Author: Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY

Our annual list of the biggest bombs, misfires & greed puts Social Network on top, but Apple, Google, Amazon and others all have their place here too.

Amazon doesn’t have everything, other sites have better customer service and more liberal returns, the folks we spoke to said.

Talking Tech visits a giant Best Buy store in Costa Mesa, California to see what new tech items consumers are most interested in. By far, it was new TVs.

Walmart’s “Check out with Me,” service brings a personal checker throughout the store to get you out of holiday shopping lines.

In the wake of those massive California fires, we offer a weekend project to make sure you don’t lose everything in a disaster. Digitize everything and soon. Because you never know.

USA TODAY’S Jefferson Graham tells us why it’s important to fireproof your files and the best resources for digitizing personal documents.

Flagship stores refocused as education first, sales second, in bid to win customers for life.

Apple is one third of the way through a big remodel of its flagship Apple Stores. The latest is Santa Monica, in the Santa Monica Promenade.

Video chat device with always on microphone and camera can be perceived as a home monitor, but it’s the best video chat device we’ve ever seen.