Anthony Myers

Steve Jobs famously left Apple for nearly a decade in the 90s, but when he returned, he not only helped revive the company he founded, he also donated a trove of Apple documents and photos to Stanford University's Silicon Valley Archives. In 1997, Stanford took charge of what was to become an Apple museum, and turned two truckloads of books, software, videotapes and more into Stanford's Apple Collection.

A small group of committed programmers has taken it upon themselves to build a central network for Occupy groups and protesters around the world, Wired reported on its Threat Level blog. It's partly a function of not wanting Facebook to have access to private activist messages, but it's also an attempt to simplify communications among the many groups.

Although the PS Vita doesn't come out until mid-February, it's not too soon to compare it to its closest competitor to see how it measures up.

When Apple first partnered with Intel to include Thunderbolt ports on the MacBook Pro, they may or may not have known how much interest the technology would generate in the computer world. In 2012, Thunderbolt looks to make a bigger splash by making its way onto several different PC platforms.

A recent solar storm will begin whipping around the Earth's magnetic fields Dec. 28 and it will cause unusually bright auroras, but also potentially cause radio blackouts.

A Danish coffee machine maker is ready to launch an iOS powered coffee maker called the TopBrewer in January, and it's the epitome of modern living if not a minimalist dream. Made by a company called Scanomat, the TopBrewer machine sits under a counter top with only one stainless steel neck curving out above the surface. It can be powered by an iPhone or iPad and makes up to four cups per minute, complete with milk foamer and self-cleaning dispenser.

Two of T-Mobile's best devices are made by HTC, the Sensation 4G and the Amaze 4G. They are the same size, nearly the same price and both run the Android system, so you have to look closely to see what separates them.

Christmas 2011 came and went without a new iPad, but if you're still thinking of gifting yourself a new tablet a la after Christmas sales, check out the Acer Iconia A500 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both are 10-inch Android powered tablets, but the Iconia is cheaper by $100.

As T-Mobile gets ready to bring the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone to its lineup, the Microsoft system at the core of the device has seen its app store grow to 50,000 available apps. This is the number of apps published, and there have been around 6,000 apps pulled by the developers or Microsoft for a variety of reasons tech blog All About Windows Phone reported.

RadioShack is offering the Evo Design 4G and Motorola Photon 4G from Sprint at big discounts for their after Christmas sale this year. If you are signing a new two year contract with Sprint, RadioShack will give you an Evo Design 4G for free or a Motorola Photon 4G for $50. These are Web only prices, and it changes if you are renewing your contract or adding a line to your existing one.

A star-forming juggernaut of a galaxy has been discovered at a distance few other galaxies of any kind have ever been found, researchers led by a University of Tokyo team announced. The galaxy existed around 750 million years after the Big Bang, a time known as the cosmic dawn because it was such an early time in the universe's history.

Target has plenty of electronics goodies on sale after Christmas this year, and many of them are simple $20 off deals, but here's what you need to know.

LG's G2x is $100 on contract from T-Mobile, but Best Buy is selling the device for free as part of their Christmas sale this year. All of the major U.S. carriers offer phone deals through Best Buy, but both the LG G2x and the Nexus S are available now for free.

After Christmas is great time to catch some last minute sales or cash in your gift cards, but it's also time to add some apps to your new Nook Color or Nook Tablet.

NASA released the image of a Christmas wreath shaped nebula, and the infrared light given off is even the right color of green with nearby stars looking like silver bell decorations.

Korean electronics giant LG has announced they are ready to show off a 55 OLED TV Panel only a few millimeters thick. At five millimeters thick, the new panel is said to be able to achieve a contrast ratio of over 100,000:1 and be able to produce more colors than LCD panels.

What we don't know; what the iPad 3 will look like. What we do know; it should be here before Spring. If you can't wait that long, consider buying the Asus Eee Pad Transformer.

Sprint may not have the selection of premium devices available from Verizon, but they do have the iPhone 4S and the Motorola Photon 4G. If you are a Sprint customer and you are wondering what the difference is between these two $200 devices, you are in the right place.

Toshiba Thrive is not the sexiest 10-inch tablet out there, but it's got a few things the iPad doesn't. It's about $100 cheaper than iPad at Best Buy, and you get 16 gigabytes of on-board storage with it. iPad 2 starts at $500 for the 16 gigabyte version, and it's about twice as thin as the Thrive, though the screen is slightly smaller

Transformer Prime is a 10-inch beast compared to Kindle Fire because it's larger, more powerful and brand spanking new. So new in fact, it's not out yet except for a few pre-orders that have shipped. Prime will have missed many holiday shoppers, but that could be a boon to the Kindle Fire because it's widely available and for less than half the price.

Similar names, only $50 difference in price. You have to look close to see the difference between the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet and Nook Color. The main difference is technical, and so it amounts to a little more horse power and battery power for the $250 Nook Tablet.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to completion after the primary mirrors passed a crucial test, the space agency announced Dec. 21. Webb is the successor to the Hubble Telescope, and once in place, it will be able to peer into the very earliest galaxies at the edge of the known universe.

Watching videos and movies on your table computer should be fun and the images displayed shouldn't have to suffer from poor resolution. The screen is already smaller than a laptop or HDTV, so why sacrifice image quality as well. iPad 3 is rumored to ship with twice the resolution of iPad 2.

Tablet computers make great gifts, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime are two of the best. Both have been out for over six months now, so they can be found for around $400. Not a bad price for a 10-inch device. Both have front and rear-facing cameras, good resolution and run the Android system.

BlackBerry PlayBook tablets first went on sale for $200 back in early November and they didn't take long to sell out of stock at Best Buy and RadioShack. Now, Research In Motion, the company that makes BlackBerry, has replenished supplies in time for last minute holiday shoppers, and after you get one you'll need some apps.

Now that Amazon is in the computer hardware business, it's only natural to wonder how their tech measures up to a heavyweight like Samsung. In order to tell if the Kindle Fire is better than the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, potential buyers should think about what it is they want to do with the device.

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland have found a new elementary particle, and the first discovered since the nearly $10 billion instrument first began searching for the Higgs Boson in early 2010.

Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime may be the best Android Tablet out there, but it's not so good people who want an iPad 2 are going to change their mind. Unless they are very open minded and have done more research than most, they may not even hear about the Transformer Prime.

Why not both? Oh, you don't have an extra $600 or $700 lying around, eh? You could wait until March or April next year to buy an iPhone 5 or buy a Samsung Galaxy Nexus this year.