Michael is a born Texan and a former graphic designer. He's been covering technology in general and Android in particular since 2011. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and ...

If you've ever came across that trapezoidal port on the back of your DVD player or TV and thought, what the heck is that, you're probably not alone. Though once a popular way to transmit digital sound ...

It was once the most high-tech and futuristic feature you could find: Transmit sound — with light! Lasers! A cable not of copper, but glass! Except, it was almost never glass, and was usually ...

Geoffrey Morrison is a writer/photographer about tech and travel for CNET, The New York Times, and other web and print publications.… Read full bio However, if you have an optical cable gathering dust ...