At last, you can snap up official digital copies of the remastered Beatles catalog ... but only on a USB stick that sits in a big, green apple. Also: A Web site selling unauthorized digital downloads of the Beatles gets slapped with a lawsuit. Read More

What do laptops, cell phones, and iPods have in common?They all have a tendency to explode when you least expect it.Years after its rise to power, lithium-ion battery technology remains the state of the art, with no credible successor on the immediate hor Read More

When I wrote this expose on nuclear-powered laptops [PDF link] in 2005, it was nothing but a juvenile April Fool's joke. ... Read More

Execs for Microsoft are reportedly mulling the idea of porting Zune services and software to other platforms, including the Mac. Who's to say if they actually will, but if you ask me, they should. Read More

You know Verizon Wireless' "V Cast Mobile TV," the service that brings about a dozen live TV channels to your phone? This new device from the Qualcomm-owned Flo TV does pretty much the same thing, just without the phone. Read More

I typically don't even try keeping up with the dozens and dozens of iPod docks that come out each year, but when I laid my eyes on the 18-inch-tall, all-in-one Edifier iF500, I just had to give it a listen. Read More

Want to pause your tunes? Just yank one of the earbuds out of your ear. Ready to start listening again? Plug the earbud back in. Pretty cool, as long as you've got a Sony Ericsson phone handy. Read More

Depending on how you look at it, the sleek new DreamScreen is either a very powerful digital photo frame or a fairly limited Internet tablet — take your pick. Read More

Microsoft hits the "reset" button on its foundering Zune line with the touchscreen Zune HD, which hits the streets today with support for HD videos, HD radio, and — later this year — 3-D and "casual" gaming, Facebook, and Twitter. Read More

Got a digital voice recorder like one of these? Watch out how you use it or you could land yourself in scorching legal trouble. One man recently Read More