Barry Gerber talks about key events in a busy year for technology enthusiasts. He covers HDTV, CPUs, Windows Vista, exploding batteries, the need for mobile phone standardization, spam and portable music and video players. Read more

Your friends at Tom's Guide bring you a bunch of the hottest, coolest and most unique gifts for friends and family on the go. Pour yourself a glass of good cheer and see what Ed, Justin, Barry and our favorite model Sarah have in store for you. Read more

MobilityGuru readers help Barry Gerber find the Boris the Kitten screensaver and send in more funny tech support stories. Read more

It's the holiday season, and we know how hard it can be for geeks to shop for friends and family. Here are a few select choices that even the non-geeks in your life will love. Read more

Why do funny stories about tech support abound? Maybe computers themselves are funny. Or maybe we need to laugh to keep from crying. Read more

Using near state-of-the-art mobile PC components, several manufacturers have built desktop PCs as small as 6.5" x 6.5" x 2". These highly mobile PCs are ideally suited to home theater PC (HTPC) applications. We look at their strengths and weaknesses when used for this purpose. Read more

Our first Back to School Buyers Guide was such a success that we decided to bring you ten more of the best products around. This time we cover the latest in Skype phones, a virtual laser keyboard, unusual USB Flash Drives, a cool multi-function PDA stylus, a hot mobile locker and more. Read more

Some of your comments and stories in response to Barry Gerber's "Who Designed This Crap?" columns on tech support and product packaging were very funny. Read some of them here. Read more

We show you a variety of mobile computing accessories including flat USB flash drives, tech enabled tee shirts, tiny folding keyboards, backpacks and carrying cases, security locks, expansion docks, privacy filters, notebook coolers and a piece of software to manage your classes and your life. Read more

Mobile computers and accessories are cool. However the way they're packaged is a real horror show, almost literally. With impenetrable shipping boxes and envelopes, as well as plastic blister packs sealed tighter than most tombs, it seems like vendors really don't want you to get to their products. Read more