As much as I’ve ragged on Windows in the past, if you cut through a lot of the crap, false accusations, and “problems” that ended up being more user error, you have to admit Windows 7 is actually a pretty decent OS. In lands other than ours where gadgets are much more prevalent (Japan), sometimes smaller “mom and pop” or novelty shops spring up. One such shop can be seen above. The characters “?? (binbo)” are literally translated...

*Picture property of Joshua Lott/NYTimes* At the first mention of a school bus full of hormone fueled teens sounds like a recipe for disaster. But if you stop yourself from jumping on the bandwagon and actually think it through, putting WiFi on a school bus like Empire High School (outside of Tucson, Arizona) is doing, is actually one of the most ingenious, intelligent and technologically forward thinking things I’ve seen yet from a school board. Not only do kids...

Are new Macbook Pros right around the corner? You could say the leaked images a couple of days back showing a Core i7 Macbook Pro being put through the paces as nothing more than some clever Photoshop mastery. I’m more of an optimist however. I’m choosing to take the higher road. A road which eventually leads to new, more powerful Macbook Pros. You could say my head is stuck up in the clouds and that I’m a too much of a dreamer. That may be true,...

Are you an Apple junkie? Hell, are you a Windows fan and still simply finding yourself awestruck over the new 27″ iMac and it’s large flat glassy areas, beckoning your name and asking your to stare until the sun goes down? For the majority of people who buy computers, they buy them because of the specs. I would say a pretty favorable portion of their user base buy their computers not necessarily because they are almost always near the top of the line, but also...

MSI was out in full force at CES Unveiled. Even though the whole shebang doesn’t officially start until January 7th, those in attendance at Unveiled certainly didn’t hold anything back. MSI had a slew of gear on hand to poke, prod, touch, and oogle — and oogle we did. Feast your eyes on the gallery below…