While the biggest wireless carriers seem hellbent on taking data away, T-Mobile is reversing course and bringing unlimited data back.
Starting September 5, T-Mobile will offer truly unlimited data plans. That means no more …
Microsoft’s Surprise $40 Kinect Price Drop: Time to Buy One?
Microsoft Kinect price, come on down — the company just knocked roughly one-third off the retail price of its motion-control sensor for the Xbox 360, permanently. That’s the official word, courtesy Microsoft PR poobah Larry …
How Long Does It Take to Hit Level 160 in Diablo III?
You’ve swept through Diablo III like a scythe through styrofoam pellets. You have every character class maxed, every item slot perfected. You’ve soloed through “Inferno,” which is even harder than reading that musty 14th-century …
Bad News for Google: Nexus Phones Still Don’t Sell
Phone makers typically don’t talk sales figures unless there’s a reason to brag, or in the case of Samsung, unless they’re forced to reveal their secrets in court.
Thanks to the case of Apple vs. Samsung, we now know the sad …
Wi-Fi Donkey Brings New Tech to an Old World
Have you been called an ass for spending too much time on the Internet during a summer vacation?
You can find more of your kind at an Israeli theme park where, for the past four days, a donkey carrying a Wi-Fi router has been …
The Tablet Story Is Getting Stronger
2012 has been an interesting year for tablets. We’ve seen forecasts changed and adjusted to demonstrate increasing and rapid market demand. We’ve engaged in the debate both publicly and privately about whether tablets are PCs or …
AT&T’s Facetime Restrictions: More Questions than Answers
When Apple brings its Facetime video chat service to cellular networks this fall, most AT&T customers won’t be able to use it on the network.
That’s because AT&T will only allow Facetime over cellular for subscribers to the …
Penny for Your Rockets: Microthrusters Powered by Ion Beams Could Propel Satellites Through Space
Imagine rockets so small you could fit them through a piggybank slot. Imagine those rockets jetting microscopic beams of ions drawn from a reservoir of liquid plasma. Now imagine — or don’t, because they’re not imaginary — that …
Must-Have Back to School Gadgets: 5 Smart Picks for Every Budget
It doesn’t matter what grade your child is going into this fall — there’s at least one high-tech tool they’ll both want and need this year. But with the average American spending some $700 per young student and $1,000 on …
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The Inevitable Phyllis Diller-Apple Anecdote
When I heard that Phyllis Diller had died at the age of 95 — here’s a tribute by my colleague Richard Zoglin — I mourned the loss of one of stand-up comedy’s few true legends. But I also thought back to the conversation I had a …
OnLive Launches New Company to Avoid Bankruptcy
Cloud gaming service OnLive is still live, but under new management, per a statement released Sunday night by company spokesperson Jane Anderson. The press release addressed last Friday’s rumors that the company went bankrupt and …
Epic Mickey Creator Wants to ‘Shame’ Doom and Unreal Makers: Why He’s Not Wrong
I never got around to playing Epic Mickey, and that’s a shame, because I’ve played nearly everything else by game design luminary Warren Spector. I don’t think luminary’s too strong a label, though his output’s dwindled in recent …