What’s next for the electric car? Wireless power, lithium-air batteries and more
The third generation of electric cars will bring a host of new technologies that will erase our need for gas, like wireless charging as we drive, high-capacity lithium-air batteries and ultracapacitors that charge in the blink of an eye.
Whoops! How AMD (inadvertently) prepared Intel to crush cable companies
While Intel faces an uphill battle with cable giants to usher in its new TV service, it turns out years of warfare with AMD have perfectly trained it for the fight ahead.
What would Apple’s take on Google Glass look like?
Google has stepped out in front of competitors by rushing the first connected glasses to the market, but if the past is any indication, Apple is watching and waiting. What would its late-arriving competitor to Google Glass look like?
After a decade of hardware duds, Microsoft gets it right with the Xbox One
Microsoft’s dismal hardware track record may be coming to an end with the Xbox One, which shows every indication of smart design and engineering from the ground up.
Our wireless future will bring breakneck speeds and tablet-powered homes
Advances in wireless technology and faster mobile processors have Qualcomm anticipating a future filled with effortless connectivity, anywhere, any time.
The ‘Phablet’ isn’t a ‘Phad’ or a Phase – massive phones are coming
Samsung’s S4 is great, but it has nothing on the 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega Phone, which is just one more sign that the phablet category is growing as fast as our phone screens.
How Apple lost its cool (and how it can win it back)
Apple’s once-untouchable hipness has faltered in recent months, and as some of its most recent ads demonstrate, the company doesn’t seem to know how to win it back.
Say ‘mortified!’ Google Glass will turn strangers into your personal paparazzi
Get a thrill from watching every celebrity misstep dissected on the Internet? Don’t get too smug. The proliferation of personal cameras may make you the next inadvertent Web sensation.
AMD and Nvidia lock horns on a race to the cloud
Cloud gaming is the future, but neither of the titans controlling today’s gaming space have established firm control of it, and each have very different plans.
What happens when we can whip up movie-grade CGI in real time?
Photorealistic computer animation has already made its way into movies, but when new technology makes it possible to generate these graphics on the fly, all sorts of doors will open.
Google Glass, Google Shoes, and the horror of living in a Google World
Google Shoes may have been a mere concept for SXSW, but the possibilities illustrate how a cyborg future is not far off, and it might look less like Ironman’s Tony Stark and more like Star Trek’s Borg.
Could the new Oz movie do for 3D cinema what the original did for color?
When The Wizard of Oz debuted in 1939, it introduced audiences to the wonders of what color film could do. Is it possible Oz the Great and Powerful could pull the same routine for 3D in 2013?
Technology is watching my every step, and I love it
The latest fitness gadgets trumpet your exercise to the world – and use peer pressure to keep you moving.
Prepare for supersized tablets, OLED, and the return of variety at CES 2013
This year’s International CES will push a number of new technologies to the forefront, and see one major new player enter the market in force.
Are personal 3D printers the next personal computers?
Get ready to print out gadgets as easily as you now print out wedding invitations: 3D printers may be ready to make the leap from expensive industrial tools to convenient appliances for the everyman. And the shift could produce some unlikely winners.
How Apple missed the rise of the mini tablet
Google and Amazon have stolen the show with 7-inch tablets like the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD 7, leaving Apple uncharacteristically behind on the season’s biggest trend.
Opinion: Apple’s war on Google isn’t just business, it’s personal
Apple’s relentless pursuit of Google has less to do with patents and profits and more to do with personal betrayal – and for that reason, it won’t end until Apple’s pockets are empty.
High stakes for social media: The fate of the world could literally be on the line
Opinion: Collaboration through social networks like Facebook and Yahoo Groups could literally hold the key to our world’s biggest problems. Which means they need to get a lot better, or we’re in trouble.
Opinion: How to update your car to the 21st century
Carputers still aren’t up to speed with smartphones, but a number of solid aftermarket options exist for techies who want to ride in style.
PixelSense: The not-so-secret advantage of the Microsoft Surface tablet
Microsoft’s new Surface tablet has one hardware secret the company has been playing close to the vest: a unique optical glass screen that can actually “see” what you put on it.