Maybe you've got a nice new ultra-zoom camera and you're just dying to try it out. Maybe you're an aspiring (or actual) celebrity photographer aiming to turn a few bucks by exploiting people's privacy. Well, don't mess with Roman Abramovich: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has a rather curious new addition built in to his latest oversized yacht. The 557-foot boat Eclipse, the price tag of which has almost doubled since original plans were drawn to almost $1.2 billion, set sail this week with a slew of show-off features, from two helipads, two swimming pools and six-foot movie screens in all guest...

If you've used online photo services such as AOL Pictures, Sony's ImageStation and countless other smaller-named sites, you're no doubt familiar with the problem of data loss and data migration. These sites held your data (your photos) and when they went under, they had to remove it from their servers. Giving your data back to you in the form of disks and high-res downloads would have cost these services money - which they didn't have, of course, because they were bankrupt. And so, in some cases, you were confronted with the most perverse outcome imaginable: paying for your pictures! This is...

After you've figured out how to spy on your kids and exercise near-dictatorial control over your child's video game console, you've got to worry about the Internet. We'll address viruses and other threats in the future, but for now, let's marvel at the example of one John Sawyers. He is, by all accounts, an amiable chap. His Facebook account has photos of him wearing a Santa hat, cavorting shirtless on the beach, and generally having a good time with his family. His wife has generously detailed family activities on the popular social networking site to keep friends and family up-to-date...

In the dark corners of every American garage, attic or closet lies piles of antiquated electronics. With the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, it's likely that some old TVs will be making their way to these dark corners as well. While fun for all, gadgets and electronics are chock full of toxic chemicals and components like mercury. Dump these into a common landfill - as was, until recently, the regular practice - and these chemicals will eventually leach into the ground causing who knows what kind of environmental damage. So don't toss your gadgets - recycle them. Of course,...

I just discovered this really cool site that will make all of us tech confused dads look not so tech confused. Animoto.com lets you create these amazing custom music videos from your photos in just a few minutes. They have an awesome 60 second demo on the site that shows you how quick and easy it is to turn your photos into movie trailer like productions. Check out the samples on the site to see the endless possibilities. They have options from free videos, to $3 per video pricing to $30 for a year of endless videos. The site is cool...