In this week’s ‘Tech Talk’ radio show — heard each week live on Montreal’s CJAD 800 — I chat with Intel’s Joe Ellis about the wide range of Windows 8-powered laptop-tablet hybrids and why they’re appealing. I also talk about other gadgets in time for the holidays.

With earthquakes and tsunami warnings in the west and Hurricane Sandy wreaking havoc in the east, people across Canada are asking themselves whether they’re prepared for emergency situations. Here are several products that can help you get through natural disasters.

With less than $50 in off-the-shelf parts hackers can instantly access millions of hotel rooms.

An engineer’s augmented-vision glasses lead to him getting assaulted by McDonald’s employees in Paris.

Sync was there for glimpse at the ‘modern office,’ available soon for multiple devices. Here’s what you need to know.

We store all kinds of personal, private data on our electronic devices, and a McAfee researcher has shown that some of them have a little trouble letting go of it.

What’s not to like about free anti-malware software — even if it’s Facebook that’s giving it away?

Security researchers warn of potentially fatal security flaws in medical implants and devices.

A Java security exploit has pointed out that Mac OS computers, while safer than Windows PC’s, aren’t immune to malware. How should Mac users respond?

Android’s lock pattern keeps out even the FBI.