Tech

iPhones now alert you when any of your saved passwords may have been compromised without you knowing.

The newest littoral combat ship will be called the USS Beloit to honor the city's contributions to the navy and the country's national security.

It's already in Illinois (Chicago, for now), and it may not be long before Amazon Prime members in Rockford can be on the receiving end of a "trunk delivery."

That was the question my 24 year old son Spencer asked me yesterday as he looked at some really cool video of a new type of wall-climbing called "Augmented Climbing."

In 1975, there was some excitement brewing in our house. We were getting a new TV, right before the Super Bowl. My dad, who had grown tired of our 19-inch, (semi) color TV that had a vertical hold problem, had decided it was time for a 21-inch color console TV...

I was born in 1963, 37 years before the beginning of the 21st century, and I vividly recall reading about what the future had in store for us. By now, we were supposed to have flying cars. We were also supposed to be sending manned space flights all over our solar system...

I love my smartphone. If you have one, you probably do too. Sales figures show that the entire world feels that way, with the number of people who own them growing by leaps and bounds. I saw an commercial the other day pitching the latest technology with a shatter-proof screen (having had that happen, I appreciate the tech)...

Of all the great innovations that TV has introduced to sports coverage, my vote would be for instant replay. No, not the instant replay that's being used across the sports spectrum to correct/confirm calls by the officials, but rather the concept of seeing something that just happened all over again...

When I read that Japan has just opened the world's first (for now) hotel staffed by robots, I thought to myself, "It's about time! I hope there's a robot velociraptor working the front desk, because otherwise it might not be as cool." As the photo above would indicate, there is a velociraptor working the front desk, and it talks...

We've just passed Mother's Day, and Father's Day will be here before you know it (June 21st). Buying gifts for dad is decidedly different than buying for mom, as many of you already know. Forget the ties! I think I speak for most dads when I say that we would rather be hosed down (as shown above) than add another necktie to our already burgeoning collection...