Tech

With recent information stating the demise of the DVD within the next 5 years, it comes as a big surprise to me that the majority of Americans still own a VCR.

Now that it's a few months out from the launch and (in theory) some of the web kinks have been worked out, I'm interested to hear if you've signed up for Obamacare, or tried signing up.

Technology is a beast! It seems like we have a new, awesome, and useful technological advancement every day...but that usually means the end of some of our old favorite technology. Here are the top 5 tech gadgets that will be gone in 5 years.

Digital technology has made a lot of things obsolete in the past 20 years, but it's about to get worse.  "Time" magazine has a list of five tech products that will probably die out in the next five years.

I've been going back and forth for quite a while on getting a smartwatch. My main hangup? They all look like a rejected Fisher Price toy concepts. That changes today with the Pebble Steel.

A yearly tradition at my house is to track Santa's journey on Christmas Eve with NORAD. Every Christmas Eve NORAD takes a break from defending us and makes sure Santa's annual trek around the world goes off without a hitch. I even heard that Santa was escorted by a pair of F-22's into American airspace last year.

Thursday morning, Instagram announced a big new feature.

Tired of high gas prices?  How about a car that only needs a refuel once every... century?  David Russell Schilling reported on this thorium-powered concept car that could, in theory, revolutionize automobiles. It's said that just one gram of the substance yields more energy than 7,396 gallons of gas...

'Tis the season for shopping, Christmas parties, your kids' holiday recitals, taking photos, videos, and all the other things you have to remember day to day. So naturally you'll be using your smartphone more during the holidays to keep everything straight. It might not be a bad time to make sure your smartphone's battery is optimized so it doesn't die when you need it most. No matter if you have

There's nothing more frustrating during the holidays than realizing you've forgotten to buy a gift for an important someone in your life. Then you have to make the mad dash to the store, frantically run up and down the isles looking for anything that will work, and then pray you have money left in the Christmas budget. That never has to happen again thanks to Clay Pot Software's iPhone App 'Santa'

You may have heard all the buzz lately about Bitcoin.  What is Bitcoin?  It's a type of digital currency.  You can buy Bitcoins with cash.  Then you buy stuff.  It's global, so people can buy and sell Bitcoins with their local currency.

When I first saw this video earlier this year, I thought it was condescending and brutal. Now, I don't think it's harsh enough. In our quest to have the latest and greatest tech and be on the most popular sites, we've forgotten how to have real lives.