tech

Japan’s NEC offers eyewear translator

TOKYO – Most eyewear improves vision or cuts through solar glare, but a new gadget from Japan may soon sharpen linguistic skills and cut down language barriers instead, inventors said Thursday.

tech

MORE FROM Tech

tech

Droid is a serious smart phone

Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple’s iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications.

tech

tech

Google wants businesses to ride Wave

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Wednesday pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity.

tech

tech

PayPal courts outside developers

PayPal has opened its software platform to outside developers in a move designed to unleash a flood of creative uses for the online financial transaction service.

tech

tech

Moving from XP to Windows 7

If you’re thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 from Windows XP, you’re not alone. Legions of individuals and businesses either skipped the Windows Vista upgrade or, once they had tried it, decided to revert back to XP.

tech