More than 20,000 new products were born at the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show, not all ready for prime time. I've chosen 50 (other than portable power, auto, 4K UHD TVs or health/fitness gadgets, which I'll cover separately) to tell you about. In no particular order, here are the first 10.
Supplement the video interviews with your parents for your family history documentary with still photos. Here's how to scan and repair these old snapshots.
Your emergency survival disaster prep should include food and water, but emergency power as well as safe scanning and storing or your digital photos and files.
You say you don't have a smart TV but would like one? Meet Roku's media streamer on a stick – no more set-top box. Also among today's top new gadgets is an overlay that turns an iMac into a touchscreen PC, an innovative wireless iPhone charging system and four compact Epson all-in-one printers.
Do you use your iPhone as an alarm clock but wish for an easier way to switch it to snooze? How about an HDTV with invisible surround speakers? Do you need a rugged full HD camcorder to video your extreme outdoor activities? We solve all these problems with this week's newest gadgets.
NFC will mean more than turning your phone into a fat mobile wallet – it's a technology that could become as common and as necessary as an on-off switch.
Nearly every gadget in your home has to be connected to something else via a cable to carry the audio, video, data or Internet information. Which cable connects which devices can be confusing, however. Here's a primer on the 10 most important cables you should be familiar with.
We all have complaints about how things work in our over-digitalized world. Here are some of our top gripes. And please tell us what your tech complaints are.
Apple has never ever exhibited at CES, but the company's presence nonetheless is felt all over the show floor, especially in the 300-plus iLounge booths, which represents around a tenth of all the CES exhibits. Amid the cases and bags, here are a half dozen iPhone/iPad/iPod gadget CES highlights.
Look ma, no wires – print wirelessly from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch via Wi-Fi to a new generation of Wi-Fi printers and Apple's AirPrint feature.