A Guide to Updating Windows 10
Credit: Junichi Yamashita under Creative Common License Ever since lockdowns forced us to stay in our homes, our computers have seen more activity than ever. Remote working has now become […]
Introducing The New Chatbot of Google, Meena!
Google has something new, something more interactive in its store, Meena, the new chatbot. It is more conversational as compared to the existing Alexa, Siri, Cortana, etc. Google claims that […]
Yahoo Fails to Impress But No One Seems to Care
Yahoo had its annual meeting this past week. In case you missed it, not much happened. Yahoo is pretty determined to go it alone and apparently has some wowy-zowy plan […]
A Proprietary Web? Blame the W3C
A recent post of mine about Firefox and my general view of corporations and organizations caused a bit of a stir. It even caught the attention of Asa Dotzler, a […]
The Next Revolution: Why The New iPhone Matters
A revolution is easy to spot when looking backward, but they are much harder to see when they first happen. Microsoft, Apple, eBay, Amazon…all revolutions with ramifications that weren’t seen […]
Microsoft Offers Cash Back to Searchers, But for How Long?
More details are likely forthcoming shortly, as Microsoft plans to announce a big search initiative later today. But in the meantime, restless bloggers have already stumbled upon some particulars. Microsoft’s […]
Paul’s Soapbox: DRM, 3G, Playstation Home
Paul’s Soapbox is a regular feature of TechConsumer where I sound off on various tech topics/products that I’m interested in (or hate). This is just my $.02, so consider yourself […]
Blu-ray in the News: High Prices & No Microsoft Love
Since Blu-ray became the next generation movie disc format of choice, the consumer supposedly has been better off. But Tom’s Hardware claims that prices of Blu-ray players are higher than […]
TC News: Wii Fit Unvelied, Amazon Now Prefers Blu-ray, Top Tech Companies Create Gaming Alliance
TechConsumer News is a feature we started out of a hobby of tracking the latest happenings within the consumer related technology sphere. The goal is to provide a concise, compiled […]
Search 1.0: Search Engines Still Lack Simple Features
I have a sister who, over the weekend, pointed out a major shortcoming of search engines. It’s so obvious that I’m not sure why I didn’t think of it first. […]