Ever since Owen Van Natta stepped down as CEO of MySpace last month, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding the future of the social networking site. Can it function with two co-presidents? Can it turn things around and restart its growth? Can it remake and re-imagine itself for today&#…

Beaming data with light is hardly a new thing , but lately we’ve seen a number of attempts at making it rather more usable and, more interesting, rather more speedy. We’re starting to get the feeling that those maybe/maybe not dangerous microwave-based systems have had their days numbered. The latest to beam bits…

That’s right, we just arrived in Barcelona fattened up on airline food and as rested as 8 hours of recirculated oxygen consumed at a 30-degree incline can provide. Weary? No way, we’re staring Mobile World Congress 2010 in the face, and if you’re a smartphone nerd (and really, what modern gadget fan isn’t?) then …

What’s less romantic: Buying something practical or buying something generic? Roses are right out. But can a gadget be sweet? First thing’s first: I’m a guy. So I’m going to speak to my fellow men here. If the demographic reports are the least bit true, men make up the majority of our readership here. …

As you can probably imagine, Engadget HQ has been boiling over with heated discussion of Apple’s new iPad today. Love it or hate it (and a lot of you seem to hate it), it’s hard not to see it as a pretty bold statement of what Apple thinks general-purpose computing should look like …

Only way to interpret the launch of the iPad? Apple has declared the PC dead. Well-crafted but closed devices are their future of consumer computing. And if no one else can match the iPad experience, they may be right. “In many ways this defines our vision, our sense of what’s next.” – …

A lot of people are psyched about the iPad . Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it. It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would want to do. Updated Big, Ugly Bezel Have you seen the bezel on this thing?! It’s …

Apple might think it’s going to change the world tomorrow with some sort of crazy tablet , but we’re here to tell you that the world has already changed . American humans will soon be able to buy a product called “Puppy Tweets,” a product actually designed, tested, and released by the Mattel corporation…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Apple is supposedly set to introduce a tablet device (AKA the Apple Tablet , iSlate , etc.) at its latest event that will change the lives of every man, woman, and child on the planet. Sure, it could just be a fresh …

The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr , where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. Did you know that it’s been nearly twenty years since the first website was placed online ? Have you ever thought…