Canon EOS DSLR Cameras: 5 tips for shooting video

"I shot a whole music vid on the beast… it’s better than the $100,000 HD Varicam I shot on in 05." -- Cullen Hoback, film director.

Starbucks offers free wi-fi, seats even harder to find

To deprive us of our Google-ing, Facebook-ing, and Twitter-ing is cause, it seems, for civil unrest.

Google, now more like Bing

All of a sudden Google looks a lot more colorful this morning. Staid be gone. And it seems that with Bing, Microsoft can still throw a hay-maker, and influence a certain Silicon Valley nemesis on occasion. In case you missed it, background photos are now available on the previously minimalist...
Ed Norton: On Web 2.0 philanthropic mission

Ed Norton on “the power of the crowd” and fundraising

You can add yet another personality to Ed Norton, star of Fight Club. Although this one is not related to project mayhem, it does share one thing in common with that effort: he's trying to rally people to support a common cause. In this case, fundraising for non-profit organizations....

ThinkPad X100e Review: One Intel chip short of greatness

This is the little ThinkPad that could. It's so full of potential, and so close to greatness, it's hard not to cheer it on, even if the anemic AMD processor wheezes and sputters along the way. As it is, the ThinkPad X100e by Lenovo is a decent 11.6-inch portable...

Apple announces new iPhone 4

At times he looked like a crazed and gangly magician, waving, grinning as the crowd oohed and awed.

Is Microsoft’s Ballmer out of touch?

Steve Ballmer is not known to back down, put a lid on it, or just chill. But sometimes I wonder if any of those would be better than continually looking ridiculous (but admittedly entertaining) on the public stage. Yes, I realize Microsoft is the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to the...

Can Google transform laptop market with Chrome OS?

Today Google finally announced a shipping date for its much anticipated Chrome OS.
WIRED Adobe Publishing Technology

Adobe releases digital magazine viewer, used to build WIRED App

The market for technology that drives the next generation of magazines and animated web sites continues to sizzle.
Apple iPad banned Yankee Stadium

Why did the Yankees ban the iPad from the ballpark?

If you're going to a Yankees baseball game, you can't bring a laptop. And now you can't bring in your iPad either. When I saw the headline about the ban I wondered why they would initiate such a "security" policy. Perhaps when fans are surfing, they are less prone to...