This $249 wide-angle wireless Webcam lets you make big-screen video calls from the comfort of your living room.
Toshiba’s Thrive 7: Still Searching for the Perfect 7-inch Tablet
The laptop kingpin’s second tablet has a nifty screen and a convenient size, but the overall package falls far short of iPad-level excellence.
A Few New Year’s Resolutions for Tech Companies
Constructive advice for HP, Google, Netflix and RIM–because hey, nobody’s perfect.
Tech 2012: Please Don’t Call These Predictions
A few best- and worst-case scenarios for the year ahead, on Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and more.
First Look: OnLive’s Cloud Gaming Service Comes to Tablets and Phones
Know any serious PC gamers? The odds are sky-high that they’re also serious experts on PC hardware.
That’s because 3D gaming requires more sheer computing horsepower than any other home-computing task. Ardent game players, …
Facebook and Privacy: Imperfect Together
So help me, I like Mark Zuckerberg. I’m glad he invented Facebook in his Harvard dorm back in early 2004 and has devoted himself to it ever since. The world, and my life, are richer for it.
Windows Phone 7.5: Microsoft’s Overachieving Underdog
The new update to this inventive mobile operating system is a real alternative to the iPhone and Android.
First Look: Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
For all the attractions of Google’s Android mobile operating system, many smartphones based on it have a quality to which no gadget aspires: They’re less than the sum of their parts. The hardware can be clunky. Device makers …
Android’s Fragmentation Mess–and How to Fix It
The next version of Google’s mobile operating system looks impressive. But it may not be coming to an Android phone near you any time soon.
Old Versions of Windows Never Die
My TIME.com column this week is about the tenth anniversary of Windows XP—and how it’s managed, against all odds, to remain the world’s most popular operating system, and why that makes some people unhappy.
It’s true, of course, that XP’s dominance is degrading. Some numbers are starting to show Windows 7 overtaking it, although …
New Social Network Aims Smaller, More Local
Forget about your friends for a second, and start getting more community-minded; a new social network is much more interested in where you live, and who your neighbors are.
Nextdoor is a new social networking site launching to the public today, with a twist. Because, as founder Nirav Tolia told All Things D, “your neighbors and friends …
OnStar’s Privacy Dust-Up: It’s Over, and Didn’t Apply to OnStar FMV
My latest Technologizer column on TIME.com is about OnStar FMV, the first version of the car safety-and-information service available as an aftermarket add-in for most cars, cleverly built into a rear-view mirror. When I shared the story on Twitter, Facebook and Google+, I heard from some folks who said FMV sounded neat. But a few said …