Tech Tips You Should Know, But Don't

'T-rays' provide speeds 20 times faster

(NEWSER) - Japanese scientists have set a whopping record for wireless data speeds—20 times faster than typical WiFi—by using an unconventional part of the electromagnetic spectrum known as the "T-ray" band. The researchers were able to transmit data at 3 gigabytes per second. "T-ray" technology could eventually lighten the load on lower WiFi frequencies that have become jam-packed by data-hungry consumers, reports BBC . More»

Company offers a peek at Project Glass

(NEWSER) - That report in the New York Times several weeks ago was right on the money: Google is working on a pair of "eyeglasses" that functions as a computer of sorts. The company today unveiled Project Glass with a post on Google Plus , notes PCMag.com . A person straps on the glasses, and texts, emails, weather, you name it, shows up in the field of vision. And look out, Siri, it's voice-activated. They're not for sale yet, but the company is starting to test the glasses in public, adds the Times , which says the concept can theoretically work on contact lenses, too. More»

Our keyboards need that tweak and a few others

(NEWSER) - The computer keyboard may be an essential tool of daily life, but everybody is driven nuts by at least one aspect of it, writes Matthew J.X. Malady at Slate . He offers some suggested tweaks: More»

Economists try to put a value on PCs in America

(NEWSER) - You can scope out the price tag of a Mac or PC at any given electronics hawker, but how much are computers really worth to us? Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta actually tried tackling that question, and they came up with $500 billion—or, on average about $1,700 per person. That's equal to about 5% of total consumer spending in 2009, reports the Wall Street Journal . More»

...and other lessons David Pogue learned in 10 years of writing about tech

(NEWSER) - David Pogue has been writing a personal-tech column for the New York Times for a whopping 10 years. As most of us give thanks today, he gives us a list—of the biggest tech lessons he's learned in the last decade.

• There's no such thing as the iPhone killer: "Listen, dudes: the history of consumer tech is branching, not replacing." Don't believe him? Has the TV killed the radio? Has the DVD squashed the movie theater? He sees a future that includes both printed books and e-books. "Things don’t replace things; they just add on."