Congratulations: You’ve survived another year, and 2010 was quite an eventful one. For all the technological advances we made his year including iPads and colored e-readers, we still fear the day where our electronics and inventions will rise up against or fail us, rendering the human race extinct. In honor of the book A is for …
Reviews & Features
Five Gadgets Santa Should Have
We all know Santa knows magic and that’s how he’s able to visit every kid’s house in the world on Christmas Eve, but today’s Santa might be able to make his biggest working days of the year easier by investing in some of the latest technologies.
From a translator so he can read every kid’s Christmas list to a high-tech sleigh that GE …
Two Minute Video: Google’s Web-only Notebook, the Cr-48
Google’s web-only Chrome OS (operating system) will hit the consumer market next year, with several major manufacturers selling inexpensive notebooks that boot directly into a web browser–no desktop, no “Start Menu,” no “Dock,” just the web.
Until consumer products become available, Google has loaded Chrome OS onto a prototype …
‘Security’ That Makes A Grab For Your Wallet
Here’s a little story about an inattentive customer and the price of inattention. I play the sucker. The company that takes me for a ride is a surprise casting choice: McAfee, a reputable security vendor. McAfee’s anti-virus software is an industry standard, even if reviewers have been saying since last year that Microsoft’s free …
Top 25 Tech Fails of the Year
From Apple’s “Antennagate” to dubious 4G marketing schemes, we had plenty of things to shake our heads at this year. Some, like Tumblr’s marathon outage, became mild annoyances, while others could change our environment forever.
More often than not, it’s a company’s inability to admit mistakes that leaves scuffmarks all …
Epic Games President Talks “Bulletstorm,” “Gear of War 3″ Multiplayer Beta
What happens when one company makes two of 2011′s most anticipated games? Well, if you’re Epic Games, you reward players who buy the limited edition of Bulletstorm with exclusive passes into the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta.
(more on TIME.com: Origins: Tanya Jessen, Lead Producer on Bulletstorm)
But, unlike special editions that …
Top 10 Arcade Games of All Time
From defending the world from invaders of the third kind to trying race down that road, arcade games have had their place in entertainment history and in our hearts.
Two Minute Video: Testing a Fireproof, Waterproof Hard Drive
The $250 ioSafe SoloPRO external hard drive promises protection against fire up to 1,550 degrees and water up to 10 feet deep. The internal hard drive is a standard one-terabyte desktop drive and the external enclosure connects via eSATA or USB 3.0.
In the event of a catastrophe, the company will either walk you through extracting the …
“World of Goo” Review: Sticky Fingers
World of Goo
Publisher: 2D Boy
Developer: 2D Boy
Systems it’s available on: iPad
ESRB rating: N/A
System reviewed on: iPad
Chances are, you’ve played World of Goo already. Since its initial 2008 release, it’s become one of indie gaming’s biggest success stories: two former EA employees build it themselves and put it out for PCs …
Top Apps To Travel With This Holiday Season
Traveling during December can be especially busy, and it’s hard to navigate the roads clogged with traffic and the extra long airport security lines. Luckily for us, apps can make getting home for the holidays a lot easier. Here’s our favorite helpers to aid you during this time.
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Techland’s Guide To Nerdy Stocking Stuffers
Today marks just twelve days to get that Christmas gift list scratched off. Saturday marks one week until we get all holly and jolly for a day, and if you’re anything like us, you’re not anywhere close to being done buying gifts. We’ve got this year’s best in headphones, movies and games – so make a little more room on your …
Caanoo Emulator Review: Great Hardware, So-So Software
The GP2X Caanoo MAME/Console Emulator (rolls right off the tongue, no?) is available for $150 at ThinkGeek. I happen to think that portable emulators make excellent gifts for society’s geekiest video game enthusiasts, so if you’re shopping for someone who’s got it all, a portable emulator may very well fit the bill.
For the …
