Memorial Day is an opportune holiday weekend to get the jump on some great deals on larger items like HDTVs and home office and media furniture. We've collected a few notable discounts from Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel for home office furnishing and accessories, while also finding a few hefty discounts on last year's models high-end HDTVs from Samsung and LG. And how about a handful of free eBooks over at Amazon?

Shooting outside on a bright, sunny day can yield some great photos (especially during magic hour). But if you’re using your DSLR’s LCD display to judge the quality of your photos while you’re out in the field, you’re probably not getting the most accurate preview of what your photos will eventually look like. What you need is a LCD hood or viewfinder...

It's funny to think that it wasn't all too long ago when consumer audio was a wholly mechanical and analog experience. Designer Neil Stevens series Don't Forget the Cassette takes us back to a time when sharing music was all about pressing "play+record".

Just 19 years old, sirbyrd set out to build his friend a pair of desktop speakers of his own design using solid walnut and scrap plywood, creating a handsome cabinet design more distinct than anything you'd see at your local home electronics retailer...

How many of us have to leave a beloved cat or dog at home while we're toiling away at work? The Petcube was designed to give pet owners a virtual connection from our beloved furred ones from afar, a pet monitoring device designed to connect to a home Wi-Fi network and allow pet owners to call out to their tailed companion, control a laser for remote entertainment, and even take and share photos of a pet to share with others while away from home...

By now most people have at least heard of Vine, the app which lets users capture 6-second looping videos to share. Like most new apps, it has taken awhile for users to build and roll out tools for browsing content and creatively expanding its use. Here are some sites and tips to help new and seasoned Vine users get more out of what has become one of my favorite apps...

While the wide array of apps showcased on the show floor of Google I/O's Developer's Sandbox was expected, a car in the middle of the floor was not. The shiny new luxury coupe wasn't there just for show, but for hands-on demonstrations illustrating an innovative new integration with Google Maps and other social apps...

It was about a year ago to this day we first previewed the Leap, a small USB peripheral we described as a "Microsoft Kinect for your computer monitor". Funny we said that, as now with the wide availability of Microsoft's Windows 8, the possibilities of using motion tracking gestures with Windows tile-based UI seem like a perfect fit...

Building your own desk can range from super easy ("buy 4 IKEA legs and pick out a table top") to more advanced DIY projects requiring woodworking skills and proper tools. In either case and everything inbetween, half the work is done when you've got all your resources planned out...