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Personal Tech October 22, 2015

Eight Great Software Freebies

With PCs, the best things in life are often free. Here are some of my favorites for working with photos, editing documents, exploring the Web, and more.

Microsoft October 22, 2015

Ford ditches Microsoft for its in-car software

On Thursday the auto giant announced that it is dumping one of the world's biggest software players, Microsoft, aiming its next in-dash systems at consumers more addicted to smartphones than PCs.

Laptops October 22, 2015

4 Gifts to end high-tech family strife

It may be the season to share, but it's not always that way at home. Sharing some high-tech devices just causes too much consternation and quarreling. So to terminate the digital family feuds, here are some tech gifts to keep everyone in a cheerful mood.

FCC October 22, 2015

Net Neutrality deadline, one more time

Now's your chance to crash a government website by merely stating your opinion, again.

Personal Tech October 22, 2015

The best gear to keep your gadgets dry

With storms kicking across the Northeast and the first hurricane already having tapped the Carolinas, it’s critically important to keep your gadgets and gear dry as you travel this summer. 

Microsoft October 22, 2015

Waving goodbye to gestures

Gesture recognition was supposed to be the way we would all interact with computers someday. But things aren't looking too bright for the futuristic interface, with two significant products recently waving goodbye to the technology.

Auto Tech October 22, 2015

Audi adds live parking information to cars with Connect service

Driving can be fun, but parking is decidedly not. The hunt for a space, the frustration of squeezing into spot when you do find one, a new ding in your car when you return. Those aggravations could be a thing of the past -- if the latest connected car technologies work out.

Microsoft October 22, 2015

Can the new Xbox One save gaming?

For years -- and I mean years -- consumer electronics and computer companies have been struggling to replace the panoply of boxes hanging off American televisions. Game consoles, DVD players, cable boxes, DVRs -- it's a mess. Can the Xbox One fix all that?

Twitter October 22, 2015

In tweets we trust ... or not. Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel debate tech industry

Will technology save us and save the economy or is it just spinning its wheels and contributing to stagnant wages and intellectual torpor?

Home Ent October 22, 2015

The day the muzak (didn't) die

With the digital revolution, the drumbeat of failing music-related businesses has been a constant rhythm for several years now. So when it was announced last week that the Muzak brand was retiring, it was hardly a surprise. However, it turns out that the Mantovani of music isn't as moribund as many of us thought.

Google October 21, 2015

Hands-on with the decade-old predecessor to Google Glasses

A little over a decade ago, I spent a day wandering around New York City wearing a device just like the newly announced Google Glass Project, secretly reading e-mail while buying a bottle of wine and flipping through files while pretending to listen to a friend's conversation.