What to do about teen 'junk sleep' syndrome
What if I told you about a dangerous virus spreading through high schools and middle schools, a virus that now infects between a quarter and a third of the teen population.
Stories by Mike Elgan
Wishing you and yours a haptic holiday
When playing Halo 3 on your Xbox 360, or other games on other consoles, your handheld game controller shakes and rumbles to coincide with on-screen explosions, crashes, gunshots and grenade detonations.
Making the Google Phone, OpenSocial connection
Everyone is talking about two big Google projects: The long-awaited Google Phone, and the new OpenSocial initiative. Each is cool, but combined, well, they're going to change everything.
The 'anywhere computing' era dawns
In the beginning, there were computers.
New software 'mirrors' your mobile phone online
A company called Dashwire this week unveiled free new software that essentially mirrors your mobile phone on the Web, backing up all your data -- contacts, text messages, calls, photos, videos and phone settings -- and letting you access everything online. It does this not when you connect to your PC, but constantly over your phone's data connection.
Forget the iPhone, all phones should be 'unlocked'
Apple's iPhone hasn't made an obvious dent in the market share of either handset competitors or carriers that compete with AT&T. But it has hit those other companies with something else unexpected -- and unwelcome: The iPhone has sharply raised consumer awareness about the issue of locked mobile phones.
Why Apple's 'new Newton' will rule
They can send a man to the moon (or at least they could 40 years ago). Why can't they make a tiny computer people want to buy?
The eight secrets that make Apple No. 1
Last week I wrote about how Apple's growing success will trigger accusations that it is a monopolistic, copycat bully and why the company should be defended against such complaints. This week, I'll discuss the secrets of Apple's growing success and call on PC makers and consumer electronics companies to steal those secrets so they can start making better products.
New robot walks, talks and learns
In the future, home entertainment robots will converse with us and behave as virtual pets, security sentries, food-and-drink servers and silicon-based companions.
It's official: Apple is the new Microsoft
Ten years ago, Microsoft was the company everyone loved to hate.
Weird, scary and bizarre iPhone tales
The old carnival freak show is dead and gone (or has at least moved to reality television and daytime talk shows). But in our hearts, we still long to gawk at the strange and the bizarre.
Apple picks a fight it can't win
Apple rarely competes directly -- with anyone.
Wireless charging: Here at last
The same technology that wirelessly charges your electric razor or toothbrush could soon charge your smartphone, or even your laptop.
Are iPod-banning schools cheating our kids?
The Associated Press published an article last week about high schools increasingly banning iPods because some kids use them to cheat.
Why e-books are bound to fail
E-books, those flat electronic tablets designed for reading downloadable, software-based books, are often packed with advanced displays and other leading-edge technology.