There are a handful of gadgets that do one thing so well that they become cult classics long after the company that made them has moved on or closed up shop. [This Does Not Compute] takes us through ...

We in the gee-whiz high-tech world tend to forget some basic things about life. For instance, we have been conditioned to want computers that can do everything, no matter how little we actually do.

History will always have its in-between technologies — that stuff that tides us over while the Next Big and Lasting Thing is getting the kinks worked out of it. These kinds of devices often do one ...

The AlphaSmart Neo2 is a portable word processor that was released nearly two decades ago as a device that provides a distraction-free writing experience without all the extra stuff that comes with a ...

Dana maker AlphaSmart Inc. and K-12 learning information system developer Renaissance Learning Inc. have announced plans to merge. Under the terms of the agreement, valued at about US$57 million, ...