Samsung has announced the launch of a tablet that could become the first major Android-powered challenger to the Apple iPad.

Blazing fast (four minutes and nine seconds!), streamlined and full of highlights, Cuisinart's PerfecTemp puts its kettle competition to shame.

In 1983 Nintendo released the Famicon console. Now 26 years later we tear it apart to see what makes it tick.

There's a lot to say about the new Apple TV that Steve Jobs presented today. But I'm not going to talk about the tiny little box. I'm not going to talk about your TV, either ... much. Instead, I’m going to talk about that remote.

Apple has refreshed its family of iPod products. The iPod Nano, iPod Touch and iPod Shuffle all received some compelling makeovers that should help Apple stay in the lead in the portable media-player market.

When Steve Jobs was preparing to introduce the Apple TV, he called it "one more hobby," and based on our first impressions, that's a safe choice of words. The new Apple TV is a major hardware revamp — one quarter the size of its predecessor.

The new Apple TV, which will go on sale at the end of September for $100, is a puny box just one-quarter the size of the previous model. It has an HDMI port, a built-in power supply, an optical audio port, an ethernet jack, and built-in Wi-Fi.

Apple is likely introducing a family of new iPods (and maybe a revamped Apple TV) today at its annual music event in San Francisco. Refresh this post for live updates as the event unravels.

A new circuit element called a memristor, or "memory resistor," could usher in extremely efficient data storage that could eventually make instant-on, low-power PCs a reality. HP is just three years away from bringing the memristor to market as a new product called ReRAM, for Resistive Random Access Memory.

Lady Clankington’s Cabinet of Carnal Curiosities, a new steampunk-themed set of sex toys, is just in time for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s forthcoming comedy Hysteria, about the invention of the modern vibrator.

Mojowijo is a teledildonic accessory for the Nintendo Wiimote, which is somewhat ironic given the console's family-friendly reputation.

With the rise of tablets and e-readers, software developers and textbook publishers are making yet another effort to take textbooks digital. The latest entrant is Inkling, a textbook app for the iPad.

Afghanistan’s vibrant cellphone ecosystem is one of the country’s economic bright spots. There are about 12.5 million cellular subscriptions in the country of 27 million people. Some photos give us a glimpse of the mobile tech in the country.

A first look at the eLocity A7 tablet: The three key phrases that will get geeks excited about the A7 are "Froyo," "NVidia Tegra" and "1080p output."

Apple will hold a press conference Wednesday, where Steve Jobs is expected to announce the birth of new stars in his product galaxy, including (probably) new iPods and (possibly) a successor to Apple TV.

Need to scan both front and back of magazine page? Turn to Canon's Scan-tini and you'll have it in six seconds (just be gentle with the document feeder).

Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast, has spent the last eight years acquiring 583 calculators of 128 brands made in the 1970s, analyzing the technology and posting it all to his website.

Acer has long been the go-to bargain laptop. But what happens when the price gets high and performance stays flat?

Oh snap, another Android phone. But this one's from Sony Ericsson and it is nothing if not capable.

If you love Nokia hardware but wish for a better operating system, consider what some enthusiastic developers have done. Developers have hacked Nokia's internet tablets so the devices combine the body of Nokia and the brains of Android.