Can you feel the desperation in the air? The holiday is only a few days away, but some of us -- myself included -- haven't finished our holiday gift shopping yet. Desperation leads to last minute gifts, which leads to mistakes in gift giving. Maybe you'll spend too much, maybe your...

Under normal usage most optical media (CDs and DVDs) pick up minor surface abrasions that don't affect them. However, accidents can and do happen which can cause more severe scratches which cause problems; skipping for example is a common symptom. If the damage is bad enough then it can even...

My friend Ross Rubin of the NPD Group (a research firm) has a good column in Engadget wondering why Apple, with its many millions of iPods sold, would even deign to worry about the Flip pocket camcorder. You'll remember that when the new iPods were announced, people were hailing them...