Living all-Microsoft for a month made me want to throw a brick through Windows

I’ve spent the past few weeks computing exclusively on a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and a pair of phones running Windows Phone 8.1. The hardware is beautiful, but the overall Windows experience had me at my wits end.

Computing         June 22, 2014

James Dyson nearly invented Google Glass back in 2001

Long before Google was a household name or "wearable technology" was a buzzword, vacuum mogul James Dyson was experimenting with a quirky head-mounted computer called the Halo.

News         June 2, 2014

Panasonic’s new 4K TVs will see you when you’re sleeping, know when you’re awake

Panasonic has a lot to prove with its latest LED televisions, having ditched it's best-in-class plasma TV business. How do its 4K TVs stack up? We found out.

News         May 16, 2014

Microsoft’s head of research opens up about Google X, Windows 9, and the future

Peter Lee, the head of Microsoft Research, discusses the company's newly developed Special Projects division, Google X, moonshots and blue-sky research, Windows 9 and more.

Computing         May 6, 2014

How Facebook, Twitter, and Bing are giving researchers the perfect guinea pig (you)

Who needs Gallup polls? Microsoft Research's brightest minds explain how social-media sites like Facebook and Twitter are opening the floodgates of data for social scientists, potentially ushering in a new age of understanding.

Mobile         May 6, 2014

GoDaddy, Name.com begin selling .ninja website URLs

On April 1, Domain name giant GoDaddy began the pre-registration period for new TLD .ninja, and the goofy new domain is set to go live on May 28

News         April 17, 2014

For lucky #UberPITCH entrepreneurs, opportunity didn’t knock, it just drove up

On Wednesday, April 8, Matt Oscamou found out he would have a chance at $300 million in Google Ventures money -- the company was picking him up for an UberPITCH. In exactly 7 minutes. He was wearing sandals and a t-shirt. Here's what happened.

News         April 13, 2014

Sony Vaio Fit 11A batteries may go blammo, company warns users

Sony issued a warning Friday to users of the Vaio Fit 11A, noting that batteries in the convertible laptop are liable to overheat, resulting in burns.

News         April 11, 2014

Editor’s note: A new chapter

April 1 was day two of my dream job, as editor in chief of Digital Trends – and that’s no April Fools’ joke.

Web         April 8, 2014

Can better encryption from Yahoo and others stop the NSA?

The tech industry, clearly fed up with the world’s biggest spy agency’s secret intrusions into its servers and systems, clearly intends to lock the backdoors on its own – but will it work?

Computing         April 3, 2014

USB gets a Lightning cable makeover: First glimpse of reversible USB 3 cables

Called USB Type C, the new connectors will feature an entirely new design with a smaller size, and most importantly, they're reversible.

Reviews         April 2, 2014