Imagine opening your wireless bill and finding a charge for $8,000. That’s exactly what happened …

Apple’s iPad will help sales of media tablets around the world hit 19.5 million units this year, according to a Gartner forecast out this week. Hot consumer demand will also prompt tablet sales to jump 181 percent to 54.8 million units next year, followed by 208 million units by 2014, projects Gartner. Gartner North American consumers will account for 61 …

Let’s say I own the box set of TV’s most criminally canceled show, “Firefly.” Now let’s say I want to watch some episodes on my iPhone. Or iPad. Or even just my laptop. Do I really have to spend more money to buy or rent them from Amazon or iTunes? Not if I have a good DVD ripper, which copies …