By Adriana Lee |
The jaded among us might think people are generally untrustworthy, but is that how most of us really feel? You wouldn’t know it based on our behavior en masse: We make our whereabouts known via social networking or geo-locating apps. We bid on strangers’ items…
By Emily Price |
Vintage Buffalo is a weekly feature here at TechnoBuffalo where we take a look at our old gadgets, why we bought them, and what made us replace them. Are you like us and hanging on to some gadget relics of the past? Submit your story…
By Adriana Lee |
Every once in a while, an idea comes along that’s so stunningly simple, and yet so incredibly clever, you’ve just got to slap your forehead and say, “Now why didn’t I think of that?” When the TechnoBuffalinos saw the ZooGue BinderPad, it grabbed our attention.…
By Killian Bell |
Ofcom, the independent regulator of the U.K.’s communication industry, has issued a report in which it trounces the dishonorable advertising of British broadband providers, revealing that the majority of companies regularly mislead their customers with advertised broadband speeds much faster than they can ever actually…
By Sean P. Aune |
Do you have a burning question about tech? Well, it’s time to ask Jon Rettinger and hear him answer one of your pressing queries on video. Until 2 PM PST on Friday, July 29th, leave a comment with your question for him, and then you’ll…
By Sean P. Aune |
If you’ve been toying with the idea of cutting your cable – such as our own Noah Kravitz – you had better be ready to wait eight days to watch any Fox network shows via the Internet. Beginning Aug. 15th, just before the fall 2011…
By Jon Rettinger |
Apple is claiming that the new MacBook Air is faster than the previous version, but I say I’ll be the final judge of that. Just strictly comparing the specs of both, it looks like the claim should be true, but everyone knows real-world tests are where it…
By Mike Perlman |
On Monday, I was shipped out to the Big Apple to cover a Jane’s Addiction concert sponsored by LG, including an opportunity to interview the band about whatever I wanted. As a teen that was vacuumed into the grunge and rock vortex of the 90’s,…
By Killian Bell |
Those of you eagerly anticipating the release of HTC’s Evo 3D on the Vodafone network may want to prepare yourselves for disappointment before you read on. Following a number of delays from HTC, Vodafone has decided to drop what would have been the U.K.’s second…
By Sean P. Aune |
The iPhone 5 is on everyone’s minds since Apple skipped the usual early summer launch; those anxious for an upgrade want to see what exactly it is they’re stretching out their currently aging handsets for. As seems to happen before every major mobile Apple product…
By Noah Kravitz |
What has the world come to when a giant consumer electronics company sees fit to throw a press event in honor of a software update? Oh, wait, that one fruity company has been doing that for years. It’s called marketing. Okay, nevermind, my surprise was…
By Emily Price |
Oh Walkman, how you’ve changed. Sony just announced three new additions to its Walkman line of music players. The players update its A, S, and E lines, and all include a karaoke mode, language learning function and bookmarking. They also also have a SensMe feature,…
By Killian Bell |
The controllers we use to play our games consoles currently take on a variety of forms. There’s the good old-fashioned handheld controller that comes bundled with our PlayStation or Xbox, those that focus on motion like the Wii remote or PlayStation Move, and even those…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Motorola Xoom launched on Feb. 24th on Verizon with a promise of a free upgrade to 4G LTE to come within weeks. Weeks turned into months, and is now closing in on half a year. At long last Xoom owners have received an email according to…
By Emily Price |
It may not be available in the U.S. Yet, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from selling a whopping 5 million Galaxy S II handsets in the past 85 days. That number makes it the fastest selling Galaxy device to date (The original Galaxy S took…
By Killian Bell |
Following yesterday’s news that Windows Phone Mango is now available to manufacturers, details of HTC’s first Mango handset — the Omega — have been published by Gadgetian, with suggestions it could be ready for launch this fall. The Omega is said to sport a 3.8-inch…
By Sean P. Aune |
Everywhere you turn these days there is someone talking about Android. And while we all talk about it on a constant basis, and snatch up phone after phone that runs on it, what do you know about it? Do you know what it’s based on?…
By Sean P. Aune |
We’ve all seen those videos of people dancing in various Apple Store locations, and haven’t you ever wondered why no one says anything to them about stopping? Sure, every once in awhile it seems someone gives them a sideways glance, but very little actually happens.…
By Joey Davidson |
Minecraft 1.8 will feature, among a ton of other additions, new mobs. The Adventure Update, as it’s now being called, is looking to be the creepiest, weirdest and most epic update fans have seen in a long time. Markus “Notch” Persson posted the screenshot you…
By Killian Bell |
Forget buttonless mice with their fancy gestures — this X Mark I Mouse Slim from Canon has more buttons than you ever thought could fit on top of your desktop mouse and it’s coming to the U.S. It’s a three-in-one device that combines a calculator,…
By Sean P. Aune |
We put out the call for questions last week, and as always you had a bunch of them! Jon went through and selected a handful of them to answer, and as with all episodes of Ask the Buffalo now, you can see them first on…
By Sean P. Aune |
Now here’s something we don’t see every day: A listing of what phones Sprint is about to retire. While it is not at all unusual to speculate on when new phones are coming to a carrier, one thing you don’t see discussed very often is when said…
By Sean P. Aune |
The day Windows Phone fans have been waiting for as Windows Phone Mango has reached its RTM (released to manufacturing) date. This does not, however, mean that you will see it showing up on your phones within the next 24 hours. As they said on…
By Killian Bell |
Apple’s latest MacBook Airs haven’t even been on store shelves a week yet, but already there’s talk that a 15-inch notebook will be joining Apple’s ultraportable notebook family. It’s unclear where the device might actually fit into the company’s notebook line, but according to MacRumors,…
