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Driving App Lets You Know If You're A Demon Or A Granny On The Road

A new iPhone app uses the device's accelerometers and other sensors to work out how safely you're driving. Fortuitous timing, as it's just emerged that Apple is the world's second-biggest buyer of these sorts of tiny sensors.READ»

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Apple Files Patent for Swiveling, Touchscreen iMac

As with all patent filings, we shouldn't be tempted into thinking this touchscreen iMac is necessarily real. But man, is it tempting.READ»

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Cell-Phone Tech Uses Accelerometer to Spy on Employees

Just occasionally, a bit of gear comes out that makes you wonder just whose side technology is on. And none more than this cell-phone idea from the R&D geeks at KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's biggest cell-phone makers. Spyware ...READ»

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Adidas miCoach Pacer Review: Interactive Fitness for Casual Marathoners

For the past three weeks I've been testing out Adidas' miCoach Pacer, the newest entrant in the increasingly crowded field of interactive activity monitors. Personal training gadgets have been around for years, but the category has ...READ»

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MIT Uses Smartphone Sensors to Improve Red Sox Players' Performances

Can researchers pinpoint what's keeping Josh Beckett from being pitch-perfect or keep Daisuke Matsuzaka from getting re-injured?READ»