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The First iPhone 4S Reviews Are In: With "Siri" The "New" Apple Phone Is "Better" Than Ever

The iPhone 4S, officially due to arrive in consumers' hands on Friday, has already been given a thorough test by hand-picked reviewers. What did they conclude? Let's take a look at the word cloud.READ»

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Rumor Patrol: Apple And The iPhone 5

Apple's next iPhone is imminent (or is it?), so the rumor mill is spinning up to high speeds again ... here are the most interesting bits and the results of our submitting them to the sniff test.READ»

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Apple Roundup: iPhone On Sprint, New Macs, Cheap iPhone, iPhone 5 Parts And Dates, LTE iPhones Tested, Retina iPads In-Bound

August is traditionally a slow news month for tech, but with its revised iPhone launch schedule Apple's still turning up plenty of rumors--along with fascinating hints at future Macs.READ»

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A New Camouflaged Camera Gets Up Close To Nature

The magi-cam is a robotic and mirrored surveillance device that most animals can't even see--taking advantage of many species' lack of sense of self.READ»

Goodbye, Video Bootlegs: Future iPhones May Stop You From Filming Movies And Live Performances

Drop that iPhone! An Apple patent application is stirring controversy because it suggests future iPhones may automatically prevent filming or photography of films in the theater and of stage performances. Is a Phish concert still a Phish concert if no one's there to record it? READ»

iPhone 5 Rumor Round-Up: Late November Arrival, But No NFC? [Updated]

Though the iPhone 5's arrival is still far away, leaks are getting out about a possible November 21 launch date, a hardware change that'll render your current case unusable, the screen size, and NFC. READ»

Apple Roundup: Speech Controls, Air-Powered Keyboards, Animated iPods As Jewelry

Apple has filed a number of stunningly promising patents this week--here's a peek at the sweet new features that'll make your current device look lame. READ»

Everyone Looks Fatter In White, Including The iPhone

Consumer Reports, not necessarily a fan of the iPhone 4, has reacted to news it's slightly thicker than its sleeker-seeming black sibling. Spoiler: It's really not.READ»

Apple Going After Color, Instagram With iPhone's Social "Photo Stream"

If new discoveries in the OS code prove true, Apple could be planning some clever, instant social media sharing skills for the iPhone's photo app. Could this have beaten Instagram and Color to the punch? READ»

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Wanted: Lytro's Pocket-Size Camera Lets You Take Photos You Can Focus Later

Lytro captures a new kind of photography.READ»

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What Does a Future of Retro Camera Apps Look Like?

Is our nostalgia for groovy camera filters or kinder photo algorithms?READ»

Helmet-Cam With GPS Captures the Altitude of All Your Best Wipeouts

If you are doing something that risks a major cranial beat-down, you might as well watch the whole thing later.READ»

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3-D TV Gets Touchy UI, but Brits Not Interested in 3-D Tech at All

A new survey seems bad news for the burgeoning 3-D industry--only 2% of British consumers want to buy a 3-D TV. Will a Japanese invention of a "touchable" 3-D user interface help the technology's appeal?READ»

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One Day a Tiny Flapping-Wing UAV May Spy on You

Robot aircraft--UAVs--are going to be big news in the future of warfighting, as the reveal of the U.K.'s new one proves. But have you thought about tiny UAVs for spying? Check out this robot insect to see the future of surveillance. ...READ»

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Leaked iPhone 4 Enables First Hands-On Review

Apple's iPhone 4 has now been manhandled and fondled and talked about endlessly ... but in the days before its launch we've still not seen one in action in the wild... until today. Somehow, one of the readers of Czech Web site ...READ»

Surveillance Cams Get Search-Engine Friendly

Big Brother surveillance technology just got a whole lot more clever, thanks to scientists from UCLA. They've developed a camera system that automatically generates a live text description of what it's seeing for better ...READ»