Anthony Myers

iPad 3 will be here in March, but if waiting for Apple's newest tablet doesn't suit you, perhaps it's time to consider buying an Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. It's the same size display as the iPad 2 and even costs the same, $500.

Anyone considering one of these phones will likely not be considering the other, but because they are so different, it's kind of fun to see what separates them. First, iPhone 4S isn't even offered by T-Mobile, and that's the only place in the U.S. where you'll find the Nokia Lumia 710.

Acer's new 10-inch Android tablet will be available Jan. 15 in the U.S., so if you don't want to wait for the new iPad, you might want to head over to your local mom and pop electronics center and get your hands on one (Okay, corporate chain electronics store).

Only a few weeks after their target date of the end of 2011, AT&T has switched on their 4G LTE network in NYC and San Francisco among other places. Eleven cities got their new systems turned on Jan. 5, and that brings the total number of U.S. cities under the AT&T 4G network to 26.

A U.S. based research facility is the new home of three monkeys named Chimero, Roku and Hex, and they bear the distinction of being the first ever genetically modified monkeys. They were created in the lab using embryos of several individuals at the National Primate Research Center in Oregon.

Beginning Jan. 10 and lasting until Jan. 13, the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will officially kick off the year in tech, and give the world a preview of the must-have devices coming out this year.

Congress is working on a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act and it's meant to prevent copyright infringement and illegally spreading content through Web sites. The proposed bill is working its way through the House of Representatives and the Senate is working on a similar bill called the Protect IP Act.

South Korea is well known to have a nearly completely plugged-in society, but are they the most connected country in the world? As a percentage of the population, they are actually 15th. Every year, a Web site called Internet World Stats compiles the numbers of users across the globe and breaks them out into region, country and other demographics.

To shop online or just go to the store. Larry Downes over at Forbes.com has written a long story on why Best Buy is slowly killing its own business. Of course, Amazon comes up in the analysis because it's so easy to go to their site and buy the same things for less money. Or is it that easy?

An Antarctic undersea vent that spews superheated water into the icy sea is now known to be home to more animals than other, similar sea vents.

Now that a federal ruling has allowed the FBI to hook up a GPS device to a Missouri man's car without a warrant, will jack-booted thugs be coming in the night for the rest of us? That depends now on what the Supreme Court says about the practice, although they won't rule on the case until later this year.

A small telecommunications company wants to bring high speed Internet to San Francisco by installing nearly 200 5-by-4-by-2 foot utility boxes around the city. AT&T wants to do the same thing with its U-verse package.

Every year, a company called Glassdoor does employee surveys to find out who are the best companies to work for. The surveys are anonymous, so that could work for or against a particular company, but Glassdoor has made the results public every year for the last four.

Researchers say the never-before-seen crossbreeding could be an attempt by the fish to adapt to global warming.

The best tech doesn't have to cost a ton of cash to be considered the best, and that's especially true for webcams. If you're looking to upgrade or if you're shopping for one for the first time, check out the Logitech C615 for about $60.

Like many post-holiday gift-getters, you may be taking more time out of your day to take more pictures with your new glitzy smartphone. Smartphone cameras came a long way in 2011, to the point where digital point and shoot camera sales began falling off.

2012's first meteor shower promises to be quite brilliant because the moon will not be up to outshine the event. The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak Jan. 4, and unlike the Geminid shower in December 2011, it won't be hard to see because of a waning moon that gives off too much light interference.

Apple, BlackBerry, Amazon, Nook and Android all have their own application stores for their mobile devices, but one man in San Francisco plans to open an app store for robotics software.

We all know technology is advancing faster and faster, and every year, microchips get smaller and computers get more powerful. But, for consumer electronics, there are more specific trends we see than just faster and cheaper.

Happy New Year! Before we actually get to the new year and all its promise of new gadgets and fun electronics, let's take a quick look back at the things in 2011 that made us wince.

T-Mobile missed out on the iPhone, but they do have the HTC Amaze 4G, and it promises to take the Android vs Apple fight to another level. That's because it is one loaded smartphone, and the $200 on contract price backs that up nicely.

An interesting and possibly life saving new safety feature is to be offered on new Ford Fusions in 2012, and it will warn drivers if they begin to drift out of their lane. The car will debut at the North American International Auto Show in January and it's the first time the feature will be offered on a non-luxury car.

Lest you fear Verizon has gone mad with power by trying to charge people $2 for paying their bills online, take heart because the Interwebz have spoken. Less than 24 hours after news got around that Verizon was going to institute the convenience fee in January, the company has retracted the fee.

A new study shows wild chimpanzees consider their peers level of attention when deciding if they need to alert them of danger, the BBC reported. Researchers found wild chimps that saw a poisonous snake were more likely to make an "alert call" if they were near a chimp that had not seen the snake.

As you think about what the new year will bring in 2012, try to imagine a whole new way to interact with your mobile devices. It was only 2007 when Apple brought us the touchscreen smartphone, and now, a program called Senseye will enable people to control their devices with their eyes.

HTC, makers of smartphones and tablet computers like the Rezound, myTouch 4G, Sensation and Flyer, will now allow user access to the unlocked bootloader on their devices. That means anyone with the technical know how or desire to highly customize their device can now do so with a new software tool from HTC.

Verizon may be the largest U.S. mobile broadband supplier, but a series of network outages throughout December have plenty of customers on edge, and it's the kind of thing many customers won't forget. After all, it was just this kind of coverage issue that drove so many people from AT&T over to Verizon a year ago as AT&T slipped to the number two spot among U.S. teleco's.

Photography has long been a popular hobby for those who could afford quality cameras and had the free time to shoot what they wanted. With a point and shoot camera today, anyone can be a pro photographer, and the Canon Powershot S95 and Nikon Coolpix S3100 are great places to start. Both are lightweight, slim and take incredible stills and video.

Asus' Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet is having its must have moment in the sun. Due to its quad-core system and tech geek appeal, the Prime is an underground hit before it even hits the shelves. Some retailers have given a January 6 date for when they'll be available, but that isn't soon enough for many tablet crazed would-be buyers.