Symmetric Engineering Group

By NICK BILTON Is it a plane? Is it a car? No, it’s a super flying car-plane! If you’ve ever had the burden of trying to decide between driving or flying to work, soon you’ll be able to do both. Terrafugia, a company based in Woburn, Mass., is buildi… more »

By ERIC A. TAUB There are a large number of antitheft software applications designed to protect laptops, smartphones and now, iPads. When your device is stolen, the application, which runs in the background when possible, does things like report its lo… more »

By STEFANIE OLSEN David Poger had planned to buy his daughter Maya a cellphone when she was 15 and in high school, but last year he and his wife caved when she was 11. “There was a lot of nagging and pleading,” said Mr. Poger, who lives in St. Louis,… more »

Every now and then, that little icon appears in the system tray. And our reaction is predictable: "Oh, there's an update for my computer. Ugh. Do I have to? It's going to slow me down. I don't have time to reboot. Just leave me alone!" Indeed, updating… more »

By NICK BILTON AT&T announced Wednesday that it will start offering metered data plans for mobile device users rather than a $30 all-you-can-use monthly plan. For people who use less than 200 megabytes of data a month, the price of the new plan i… more »