If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This year’s tech-related news was populated with more than just new gadget releases and IPOs. Tales of political unrest, hugely misguided business decisions and the loss of a tech icon ate up a lot of ink and pixels this year. Big Upsets Android has seriously taken off as the mobile operating system of choice, capturing 47% of the market-share for...

If you read just about any type of tech publication on a regular basis, you’ve noticed the acronym SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) appearing in headlines over the past year. I thought it would be worth it write a kind of primer and lay out the implications of this legislation for tech businesses, users and the Internet. Laws like this have a big potential to not just harm businesses and individuals that depend on the Web for their...

Techies have traditionally eschewed “What You See Is What You Get” HTML services, and for good reason. In the past, WYSIWYG editors have generally generated bloated code and broken images. In recent years, however, the technology has made some advances that make WYSIWYG worth a second look. Here’s a rundown of the pros and cons: The Good The reasons web developers want to use WYSIWYG editors are evident. By developing in this manner,...

I completely sympathize with those who will click to read this article out of a sense of nerdy righteous indignation at those fogies who seemingly stand in the way of progress by stubbornly holding to their tomes made from pulverized dead tree guts. I also feel a strong affinity for connoisseur bookworms who are rightly disappointed with the quality of the e-reader experience, which is still sorely lacking in many respects when compared...

When it comes to buying laptops it is wise to ask yourself a few questions about why you need one and the criteria and specifications of exactly what you want before leaving the house to go and buy a laptop. The first question you should ask yourself is, “Do I really even need one?” You may think that a laptop will be great for personal use and not work, or something you can take on vacation to check your emails and surf the...