There's nothing more frustrating than fumbling around in a dark room after a long night out, trying to plug your cell phone into the wall, making sure you've got that tiny plug oriented the right way, and getting everything all copacetic so you can hit th Read More

No company in the consumer electronics industry is more hell-bent on the idea of fuel cells than Toshiba, which trots out innovation after innovation in this space every year. ... Read More

Didn't anyone at Microsoft get the memo that services like MSN Direct, which provides real-time traffic and other information to GPS navigation devices and other gadgets, is helping people Read More

You don't need a fancy-pants Kindle e-reader to read your electronic books from Amazon. The company already offers a free application that lets you read e-books on the iPhone, and for its next trick it will let users read books on their PCs thanks to its Read More

Sitting in traffic on Interstate 80 every morning is no one's idea of a picnic, and yet the daily commute remains a tragic reality for the bulk of the American workforce. ... Read More

Good news, world travelers-slash-e-book enthusiasts!If you've ever tried to buy an electronic copy of Atlas Shrugged* for your Kindle while backpacking in the pampas** and found yourself stymied because it only supports downloads while in the U.S. ... Read More

The sturm und drang over Amazon's Read More

All those hopes that the 2009 holiday season would make up for a dismal 2008 aren't panning out the way merchants and gadget makers had planned.The prognosis from major electronics retailers isn't exactly grim, but it's Read More

Microsoft has been dabbling in the tablet PC market for years, and according to a Gizmodo, it has a new, fresh take on the idea with "Courier": a proposed, dual-screen touchscreen tablet that folds up like a journal and works like a digital day planner. I Read More

I hate to admit this, but horror stories about people following the directions of their GPS units with utter abandon just never get old. ... Read More