Filed under: Etc., I.C.E., Tech, Ford In the near future, Ford vehicles may fire back a retort if you get cheesed off enough to yell at the car. According to the details of a patent filing, Ford is working on an Emotive Advisory System (EAS) that simulates emotions when interacting with occupants, a...

While the world waits for a tried-and-true navigation app from Apple, XRoad is taking advantage of the situation by offering up its G-Map app in the interim. Kicking Tires decided to take the new software for a spin, and while the map quality took a pretty harsh beating, the overall offering was hig...

It seems like it was my first day on the job; I don't remember -- sometime in that early era of my career with GateHouse Media -- Boston.com linked to a story on a GateHouse New England Web site. It was about a murder and a GateHouse reporter had the scoop. The link from the Boston.com home pag...

Section: Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation If living off of coconuts and fish for a year or two doesn’t sound like your idea of an extreme vacation, check out this new personal locator beacon called Fast Find.  Today, adventurers have many options in locator beacons and they seem to keep ge...

If you run a small town, local community newspaper site, the most important page on your server is your home page. Take a look at your stats: More than 50 percent, and maybe as much 70 percent of your Web traffic flows to your home page. Now, some people who think they understand SEO might step...

Everyone has heard of the 5 stages of grief that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.   I’ve come up with the 12 stages of the late salesman:   Nonchalant Shock (is that the time?) Rush (to get in t...

Lots of respectable geeks have been looking into their crystal balls, foreseeing the day, sometime soon, when Google Android, the Google OS for phones — the gPhone — moves up the developmental totem, jumping to the netbook, then to the laptop, and finally to the desktop, resulting in an integrat...

And it is certain that if ever you turn away from the Lord your Mio, and go after the Garmin, I bear witness to you today that destruction will overtake you. —Deuteronomy 8:19(ish) But no,......

A lot is always expected from Nokia seeing as it is still the number one handset manufacturer in the world, but this year has got to be its most stressful to date. A worldwide recession, ever increasing smartphone competition and lower prices combined with higher expectations across the board have s...

Section: Video, HDTV, Computers, Laptops, Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation, Imaging, Digital Cameras, Web, Websites, Features, Gadgetell Announcements, Originals Valentine’s Day, a holiday where we spend time with loved ones, and take them out to fancy dinners.  If your partner enjoys elec...