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Asus Adds Touch to Netbook Lineup
Asus kicked off the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show by combining touchscreen tablet capabilities with its broad netbook line. Also on the menu: a revamped Lamborghini-styled notebook, as well as one with a secondary display.
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SanDisk Announces Rock Band 2 Wii Card
And Wii do, too. The Rock Band franchise shows no signs of stopping, and SanDisk is jumping on the juggernaut with branded SD storage cards for Nintendo's leading game console.
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Garmin's Free Add-On Saves Gas and Money
Launched at CES, ecoRoute is a free software update for Garmin nüvi GPS units that will, in addition to the traditional shortest and fastest routes, suggest routes that use "less fuel".
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WowWee Launches Bots and Pico Projectors(!)
The robotics toy company branches out into home theater and mobile entertainment.
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Apple's Macworld Surprise Is the Software
Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller kicked off the Macworld show Tuesday with a keynote focusing on a new 17-inch Macbook Pro that looked quite good, along with new versions of iLife and iWork. But the most immediate impact to consumers may be how Apple has killed iTunes's DRM.
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Neutrano's WristFone Makes Calls On Your Wrist
An interesting new startup promises they'll get their watch on store shelves, too, so you'll have an easier time finding it. But if you want that Dick Tracy concept watch, Neutrano's WristFone is worth checking out.
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How Apple Made a Non-Removable Battery Sound Awesome
When is a non-removable battery a good thing? Apparently, when Apple says it is.
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Analysis: Apple Finally Kills DRM
Effective immediately, iTunes songs will no longer have restrictions. It's about time.
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Logitech Lays Off 15 Percent of Employees
Logitech, the world's largest computer mouse maker, said it plans to cut 15 percent of its salaried workforce and withdrew its fiscal 2009 financial targets, citing deepening global recession.
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Half-Terabyte Drives Move Mainstream
Three top storage manufactures unveiled enhancements to their product lines this week, all sharing one common number: 500-Gbytes.
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HTC Announces S743 Smartphone
HTC's new smartphone is a powerful, sexy alternative for people who prefer QWERTY keyboards to touch screens.
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D-Link Promises Fastest 11n Router Ever
In addition to new routers, the home networking company promises new cameras, new storage, and a unique companion monitor for your PC.
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Shure Adds Bass (and Color) to Earphones
The SE115 earphone looks—and sounds—different than previous Shure offerings.
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Toshiba's Consumer Laptops Get WiMAXed Out
Though there's no new news for Toshiba products on the business front, the manufacturer announced incremental upgrades to its Qosmio, Satellite, and Portégé lines.
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From Hard Drives, Iomega Moves to Servers
Iomega's inexpensive and easy-to-use entry in the home server market targets mainstream consumers.
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Best Buy to Sell Refurbished iPhones
Best Buy said on Tuesday it is selling refurbished versions of Apple's iPhone 3G at its stores that are priced about $50 less than new iPhones. The plan is to lure discount shoppers into its stores, and defuse some of the momentum from a similar plan from rival Wal-Mart.
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'Biggest Year in Xbox History' for Microsoft's Console
Microsoft sold 28 million units worldwide of its Xbox 360 video game console through the end of 2008, expanding the Xbox's lead over rival Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 console in worldwide unit sales, the company said on Monday.
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Study: Kids Try to Be Cool on MySpace
More than half of teenagers mention risky behaviors such as sex and drugs on their MySpace accounts, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Unfortunately, they haven't quite grasped how permanent an Internet record can be.
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Pharos Announces New Unlocked GPS Smartphone
Traveler 137 Works With T-Mobile, AT&T 3G.
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Hands On with Phoenix's Hyperspace Pre-Boot Shell
Why wait for Windows to boot? Work in a Linux shell instead. We dissect this customized Linux environment that can be downloaded and installed on a PC. It does the job, but with limitations.
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