Editor's Desk

Steve Jobs Announces 'Medical Leave' from Apple

Noah Robischon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:21:49 -0500

Apple has confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs is taking a six-month leave of absence and putting Tim Cook in charge of day-to-day operations for the company. Jobs' internal e-mail is copied below.

Dell Adamo, Rival to MacBook Air, Pictured in the Wild

Noah Robischon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:01:57 -0500

Brian Solis has posted several top-notch photos of the Dell Adamo. Still no technical specs available on Dell's MacBook Air competitor, but it sure does look pretty.

10 Tiny Pico Projectors that Fit in the Palm of Your Hand [Photo Gallery]

Noah Robischon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:31 -0500

When I first heard about "Pico" projectors two years ago, I figured the teensy handheld photo and video projectors were vaporware. But then last year the first wave of these ultra-portable beauties, many less than an inch thick, began throwing light at CES. And now there are a slew of different projectors from Dell, Toshiba, Acer, BenQ, Samsung and BUGlabs that use the DLP Pico chipset and connect to laptops, iPhones and other portable media devices. Here are 10 of the tiny-but-mighty Pico products that you'll be losing in your lint drawer soon.

Ann Curry Does Some 'Inductive Coupling' on TODAY

Noah Robischon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:20:46 -0500

The intrepid Paul Hochman, author of our wireless electricity feature, was on TODAY this morning cracking geek jokes with Ann Curry. He also demonstrated a few of the wireless electricity gadgets mentioned in his story. Worth watching, if only to hear Curry's candid admission about her sex life.

Seven Innovations From The MacWorld Keynote

Noah Robischon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:38:56 -0500

Apple announced an impressive number of advances today at MacWorld, everything from facial recognition to advanced drag and drop video editing. But which of these software upgrades are truly innovative and which ones are simply Apple's 'improvements' on what's already been done?

1. Facial Recognition