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I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I think the problem is probably your tablet. These things cost $80 and have who-knows-what for components. There are issues with app compatibility and hardware quality built in. Could you ever get a network connection? It could be a bad radio in the device. It could be a firmware/driver issue.

Facebook is once again about to change up things, whether you like it or not. Hopefully the changes they are about to announce for New Feed will be for the better. Of course, one man's better is another man's worse. What would you like to see changed?

Jitsi is decent open source software. http://jitsi.org 

I use a lock screen on my phone, but I don't need or want it on my PC at home. Windows 8 puts a lock screen up whether I want it or not, and it just makes me have to skip it to get to my actual log-in. Is there a way to stop the lock screen from coming up every time?

I repeatedly hear a number of the same concerns about utilizing cloud services, some of which are valid, some maybe not so much. Compliance concerns is one that I run across often, and with some industries that have rigid statutory compliance standards, such as HIPAA for healthcare providers, it is indeed a serious issue.

I don't generally fly anymore, and I've never flown with a laptop before. I remember back in the days of film in cameras there was a concern that x-rays could damage the images. Is there anything to worry about with laptops and smartphones? I have to catch a flight for Christmas, and I don't want to risk damaging my stuff.

I have one tip that I learned the hard way, back when I was a young whippersnapper.  Don't treat conferences like fraternity parties.  It's so easy to meet a few people in the same field as you in the hotel bar, start talking shop, then realize it is 4:00a.m. and you have a $150 bar tab.

I came across a possible fix that might be worth a try.  I didn't come up with this, btw, so I can't promise it will work.  Back up your iPhone through iTunes, then disconnect the phone and turn it off.  Hold down home and use USB to connect to your computer and put it into recovery.

Those numbers posted by Christopher Nerney are eye opening - that's quite a lot of iPod Touches!  And if you assume that all of the 11 million sales in 2011 were the $299 version, that still works out to $3,271,060,000!  That sounds like enough revenue to justify a continued investment in the iPod Touch product line.

I was thinking about a new iPhone, but there has been a lot of talk about the maps being a mess. Are they really that jacked up, or is it just a question of needing a little more polish? Is it something that is significant enough to postpone a purchase?

Western Digital is releasing helium filled hard drives, and claims that they are superior to conventional HDDs in that they (1) use less power, and (2) offer increased capacity. Is this just a marketing ploy, or is this really the future of HDDs?

Another day, another java exploit. A new browser based exploit apparently lets attackers execute arbitrary code on client systems, and there is no patch available. From what I've read, the vulnerability exists in JRE 1.7 or later, but 1.6 or earlier is ok.