Unless you’ve been sitting in a windowless data center for the past year, staring at the blinking lights and shunning a Web browser, you’ve probably noticed that not very many people are holding out hope for Windows 8’s success. In fact, many quite knowledgeable people are fairly shocked that the…

If the Discovery Channel has taught us anything, it’s that any human who steps in the ocean will almost definitely be devoured by a great white shark. (Save yer comment, it’s not true). Thankfully scientists have devised a novel way to track these finned maniacs all through the ocean, and…

Last week, there were rumors floating around that said we could see Windows Phone 8 devices from Nokia as early as September. So far, the improvements we saw in June were promising, and only seemed to make the already good OS better. The rumor mill kicked into high gear when Nokia…

There’s no “check out” feature for Foursquare, but maybe it’s time. Interest in the pioneering mobile “check in” app appears to be cooling despite a much-hyped overhaul earlier this summer. The SoHo firm, once one of New York’s hottest start-ups, has barely moved the needle in active users since its…

An Apple-product repair company posted new pictures of what it believes is the iPhone 5 and iPad mini’s new dock connectors, and the pictures seem to indicate both devices will be available in black and white. This isn’t the most surprising news ever since the current iPad and iPhone 4S products…

Netbook Navigator has been selling tablets with netbook-like specifications for the past few years (which, I guess, is where the name comes from). Now the company is offering off its first model with an Intel Atom Z670 Oak Trail processor. The Netbook Navigator NAV10S has a 1.5 GHz dual core…

Once upon a time, I owned a first generation iPad. Now, thanks to a bug in iTunes, I’m the first kid on my block to have an iPad paper weight. My paperweight started out in life as a 16GB iPad model A1219. It was purchased from Apple, refurbished, back in…

Marine scientists in the US have deployed a surfing robot off the coast of San Francisco in order to help track tagged great white sharks in the Pacific Ocean, various media outlets reported Friday. According to Mark Prigg of the Daily Mail, the seven-foot long robotic “wave glider” was built…

Researchers at Harvard University have created a robot that can change color in seconds, allowing it to blend seamlessly into a background like a chameleon, or stand out so that it is easy to see. It can even glow in the dark, and change its temperature. These are just the…

Daniel Ray Carter Jr. logged on to Facebook and did what millions do each day: He “liked” a page by clicking the site’s thumbs up icon. The problem was that the page was for a candidate who was challenging his boss, the sheriff of Hampton, Va. That simple mouse click,…