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How Siri and One Accessory Could Revolutionize the iPhone

Will Shanklin | Posted 05.03.2012

Will Shanklin

Multitouch displays provide the simplest, most human way to use a computer right now. Ten years from now, there could be a better way.

Is This The iPhone's Best-Kept Secret?

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 12.24.2011

NEW YORK — The iPhone 4S has a little-heralded feature that makes it unique among phones, at least for a while: It can talk to a new class of wi...

Bluetooth Devices Vulnerable To Hackers

Posted 11.26.2011

By Nick Clayton, The Wall Street Journal Most people probably buy a Bluetooth headset for their cellphone without worrying too much about its securit...

Hix Nix Tix Pix (And So Does Everyone Else)

Stu Kreisman | Posted 05.30.2011

Stu Kreisman

Unless it's chapter five of a franchise like Transformers, or lame remakes of classics like Arthur, nobody on the business side in Hollywood has a clue of what to do.

The Invasion of the Android-Based Tablet

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.30.2011

Gil Laroya

The evolution of Android, from an easy-to-use smartphone OS into a premier tablet operating foundation, would be the ticket for Asian device makers to find their way into the US market.

WATCH: Lady Gaga Unveils New Line For Polaroid, Includes Sunglasses With Built-In Camera

Posted 05.25.2011

Lady Gaga unveiled her new "Grey Label" line of gadgets for Polaroid at the Consumer Electronics Tradeshow in Las Vegas. Gaga was recently enlisted ...

T-Mobile Releases Additional Information on the G2

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Ramon Nuez

I am excited to see the first smartphones to use high speed packet access (HSPA). My initial experience with T-Mobile's USB Laptop Stick, which also uses HSPA, was rather impressive.

Saudi Men Keep Their Women Tagged By Text Alerts

The Guardian | Nesrine Malik | Posted 05.25.2011

Want to know whether your wife, sister or daughter has left the county? Well, in Saudi Arabia, there's an app for that. Reportedly, male guardians or ...

Mechanical Morons Unite!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Sigman

Penetrating the packaging of modern products has precipitated many an emergency-room visit.

A Guide to How to Work From Starbucks

Ed Zitron | Posted 05.25.2011

Ed Zitron

Cellphones are, for the most part, prone to picking up the residual noise of just about any coffee shop, and I've never been to one in New York that stayed reliably quiet for more than 10 minutes.

The Apple Tablet: Tech Nerds Rejoice!

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011

One For The Table

The "one more thing" as Steve Jobs always says at the end of his presentations will be that in one year I will wonder how I ever lived without it.

Despite iPods, Walkmen, Rates Of Hearing Loss Dropping

Wired | Alexis Madrigal | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite all the Walkmen, boomboxes, 8-tracks, iPods and Bluetooth headsets that have delivered raucous noise to the ears of Baby Boomers, hearing loss...

10 Things I Love About Technology

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Jim Taylor

I seem to be a technology doomsayer. The overriding theme I've identified in my own writing about technology is one of skepticism and caution. But the truth is that I am an optimist about new media.

Things That Don't Work: The Universal Remote

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I put my new Universal Remote into a drawer. I'll take it out in a couple of months and see if I'm smart enough to get it working then. Perhaps I won't have a cocktail beforehand, like I did last night.

Denying Cab Drivers a Cell Phone Puts Them in Danger (and Makes You Late)

Melissa Plaut | Posted 05.25.2011

Melissa Plaut

When taxi drivers find themselves alone in their cabs -- as they often do -- with psychopaths, scam artists, or even just garden-variety drunken idiots, that little hands-free device can be a lifeline.

Cell-tiquette: How To Polish Up Your Cell Phone Etiquette

Christine Hassler | Posted 11.17.2011

Christine Hassler

Lately I have noticed more and more "cell-free zone" signs in offices and public places to encourage proper cell phone etiquette. Last week I was pick...

Head sets for cell phones: We won't know the health risks for years, but why not play it safe?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.17.2011

Jesse Kornbluth

When the head of a respected cancer research institute warns his faculty and staff to limit their time on cell phones, I take notice. Please note: I ...

Josh Hartnett Isn't Plugged In. Is He the Cooler For It?

Darrell Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

Darrell Hartman

It's uncool to be too connected. This is the main lesson to be learned from August, a new movie set in millennial New York just before the dot-com ma...

Bluetooth Sales May Spike With New Hands-Free Laws In California, Washington

Fortune | Michal Lev-Ram | Posted 05.25.2011

A flurry of new state laws making it illegal for people to drive while holding a cell phone is expected to be a bonanza for Bluetooth, a wireless tech...

Cellphone Popcorn Videos Revealed As Viral Marketing Ads

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 05.25.2011

Remember those YouTube videos floating around a couple weeks ago that showed four cellphones ringing around a pile of popcorn kernels, causing the ker...

Bluetooth to Piggyback on Wi-Fi

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The popular wireless technology known as Bluetooth could get a lot faster next year by taking advantage of Wi-Fi technology already b...