Gadgets

How to Sign Your Name Inside a Word Document

I review many, many products. And of those many, many products, many (though not many, many) require that I sign some sort of document saying that I won’t steal, damage or forget to return the product in question.

When I get one of these forms from a PR person, it’s almost always a Word document and I’m almost always asked to print it …

Apple Sues Samsung, Samsung Vows to Counter (Icon Fight)

If you’ve used one of Samsung’s Android phones or tablets recently, you may have thought to yourself that the square-icons-with-rounded-corners design used throughout the interface looked a little familiar.

Apple thinks Samsung’s icon design looks more than a little familiar and has filed a lawsuit alleging that “Samsung …

Pass the Remote: Netflix May Get Family Plans

Time to put your squabbles aside. Netflix posted online that they may start offering options where it would be possible for you to watch “Mad Men” while your better half gleeks out next to you in bed.

Currently, Netflix streaming-only accounts can only get one stream at any point in time. In the future, that may change with some …

Samsung’s Fridge for Geeks Costs $3,500

Samsung will put apps on anything these days, from phones to tablets to TVs. And for a mere $3,500, Samsung will soon put apps on your refrigerator, too.

The RF4289 is a four-door fridge with an 8-inch touch screen, but it’s not just for boring stuff like climate control. Using a built-in Wi-Fi connection, the RF4289 can pull up …

Apple MacBook Air Solid State Drives Created Unequal?

Uh-oh, could it be that not all Apple MacBook Airs are created equal? I mean apples-to-apples MacBook Airs–not just of the same family, but the same exact model? Could some customers buying Apple’s ultra-slim fits-in-a-file-folder notebook be getting the shaft (or a perk, depending on your vantage) when it comes to solid state hard …

Algorithms Now Helping Rate Downloadable Video Games

As the success of games like Limbo, Minecraft and Super Meat Boy attest, nothing else in video gaming has grown as much as the digital download space. It’s now possible to create and disseminate without having to go through a brick-and-mortar front, a feat that wouldn’t have been possible even three years ago.

At the same time, that …

Top Five Monday Tech Deals

It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.

Westinghouse 42-inch 1080p LED TV: $480 at Woot.com (today only)

Oh hey there, Westinghouse. Where were you a couple months ago when I was looking for a 40+ inch LED-backlit TV with at least a 120Hz refresh rate for under $500? As I recall, you spent most of your time with a …

HTC Windows Phone 7 Ad Promises 16-Megapixel Camera

If you listen really closely to this leaked ad for an HTC Windows Phone 7 handset with a 16-megapixel camera, you can hear the sound of compact digital cameras dying a sad, slow death.

HTC’s yet-unnamed Windows Phone 7 would top the Altek Leo’s 14-megapixel camera for the highest pixel count in a smartphone. HTC’s handset will also …

Apple Rep Thinks iPad 2 Stock Plentiful ‘Within a Couple Weeks’

If you’ve been feverishly searching for an iPad 2 without any success, things might get better in the next couple of weeks. I was in a Boston-area Apple store yesterday and, as is my custom, decided to ask one of the employees if they had any iPad 2s in stock.

He, like so many before him, looked at me as if I had three heads before …

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