Desktop Computer

Almost everyone in the tech world agrees that the future is mobile. In fact, I do too. Being able to...

Titanium+Geo Lets Businesses Track If Local Promotions Are Working

Titanium+Geo Lets Businesses Track If Local Promotions Are Working

Appcelerator®, a platform for mobile, desktop, and iPad applications using web technologies, and FortiusOne, a location analysis software provider, have...