Meghan J. McDonough

The Intel Developer Forum officially kicked off today, with Paul Otellini delivering the first of three keynotes. He spoke about how Intel envisions a complete continuum of interconnected devices late...

Every second you sit there waiting for your laptop to boot is another moment you'll wish you had back when you're lying on your deathbed and your life is flashing before your eyes. So we were wonderin...

The MSI Wind is not being marketed as a gaming laptop and for good reason. You wouldn't expect a mini-notebook with an integrated graphics chip, a low-power Atom CPU, and a 1024x600 resolution screen ...

The announcement of LG's Optimus LTE phone in South Korea heralded a new era in Android smartphones thanks to its new 1280 x 720p resolution display on a 4.5-inch screen. Described as a retina displa...

Gaming systems run the gamut from the 11-inch Alienware M11x to the 18-inch Toshiba Qosmio X505 and have an even wider price range. So how much system do you need to run World of Warcraft at maximum r...

It was just a matter of time before Apple sprinkled its App Store magic on the Mac, and it was definitely worth the wait. It's just as easy to discover apps as it is on mobile devices such as the iPad...

You might not know what it’s called, but you’ve definitely seen it—even in the pages of this magazine. The little white square box littered with precise drops of black ink is called a Quick Resp...

Google+ invites are open again and almost anyone who knows someone already using Google+ can jump in.  While the desktop version of Google+ is compelling, the real potential lies with its mobile app....

If there's a theme to Intel's Developer Forum, it would probably be "Make it faster. Now." On day three of the IDF, the keynote is primarily focused on future technologies such as power-sipping proces...

Intel's Atom processor has been around since the halcyon days of netbooks, but Intel isn't done with the chip yet. Based on video promoting the latest iteration of the chip, the Atom E6xx, Intel is op...

Today, Sony announced three new additions to its Cybershot line of point-and-shoot cameras with the hope that their superior optics and capabilities will attract consumers who are tired of sub-par sma...

Where'd you go, MeeGo? The Linux-based open source MeeGo platform, which resulted from the combination of  the Moblin and Maemo Linux sub-platforms, is officially on its way out. In its place will be...

When testing for heat levels on new notebooks, we use a laser thermometer to measure the key touch points (chassis bottom, keyboard, and touchpad) on a notebook after it has been playing a streaming v...

Last week's 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was filled with lots of exciting technology that is coming your way in the near future. We shot a lot of video last week with a lot of cool products. You can...

Stuck between a laptop and a tablet? Why not get the best of the both worlds with a convertible tablet! The 12.5-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Multitouch Tablet is fit for both work and play. Best of all,...

What won't your smartphone replace? Samsung is trying its hand at eliminating the pico projector-- which you've undoubtedly been lugging around to every family gathering-- with the Samsung Galaxy Beam...

LAS VEGAS-- Sleek, slim, svelte-- none of these words apply to Nikon’s new flagship DSLR, the D4, but it doesn’t matter. We just got our hands on this new 16.2MP camera and while it doesn’t brea...

At this year's CES, Canon is releasing updates to its wallet-friendly A series line of point-and-shoot cameras. They all feature subject detection, Smart Auto for letting the camera choose the best sc...

News out of the MIX11 conference today reveals that the Windows Phone 7 app store now has 13,000 apps with 1,500 more added every month. Though that number pales in comparison to the  hundreds of tho...

A while back, we challenged the fiercest typists in our office to a mini-notebook typeoff with the Eee PC, the HP Mini-Note and the CTL 2Go PC. The HP Mini-Note, with an average word per minute (wpm) ...

Sprint's getting an exclusive on a  BlackBerry-- and it's the second one to reach the market with BlackBerry 6 and all of its Webkit browser goodness. The BlackBerry Style 9670 is a flip phone that p...

Uploading a quick video to YouTube from your laptop or mobile device is easy, but sometimes you might want to do more. Today, YouTube is making it even easier to create videos using software from Xtra...

We just got our invitation to Microsoft's debutante ball in Spain for Windows 8 beta-- dubbed Windows 8 Consumer Preview--which will take place on February 29th during Mobile World Congress and will h...

This is the year of the tablet. (Well, the second one...) In addition to the iPad, HP Slate, and numerous Android tablets in the works, laptop manufacturers are still interested in taking advantage of...