The hottest gadgets of 1985
It seems like only yesterday for the Gen-X crowd, but it was 30 years ago that some of the most influential innovations in consumer technology were introduced.
It seems like only yesterday for the Gen-X crowd, but it was 30 years ago that some of the most influential innovations in consumer technology were introduced.
With IBM's "Watson" taking the stage this week to compete against the two greatest Jeopardy! champions in history, Jason Perlow takes a look back at the iconic fictional computers from film and television that helped define the human vision of Artificial Intelligence.
Like millions of other Americans and many of New York City's "bridge and tunnel" crowd, I live in the 'burbs. While I do a great deal of travel for my full time job, I am also classified as a "mobile" employee, so I'm not formally attached to an office -- I've been issued a company laptop and they pay my monthly broadband, cellular and phone bills, which are in the form of an AT&T Callvantage VOIP account.
Do American consumers and businesses want to live in a future where our options for purchasing electronics are much more limited and expensive than the choices we enjoy today?
In various blogosphere responses to my previous piece in which I discussed the poor broadband alternatives and the sad outlook for FIOS in my sleepy New Jersey suburban town, I was accused of being a "whiner" for not "sucking up" the additional costs of having to pay for the overages on my cable modem.Well, get your flame throwers ready, 'cause now I'm gonna complain about something else.
With so much at stake, Android smartphone and tablet manufacturers are releasing devices in a never-ending war of escalating product specs. Who loses? The consumers.
To represent the confectionery contributions of the Jewish people, I ask that you sign my petition for Google to change the name of the next version of Android to "Jelly Ring."
Time and time again, Tech Broiler's top stories were all about mobile technology and digital convergence.
Only the invalidation of Apple's utility and design patents will save Android from possible extinction as a widely-used mobile device platform.
OtterBox has released a super strong, ultra-protective case for the Motorola Droid Bionic. But is the added bulk and the price worth the protection?