Sleek keyboards
It's the part of your computer that you touch the most, and yet probably the one that you give the least amount of thought to.
View ArticleEyeing the iPad
It’s been a long wait for the Apple faithful here in the Great White North.
View ArticleAcquired taste
I am not a fan of oysters. I know people who can gulp them down raw by the plateful and debate the subtle differences between mollusks from one region versus another.
View ArticleBeyond the ties and cigars
Not all dads like football, beer, cars or tinkering around with the latest hi-tech toys. But c’mon, let’s play to the statistics here. Most of them do.
View ArticleCalling all klutzes!
Worried about taking your fragile music player to your dirty job site or along on your next camping adventure?
View ArticleHelping the ol' man
If your parents, like mine, are slowing down with age but still independent, you’re always keeping an eye out for ways to lighten their load. The current concern? Mowing the lawn. At 76, my...
View ArticleAll systems go
Hear that? That is the sound of hundreds of thousands – maybe millions – of video gamers breathing a sigh of relief. Or perhaps they’re actually gnashing their teeth in frustration.
View ArticleSpic and Span
Vacuum cleaner maker Dyson is a company that's built a reputation on sucking, and sucking hard.
View ArticleHigh energy
With great power comes great responsibility, as Spider-Man’s uncle famously said. Yet we all crave power. We need it. And when we don’t have it, we tend to freak out.
View ArticleDaring dimensions
Two dimensions, you say? Just two? What is this, 2009? We demand 50% more dimensions in our personal computers these days.
View ArticleLiving on the edge
OK, let’s get this out of the way up front: You don’t need a 3-D TV.
View ArticleTravelling with technology
Whoever said summer had to be spent entirely outdoors? Certainly not the good folks at ASUS, who have a number of great products to keep you happily on your tush, whether at home or the cottage.
View ArticleChoosing a stereo: sound versus style
Everything seems smaller than how I remember stereos appearing. What looks like a jewelry box plunked onto a fancy stick passes for a speaker.
View ArticleHome theatre advantage
When a buddy sent me a link to an online infomercial for something called the TV Hat, I watched it and laughed heartily.
View ArticleBack to school tech toys
To this day, I have recurring nightmares in which I show up for a final exam at school and suddenly realize I’ve missed the entire term of classes and have no clue what’s going on. More often than...
View ArticleAndroid phones gaining on the competition
With all due respect to Obi-Wan Kenobi, this may indeed be the Android you’re looking for.
View ArticleCool gadgets for the classroom
The boom in education-focused technologies is making it easier for students to do their homework, study for tests and rule at school.
View ArticleiPhone 4 mesmerizes us
Yes, we’re a little late to the iPhone 4 party. But when the party has a line-up that extends down the street and around the block, and a pair of burly bouncers at the door who only let people in a...
View ArticleMagnetic electricity
To charge or not to charge – there is no question. Until they invent some radically tiny energy source, we’re stuck feeding our gadgets electricity like they were so many hungry baby birds.
View ArticleWeightless wonder
You can’t really fault a company for improving its products and offering cool new innovations to its consumers. But man, keeping up with Apple can be exhausting.
View ArticleEarphones with a bit of sparkle
A good pair of earphones isn't something to be taken lightly. As anyone working in an open-office environment can attest, they're all but a necessity in today's workplace, and the right fit can make...
View ArticleBlackBerry generates buzz with Torch
A hot BlackBerry? Is such a thing possible? Ontario-based Research In Motion, makers of the new BlackBerry Torch, certainly think so.
View ArticleWill Netflix take hold in Canada?
As if our media diet wasn’t already saturated, Canadians now have a new all-you-can-eat buffet of movies and TV on which to gorge.
View ArticleThe great Valentine's Day gimmick
We like to say technology is sexy. Oooh, look at that sexy plasma TV! Yowza, that's a sexy tablet! Oh my goodness, is that a sleek, stylish and sexy smartphone in your pocket? Or are you just happy to...
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