It seems the Interwebs are all a-flutter at the news of a new Apple patent for 'location sharing'. Last year, Google Latitude was denied entry to the App Store. At the time, Google and Apple announced that this was to prevent 'confusion with Maps on the iPhone' -- it would ... Continue Reading

Imagine being able to control your computer or video game without needing to use a mouse or controller. Microsoft researchers have filed a patent for a muscle-based control scheme that does just that, and more — simple hand gestures could be used to do things like send commands to your ... Continue Reading

As the launch of the fabled Google Phone, the Nexus One, has approached, more and more information has leaked out. Yesterday, the price of the Nexus One surfaced, along with information on rate plans for T-Mobile contracts. Today, we have full video of its elegant interface. An extensive 10-minute ... Continue Reading

As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts. It's arguable that if this wasn't the decade of gadgets, ... Continue Reading

Installing the latest device drivers is an essential task for keeping your system running at peak performance, but almost all of the driver update solutions out there aren’t actually free. Thankfully, Device Doctor is absolutely, completely free to use. Device Doctor comes in two flavors—the regular installable version, and a portable ... Continue Reading

Windows only: Planning an upgrade soon? Save yourself the web searches for your specs and download Speccy. Speccy does a quick scan of your machine and gives you a complete rundown of every piece of gear that's in your computer. Upon first glance, Speccy seems like something that's only attractive to ... Continue Reading