Robert Schoon
Very rarely do we come across a second generation of electronic devices that, on the whole, is worse than its previous generation. But we do sometimes: the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD 2 (2013) is not worth the same price as the 2012 Kindle Fire HD, which you'll find new or used for less, anyway.
Amazon just announced a new addition to the Kindle Fire lineup. With a super high-resolution screen, the online retailer is calling it the Kindle Fire HDX. How does it compare to the last year's Kindle Fire HD? We'll check out the display specs, along with other hardware and features to give you a feel for whether the new Amazon tablet is worth serious upgrade consideration.
Here's the comparison review for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which has a release date on Verizon Wireless Oct. 10. We'll compare it to the its predecessor, the Galaxy Note 2.
LG is looking to ramp up the innovation behind their mobile offerings, and the latest announcement from the company is much more promising than putting a "Rear Key" volume rocker on the back of its current flagship smartphone: LG is going to make the first flexible OLED screens for smartphones.
Internet access and affordability remains a big problem, not only in the U.S. but especially across the world. In some developing countries - comprising billions of people - there remains to be very practical, widespread internet access at all.
We'll compare the Google Nexus 10 to the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 - hardware specs like cameras, storage, screen size, resolution, battery life, and others, along with special features (like Mayday), release dates, availability and price.
The reviews are in, and the Galaxy Gear has emerged battered and bruised from tech testers. While certain features have been almost universally given a thumbs up, the overwhelming opinion is that the Galaxy Gear is just not ready for primetime.
When Valve announced its Steam OS, which would work with third-party "Steam Machines," the immediate question was, "What would a Steam Machine look like?" Valve has now given us a taste, unveiling a prototype for a Steam Machine, specs and all.
The National Security Agency has been trying to hack into Tor networks, according to a new report by The Guardian's NSA watcher Glenn Greenwald. Ironically, the NSA's attempts to hack the online anonymity tool are an example of one U.S. government agency trying to defuse something promoted by another U.S. Federal agency.
When the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s hit retailers, Walmart already had one of the better deals around. You could get the iPhone 5c for $79 on its release date. The price is normally $99 with a two-year contract.
Twitter Inc., the microblogging social media company, is about to go public in its IPO. As part of the process of opening itself to public investors, Twitter's internal figures have been released to the public.
Microsoft seemed reminiscent about the 70s when it launched it's own search engine version of the famous Pepsi Challenge last year, which it called the "Bing It On Challenge." Much like the soft drink ad, Microsoft's marketing videos had a spokesperson ask random people on the street to do a side-by-side, blind search-test between Bing and Google.
Customer names, IDs, encrypted passwords and credit card numbers, and other important, personal information for millions of customers of the multimedia software company Adobe Systems Inc. has been purloined in an monumental hack of the company's corporate network. The hackers were able to access the source code of some of Adobe's most popular software as well.
While the Google Glass smartglasses are still in its preliminary trial phase, called the Google "Glass Explorer" program, some competitors to the augmented reality devices are on the horizon. One is already available, and its price is already set at $600.
Two of the leading Android smartphone makers are showing very different quarterly earnings, as Samsung Electronics has posted record sales while HTC has shown its first quarterly loss since going public in 2002.
