The evolution of technology is sometimes cruel. A few years ago, we witnessed the birth of a new breed of small 10-inch Windows laptops called “netbooks.” These compact computers shunned processing ...

Although tablet PCs represent just a sliver of the PC market today, Microsoft's CEO says they could eventually account for one-third of all computers--by supplanting the laptop. Stephen Shankland ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

New survey results from Nielsen show that users are ditching their laptops, abandoning their ereaders, and leaving their MP3 players behind. For a large, and growing segment of the population, the ...

Between classes, home assignments, study sessions with classmates, and, for some, work, students have a lot going on. Being able to work on essays on the go without major inconveniences is important.

After decades of working with computers, I started to develop some wrist and arm pain a few year ago. So I switched from using whatever random mouse I could find for under $20 to using input devices ...