1641 articles on Gadgets

  • Got the Radio On
    Livio's Bluetooth dongle plugs into your cigarette lighter, giving your older car the powers of the internets.
    05.08.12
  • Looking to Bolster iCloud, Apple Throws 20GB at MobileMe Users
    With Apple set to shutter its MobileMe service at the end of June, and Google out ahead of OS X Mountain Lion with its Google Drive service (not to mention its plans to integrate Drive with Chrome OS), it's no surprise that Apple is generously offering 20GB of iCloud storage to MobileMe customers.
    05.08.12
  • Smackdown: Fake Jony Ive vs. Health Care Industry
    This is a series in which I, an intrepid design reporter whose nom de plume is Fake Jony Ive, take on the world of poorly designed things one painful example at a time. This wholly unauthorized feature in no way represents the opinions of its inspiration, Jony Ive, knight of the realm and Apple's real bad boy of industrial design. This week's episode: Me vs. the Health Care Industry.
    05.08.12
  • German Language Apps for Kids
    Here's what happened. I was ready to dive into German with my 11- and 13-year-old daughters, who are homeschooled -- but I can't find our Rosetta Stone CD. The first disk in the set, I mean. It's floating around the house somewhere. The rest of the program is right there in its slipcase on the ...
    05.08.12
  • How Much MacBook Air Can You Get for $800?
    In order to compete with PC manufacturers selling inexpensive Windows ultrabooks, Apple is primed to release a lower-priced, $800 MacBook Air in Q3 -- immediately begging the question, 'What will you actually get for your low cost of entry?'
    05.07.12
  • iPhone Growth in China: It Isn't What You Think
    The 8 million iPhones that Apple sold in China last quarter are a lot like exotic pets: They're cute and they make great gifts for rich young men to give to their girlfriends. But outside of their native ecosystem, their survival prospects don't look very good.
    05.07.12
  • In Oracle v. Google, Judge Holds Fate of Java APIs
    On Monday, a jury is set to decide whether Google infringed Oracle's copyrights in cloning the Java APIs on its Android mobile operating system. But that's not the big decision. The big one comes later. Even if the jury decides that Google ran afoul of the law in building a new version of Oracle's Java platform, this won't settle the broader question everyone is waiting for: Can you actually copyright an API?
    05.07.12
  • Jury Ponders Deadlock in Google-Oracle Trial
    In the ongoing court battle between Google and Oracle, the jury has indicated that it may not be able to reach a unanimous decision on claims that Google infringed on Oracle copyrights in building the Android mobile operating system. On Friday morning, Alsup told lawyers for Google and Oracle that it would accept a partial verdict from jury if all 12 members can't agree on a full verdict. "I'm not going to let this court go to waste," Alsup said. But he also said this was not his official ruling, indicating he could change his mind.
    05.04.12
  • Review: Sharp Wit Lifts Avengers Above Formulaic Action
    How do you squeeze four superhero misfits, a catsuit-clad assassin, a sharpshooting archer and a demented Norse demigod onto the same screen without the thing splitting apart at the seams? Writer-director Joss Whedon provides the answer with his funny, fractious, ass-kicking action romp, The Avengers.
    05.04.12
  • The 4-Inch iPhone: Why You Should Take This Rumor Seriously
    This morning iLounge released some mockups of what they say the next iPhone is going to look like, according to its own unnamed sources. The main differences in appearance between the next iPhone and the current iPhone 4S? A metal back, a smaller dock connector, a 20 percent decrease in thickness ¿ and a longer, 4-inch display. Concept designs for future iPhones are a dime a dozen and usually look like something Syd Mead might have slapped together after a glue-induced aneurysm, But iLounge's concept looks pretty good. It may not prove to be an accurate prediction in the end, but it's a sensible proposal.
    05.03.12
  • In Google-Oracle Trial, Jury Homes In On Verdict
    As it continue to deliberate in the high-profile court case pitting Google against Oracle, a San Francisco jury has asked the court to clarify who uses the Java software platform at the heart of the case. The question indicates that the jury has decided Google did lift copyrighted material from Oracle in adding Java to Android and that it's trying to determine whether the search giant is legally at fault for doing so.
    05.03.12
  • Review: Cancer Is a Twisted Villain in Death of a Superhero
    Ian Fitzgibbon's new movie tells a story we've heard before: A likeable, complex person with a terminal illness is coming to terms with their mortality. It's how the teen protagonist deals with reality that makes this movie different: He draws himself as as a superhero battling a cancer-y supervillain.
    05.03.12
  • Folding Time
    If you're looking to buy a folding bike, I'd encourage you to test ride a Tern Link, an entry from the relatively new Taiwanese manufacturer.
    05.03.12
  • Fake Apple Hardware: 9 Knockoffs That Would Make Jony Ive Cringe
    Apple offers three generous gifts to product bootleggers: an iconic design language, an easily replicated logo and the most lucrative brand ID around. This leads to some pretty spectacular knockoffs. So here are 9 of the weirdest, most unique Apple-branded bootleg items of all time.
    05.03.12
  • Yeah, I Rolled Over an iPad With My Truck!
    It's not everyday that a company sends you an iPad 3 and a case and asks you if you'd kindly put the iPad in the case and roll over with your vehicle. But that's what the folks that make the Hammerhead Capo Hard Case for the iPad 2 and iPad 3 did... and I wasn't going to turn down that opportunity!
    05.03.12


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