Tablets for the taking at CES
Rumors swirl around Apple tablet, to be announced in late January.
FCC chairman speaks, says little
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski fielded questions about the National Broadband Plan at CES, but he was coy about specifics.
At CES, Lenovo offers netbooks, hybrids, modest pricing
Lenovo brings its ThinkPad line down to more modest price points; offers an amazing hybrid notebook that lets you pull the top piece off and keep on working.
White House CTO talks innovation at CES
White House CTO Aneesh Chopra talks with reporters at CES about ways to increase innovation.
Green shoots at Consumer Electronics Show
The first day of CES 2010 shows improvements on existing ideas in netbooks, speech-recognition apps and virtualization.
Ballmer uses CES keynote to tout Windows 7
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer's keynote at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show rested on laurels of Windows 7 operating system, and looked ahead to more touch screens, tablets and smart phones.
Google launches Nexus One smart phone
Google unveils long-awaited smart phone to challenge Apple's iPhone.
CES 2010: Smart books, speeches and Spider-Man
The GCN Lab previews the Consumer Electronics Show and looks at smart books, display technologies and speeches by government officials and the elusive CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer.
Palm Pre, CES 2009 blockbuster, didn't live up to its hype
The GCN Lab looks ahead to the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, and wonders why Palm Pre didn't live up to its hype.
Hands on with Army Go Mobile gear
The real potential of the Go Mobile program is in providing military personnel access to their AKO/DKO accounts wirelessly. The days of luggable laptops might be over soon, replaced in this case with smart phones that pack almost as much computing power.
iPhone: Enterprise-worthy, perhaps, but secure enough for feds?
The latest iPhone operating system is more secure, but doubts linger about whether it can rival the BlackBerry for government-level real security.
Army's Go Mobile puts big computing power into soldiers' pockets
The Army is readying a mobile kit based on smart phones that will give soldiers access to the online resources of the Army Knowledge Online portal from anywhere in the world.
The great 8 products of 2009
The GCN Lab spent the year testing and reviewing hundreds of technology products, from hardware and software to gadgets. Here is the cream of the crop for 2009.
Making a list, texting it twice -- now there's even an app for Santa
A mom's app for delivering Santa's messages to kids prompts a wish list of of other holiday-themed apps.
TrafficLand to deliver video to Bing Maps
Live traffic video aggregator TrafficLand is selected by Microsoft to provide traffic video for Bing Maps.
Appliance improves transfers of large files
The FIPS-certified Accellion file transfer appliance comes with software that lets you manage and transfer files securely, and it can easily handle files 20G in size.
Bird is the word for 2009
Be kind to your fine feathered friends or else they might drop a piece of sandwich into your particle accelerator.
Microsoft chief architect promises cloud platform Jan.1
Keynote address at Microsoft's PDC 09 focuses on Windows Azure, cloud computing; Kundra encourages innovation based on Data.gov.
Twitter, LinkedIn join forces, blurring the lines between work and play
The partnership of Twitter and LinkedIn spurs an online identity crisis for the GCN Lab.
Vordel brokers cloud services
Vordel launches its Cloud Service Broker, a tool for aggregating and managing services in public, private and community cloud-computing domains.
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