Was I too harsh with the Couple-IT concept?  They're design justification, remember, was that people don't necessarily want the ultimate in convergence, and that in fact are better served by task-specific devices; now, research consultancy firm In-Stat have found that yes, users do often prefer multiple gadgets and that the shift to convergence device adoption is unrealistically perceived by manufacturers pushing ... continued »

If you're like me, you've junked your watch and bedside alarm-clock in favour of your omnipresent cellphone - it wakes me in the morning, keeps me on track through the day and warns me when I've read too long at night.  But scientists are concerned that proximity to a powered-on cellphone when sleeping could actually disturb the deeper stages of ... continued »