Article | 17/03/2012
Finally: A truly magical iPad
Everybody's excited about the new Apple iPad 's high-resolution screen. But ultimately, the Retina display is just a pretty face. It can't do anything...
Article | 6/03/2012
This year's mobile screens will stun and amaze
It seems like all phones and all tablets do all things for all people these days. Every single smartphone and touch tablet has become just about every...
Article | 16/08/2011
Even Google hates its own 'names' policy
Google's only big blunder in the creation of its otherwise excellent Google+ social network has been a flawed policy on what users are allowed to call...
Article | 2/08/2011
10 things I hate about Google+
I have a love-hate relationship with Google+. Because I love it and use it so much, I really hate its current limitations.
Article | 17/05/2011
Why Chromebooks will fail
Everyone wants what Microsoft's got, namely control of the most widely used computing platform. Or, more accurately, everyone wants the billions and b...
Article | 12/04/2011
Larry Page's first blunder
Eric Schmidt is out at Google. Larry Page is in. I miss Eric already.
Article | 29/03/2011
How to overcome Internet distraction disorder
The digital revolution has created an unexpected challenge: How do you get work done when a world of amusements is always just a click away?
Article | 13/03/2011
Natural disaster? There's an app for that!
As Friday's earthquake in Japan demonstrates, natural disasters happen. And when they do, the first two things to go down are electricity and telephon...
Article | 1/03/2011
How to build a time machine
Search the Internet for a time machine and you may end up with an empty wallet and painful injuries, if the movie Napoleon Dynamite is accurate.
Article | 15/02/2011
Why Nokia is toast
It's hard to remember now, but there was a time when Finland was at the center of the cell phone universe. As cell phones overtook pagers, then smartp...
Article | 8/02/2011
Why there's no such thing as an Internet kill switch
My iPhone rang yesterday evening. It was my 22-year-old son calling from his iPhone to ask me how to do something on iTunes. It was a pretty unremarka...
Article | 1/02/2011
How Apple and Google will kill the password
Imagine sitting down at a public PC, surfing the Web, visiting Facebook, checking your online bank account and buying something on Amazon.com -- all w...
Article | 18/01/2011
Elgan: When the iPhone feels your pain
We love our gadgets. But they treat us with an indifference that sometimes feels like contempt. They're like cats.
Article | 16/11/2010
Big Business is watching you
In the 1949 novel 1984, George Orwell imagined a brilliant but depressing future in which the government, a.k.a. "Big Brother," broadcast propaganda w...
Article | 9/11/2010
Five solar gadgets that charge themselves
I believe that someday most buildings, vehicles and devices will be solar-powered. And that includes our personal gadgets -- phones, laptops and digit...
