From: PC World on Sat, Mar 27 2010 11:33 AM

Laptops are ideal candidates for solid state drives: These drives are more rugged and shock resistant than standard hard drives, since they have no moving parts. Since laptops get thrown quite a bit, replacing a more traditional, rotating hard drive with a more robust SSD can be good idea.

From: PC World on Fri, Mar 26 2010 11:32 PM

In this week’s show, Google stops censoring results in China, T-Mobile broadens its HSPA+ network, General Motors shows off the next generation heads-up display, hackers bypass security measures at CanSecWest, and Kylo helps you surf the web on your TV.

From: PC World on Wed, Mar 24 2010 11:13 PM

Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone has a 4-inch AMOLED display, uses the same 1GHz processor as the just-announced HTC EVO 4G, runs the Android 2.1 platform, and has a 5-megapixel camera. It's thinner than an iPhone, at less than 0.4 of an inch thick, and weighs less.

From: PC World on Tue, Mar 23 2010 11:02 PM

Color e-reader screens manufactured by the company that makes the Kindle for Amazon.com were recently on display at a trade show in Shenzhen, China. Taiwan-based Prime View International showed 6-inch and 9.7-inch color e-reader screens.

From: PC World on Sat, Mar 20 2010 9:27 PM

If you lose your Android phone, you’ll want a couple of ways to find it again or make sure that--if it's truly lost--you can protect your private information. Executive Editor Robert Strohmeyer takes a look at some of the apps and tools that'll help keep your phone safe.

From: PC World on Sat, Mar 20 2010 9:19 AM

In this week’s show, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission unveils a national broadband plan, and knock-off MacBook Air laptops and iPads are on sale in China. Also HTC's HD2 smartphone comes to the U.S., and battling robots prepare for the next Robo Cup.

From: PC World on Thu, Mar 18 2010 8:59 PM

Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-ZS5 is a 12.1 megapixel digital camera with an ultrawide lens that has excellent picture quality and image sharpness. This edition of the camera has added full manual controls, and the zoom motors on the camera's lens are very quiet, which is helpful in shooting video.

From: PC World on Wed, Mar 17 2010 8:10 PM

Two high-tech, eco-friendly parking lots in Tokyo for electric bicycles have one hundred Sanyo Eneloop bicycles for hire. The hybrid power-assisted bikes are recharged by electricity collected from solar panels on the roof of the parking structure that houses the cycles.

From: PC World on Mon, Mar 15 2010 7:31 PM

Ready to take your Android smartphone experience to the next level? These customization tips and tricks will help you get started with personalizing your Droid, Nexus One or other Android phone. Executive Editor Robert Strohmeyer takes a look at animated wallpapers, custom ringtones, setting up ...

From: PC World on Sun, Mar 14 2010 6:30 PM

Even with the most well-behaved pets, taking a great picture can be a difficult task but FujiFilm says it has the answer. The Finepix Z700, which is out this month, includes face-detection technology that can recognize canine and feline faces, and it can snap a picture automatically when your pe...

From: PC World on Sat, Mar 13 2010 4:45 AM

In this week’s World Tech Update, four companies unveil 3D TVs and research at CeBIT lets you watch 3D without glasses, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives his thoughts on cloud computing, the Apple iPad launch date is announced, and Final Fantasy XIII goes on sale.

From: PC World on Fri, Mar 12 2010 3:19 AM

Panasonic is updating its Lumix G line of compact cameras with interchangeable lenses. The 12-megapixel G2, which also shoots high-def video, features a 3-inch touch-screen through which the auto-focus can be controlled.

From: PC World on Fri, Mar 12 2010 3:19 AM

Sony’s PlayStation Move, Nintendo's DSi XL, and the Virtusphere were all on display at this year's Game Developer's Conference.

From: PC World on Fri, Mar 12 2010 3:19 AM

Sony’s prototype compact camera with an interchangable lens, the unreleased Alpha-series model, is aimed at people who want a little more creativity than a fixed-lens compact camera allows but who don't want to carry a larger and bulkier digital SLR camera.

From: PC World on Thu, Mar 11 2010 1:38 AM

The Motorola Devour has a solid build and great social networking features, but our reviewer found that it has a few design flaws, is too expensive, and its camera is mediocre. Also, this second Android phone from Motorola runs an older version of the Android OS.

From: PC World on Tue, Mar 09 2010 10:43 AM

Boston Logan International Airport is among the first American airports to receive new full body scanners, which the federal government hopes will help TSA agents better identify threats among air passengers.

From: PC World on Sun, Mar 07 2010 7:44 PM

Developers are showing a new breed of screen at the giant European tech show CeBit that projects a 3D image directly at the viewer and doesn’t require glasses. This can be achieved either with a panel that overlays a traditional screen, by using cameras to target a specific viewer, or by using c...

From: PC World on Sat, Mar 06 2010 6:19 PM

For $750, Gateway’s ZX4800 all-in-one PC has decent specs, a snappy multi-touch 20-inch screen, and a wireless mouse and keyboard. While it won't replace your dedicated workstation, it can provide quite and easy access to your photos or music in a communal area of your home.

From: PC World on Sat, Mar 06 2010 5:32 AM

In this week’s show, Apple slaps HTC with a lawsuit, Sony’s PlayStation Network hits a leap-year glitch, North Korea develops its own version of Linux, Google attempts to convince users that StreetView isn’t evil, and a German research group develops an extension for HTML that allows for 3D mode...

From: PC World on Thu, Mar 04 2010 3:06 AM

Asus unveils an electronic book reader with a 9-inch touch-sensitive display. With 4 gigabytes of internal memory, low-power device can perform about 10,000 page turns before it needs to be recharged.