When I think of Linksys, I think of routers. Wi-Fi routers that sit quietly in a corner, doing their job well and requiring little or no attention from their owners.
That’s certainly a argument in favor of buying Linksys …
Accessories & Peripherals
Seagate’s New External Hard Drives: Back to Basics
For years, hard-disk kingpin Seagate has tried to jazz up the image of the humble hard drive. For a while, it used the slogan “Your on,” which led insufficiently hip people to wonder if it had made an embarrassing typo. It also …
Pogoplug Review: The Ups and Downs of DIY Cloud Storage
Between Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive and SugarSync, there are plenty of options for backing up your files online. But to store an entire hard drive’s worth of data with any of these services, you’ll have to pay hefty, …
10 Cool Tech Twists for Any Summer Party
It’s summer — that means hot days, backyard barbecues and the gadgets, accessories and apps to help you enjoy it all.
Wherein I Clean the Dirtiest Keyboard in Computing History
I live in Boston and make the trek to TIME’s New York office roughly once a month for hand-shaking, high-fiving and general work-related merriment. It’s the all-important “face time” that keeps the current generation of people
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HMDX Jam Wireless Speaker Review: Modest Things from Modest Packages
Finding a decent-sounding wireless speaker in a sea of cheap, tiny wireless speakers is now officially a trick. Everyone seems to have one, be it something from a brand name you recognize like Sony, Bose or Logitech, or others …
10 Totally Awesome Gadget Gifts for Every Kind of Dad
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.
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.
Review: SteelSeries’ Simple, Durable, Dependable Diablo III Mouse
As expected, games peripheral-maker SteelSeries has released Diablo III-themed accessories for Blizzard’s uber-popular hack-and-slash. In one corner, the tamely named “Diablo III Mouse” (henceforth, D3M) — in the other, the …
Watch: Non-Barfy Video of Google’s ‘Project Glass’ Specs in Action
Okay, if you make this Google ‘Project Glass’ video full screen and high-def, it might be a little barfy, so don’t say we at Techland never pass along friendly motion-sickness disclaimers. But yes, if you click “play” on the …
Kinect This: Leap Motion’s $70 Sensor Is Cheaper, More Accurate
Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor has revolutionary potential, but it’s pricey at $250 for the Windows version. Enter Leap, which plans to sell a more accurate motion-sensing device called the Leap Motion for just …
Wilson Electronics Aims to Boost Spotty 4G
Yep, that’s a phone sitting in a cradle inside a wire-mesh box in the photo above. The box is a Faraday Cage and the phone is inside it because both are part of a demo at Wilson Electronics’ booth at the CTIA Wireless show in New …