I asked 10 very different dads, in all age ranges and personality types — from manly men to metro males — what would make a great gift.
Gadgets
Why It’s Increasingly Tough to Compare Macs and PCs
When I sat down to review Apple’s new Retina-display MacBook Pro, I instinctively wanted to compare it with similar Windows laptops. I wanted to discuss how the specs stacked up and whether the price seemed fair. I hoped to …
The Retina MacBook Pro: More than an Apple Desktop Replacement?
At the close of Apple’s not-entirely-a-surprise next-gen MacBook Pro reveal at WWDC on Monday, Phil Schiller told the audience it was “the best computer Apple has ever made.” The implication: The new Pro is much more than just a …
Apple Retina MacBook Pro Review: The MacBook Pro, Only More — and Less — So
Apple may be legendary for its refusal to talk about products it hasn’t released yet, but when it announced the second-generation MacBook Air thin-and-light notebook back in October of 2010, it tipped its hand. By calling the new …
The History of Apple’s MacBook Pro, 2006 to Retina
So you’ve probably met the new MacBook Pro by now, which I suppose Apple could have called the “MBRetina” but wisely chose not to.
Instead, it’s simply “the next generation MacBook Pro” or “MacBook Pro with Retina display,” a …
A Brief History of Apple’s WWDC Keynotes, 1997-Present
At 1pm ET (10am PT) today I’ll be liveblogging Apple’s Worldwide Developer C0nference (WWDC) keynote, live from San Francisco’s Moscone West. You can join co-host Doug Aamoth and me at techland.com/wwdc12, and I hope you …
12 Unique Computers, Tablets and Gadgets That Are Just Around the Bend
Here’s a glimpse at the next wave of computing – tablets, laptops, all-in-ones and the ever-blurring lines between them – plus a few other unique gadgets thrown in for good measure.
Hands On with the Wii U, Nintendo’s Next-Generation Game Console
Most things about personal technology change at a relentlessly fast-forward pace that can make your head spin. Video game hardware design is not one of them.
The three major manufacturers stretch out the useful lives of their …
Newton, Reconsidered
A hands-on assessment of Apple’s pioneering, ill-fated Personal Digital Assistant, twenty years after its original unveiling.
The Airing of Grievances (Day Three)
It’s my turn to air some tech grievances, which is perfect because I’m about to go on vacation. If anyone has a problem with my beefs, too bad. I’ll be gone, enjoying some warm weather, not thinking about how the tech world …
The Airing of Grievances (Day Two)
It’s the second day of Techland’s Festivus-inspired Airing of Grievances, in which Doug, Jared, Keith, Matt and myself share those things that have upset and irritated us throughout the year. Doug got things rolling with his …
Two-Minute Video: Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire?
The 7-inch tablet market just got a whole lot more interesting, with the newly-released $199 Kindle Fire and the $249 Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet. According to what you may have read, both of these tablets will surely kill the …