China’s ‘Internet Of Things’ Overblown, Says Exec

The interconnected network of everyday objects is a hot topic among government officials, but realization is decades away.

10 Things Apple Can Do to Score with Gamers

When Apple announced the iPhone, few could have imagined how successful it would become. At the time of its original launch, the device featured no native apps, lacked copy and paste, and generally failed to deliver all the things consumers wanted. As Apple added those must-have features, the device became more popular.

25 Things You Might Not Know About Apple

Apple released the iPad on April 3, the latest in a long string of products that have changed the tech industry over the past three decades. While Apple remains one of the most-written-about companies on the planet, some facts of its existence might be more obscure to the everyday reader such as the fact that Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive talked with candy manufacturers to figure out how to get the iMacs translucent colors just right, or that the original Macintosh Portable weighed more than 16 pounds

10 Things Apple Must Do to Ensure iPad Lives Up to the Hype

News Analysis: The Apple iPad is set to launch on April 3 and already the hype machine is building. But Apple’s work is far from done. If it wants to iPad to have a long life in the market, it needs to ensure that its future decisions appeal to what consumers really want.

Five Things to Consider When Buying a Wireless Printer

With a wide selection of wireless printers available to cost-conscious companies, it’s important to understand what features really matter to your business–and what it costs to have them.

10 Things You Should Know About Cabling for Modern Data Centers

When IT managers talk shop, the conversation usually focuses on servers, storage, virtualization, I/O speeds and other such topics. But all of that would be for naught without the physical cables that tie everything together in a data center. Cabling is often taken for granted by everyone except the network administrator and IT manager

10 Things Apple and Microsoft Haven’t Learned About Google

At a time when Google is attempting to control every market that it enters, one would think that Microsoft and Apple, the dominant players in the OS and mobile markets, respectively, would be able to confront an online company with no experience in either space and keep it down. But that hasn’t happened

10 Things Microsoft Did to Make Windows 7 a Success

News Analysis: Apple fans might not like to hear it, but Microsoft is saying Windows 7 is its fastest-selling operating system of all time.

10 Things We’d Like to See Apple Do with Its $40 Billion

At a shareholder meeting earlier this week, Steve Jobs told Apple investors that his company has $40 billion in cash-on-hand ready to be invested in technology and other strategies that will help the company continue to succeed going forward. Having that much cash and enjoying the kind of success it does is extremely important for a company such as Apple.

10 Things You Need to Know about Windows Phone 7 Series

News Analysis: Microsoft has finally announced the follow-up software to Windows Mobile.