Was it only a decade ago that a blackberry was a mere summer fruit? That green was, well, a color, and reality TV was that one show sandwiched between music videos on MTV? ...more

December 26, 2009

Even bird counting is feeling the impact of digital technology. Some 50 volunteers will be armed with some of the latest gear when they take to the field Jan. 2 for the West Pasco Audubon Society annual Christmas season bird count. ...more

December 23, 2009

Plugged in (electronics) •DVD players: Standard movies look awful on a big HDTV because the resolution is so low. New Blu-ray players are the way to go, especially since other formats bit the dust. Fair models cost less than $150. Pictured: a Panasonic portable Blu-ray player. ...more

December 6, 2009

For the second time this summer, Tampa is king of the iPhone app world. The Inner Four software company again holds the No. 1 most downloaded spot on the Apple iPhone charts, this time with another gimmick. ...more

September 10, 2009

Add HSN to the list of companies jumping on the Apple iPhone bandwagon. Over the weekend, the St. Petersburg retailer's app on the iPhone went live after many months in software development and many weeks in review by Apple programmers. ...more

August 17, 2009

Thursday turned out to be an awful day for a breakdown at AT&T wireless. The high-speed wireless network at AT&T broke down across several west Florida counties early Thursday morning, just as hordes of Apple iPhone customers went to upgrade their phone operating system with new features. ...more

June 19, 2009

Today turned out to be an awful day for a breakdown at AT&T wireless. The same day hordes of Apple iPhone customers went to upgrade their phone operating system with new features – the high-speed wireless network at AT&T broke down across West Florida. ...more

June 18, 2009

The Apple iPhone and the Amazon Kindle get most of the attention these days when it comes to new technogadgets. But just under the radar, a few interesting doodads lurk. Here are a few: ...more

March 23, 2009

The Apple iPhone and the Amazon Kindle get most of the attention these days when it comes to new technongadgets. But just under the radar, a few interesting doodads lurk. Here are a few: ...more

March 16, 2009

At least one of more than 14,000 special applications available for the Apple iPhone was born in Brandon. ...more

February 11, 2009