Alex L. Goldfayn

"I am currently located in Ramadi, Iraq, and have been here for the last three years," wrote an American military contractor last month in an e-mail. "Obviously, heading out to...

Like to tinker? Sixteen-year-old Evanston resident Joseph Pantoga does. Last year, using a 9-volt battery, an Altoids tin and a FireWire cable, he built a mobile charger for his iPod...

As a lifelong die-hard Chicago Bears fan, I've never been more excited--and frustrated. My team is going to the Super Bowl, but almost nobody outside of Chicago thinks it can...

It was the busiest, most exciting week of the year for technology. In Las Vegas, the hugely hyped International Consumer Electronics Show offered a look into the industry's future. As...

For more than a decade, professor David Williamson Shaffer has been trying to change the world, one video game at a time. And he has his work cut for him....

Carroll McMahon didn't think she was buying her son a dangerous toy when she paid twice the list price on eBay for a Nintendo Wii so it would be under...

The job is too small. Not to us. I don't have time. But I'm going to pay you. Call a plumber. No. It's a tile repair job. For several months...

Dan Lewis is a big-time movie buff. So when he's ready to watch, he sits down in front of his living room entertainment system with his all-in-one remote control and...

"You're so hard to shop for," the women in my life say to me about this time of year, every year. My wife and my mom think I buy myself...

Last week's column about my two-year search-and-acquisition mission for a high-definition television generated such an avalanche of e-mail. Q. You didn't list the model of TV you bought. You mentioned...