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Panasonic, Skype Want You to Talk to Your TV, for Google-Rivaling VoIP Plan

Well what'd you know? As soon as we get interested about Google's rumored TV tie-up with Sony and its potential plans for Skype rivalry, up pops Panasonic. It's just announced a deal with Skype to bring VoIP to your Panny TV. The new ...READ»

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iPad will struggle without pen and keyboard: Bill Gates

Bill Gates has criticized Apple's iPad saying that it will not be able to reach critical mass as it does not have features like Pen or keyboard. He admits that he sees the Apple device as a "nice reader" but says he's not envious ...READ»

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Undead Tech: the Ultra-Thin Notebook

Since time immemorial, gadget buyers have been discarding their most prized gizmos for newer, thinner, sleeker gizmos, often at the expense of practicality, durability, and stupendous amounts of money. But in the last few years, ...READ»

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Gear on the Go

8 Must-have Gadgets for Your Next Business TripREAD»

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Three E-Readers That Could Change Publishing Forever, and One That Won't

Okay, we know the e-book revolution is just fomenting beyond the horizon, soon to sweep the publishing world. But which electronic devices will be at the vanguard, and which ones won't? Asustek's Dual-Screen E-Book, the Cheapest ...READ»

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Meet the Smartbook: For Everything Your Smartphone and Netbook Can't Do

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the future of mobile computing: The Smartbook. In the same way that a netbook filled a previously unknown need by being something between a laptop and a smartphone, a Smartbook device is halfway ...READ»

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Microsoft's Dumb New Name for Netbooks

Betraying an apparent hatred of all things simple, easy and natural, one of Microsoft's top marketers announced yesterday that Redmond will no longer be using the term "netbook" to describe mini-notebooks like the Dell ...READ»

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Toshiba NB205 Kills the Netbook, But in a Good Way

Though Intel and Psion have kissed and made up over the trademark term "netbook," it doesn't matter. A new PC from Toshiba has finally killed the genre. It's dead and gone. Because the mini NB205 is the quintessential ...READ»

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What's Next for Netbooks? Acer and Asus Reveal Plans

It's always refreshing when a lateral-thinking-inspired product revolutionizes a market. And that's partly what makes the netbook computer so interesting. Netbooks are growing up fast, and both market-leader Acer and its original ...READ»

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Android Rising: Samsung i7500 Smartphone and Alpha 680 Netbook

Android, the smartphone operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, is truly on the rise: T-Mobile's G1 cellphone has sold a million units; Motorola is working on hardware that will run Android; Archos is ...READ»

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The Netbook Just Grew Up: Sharp's Mebius Has an LCD Trackpad

Looks like the netbook is no longer the immature, dim-witted cousin of the grown-up laptop: Sharp's new Mebius netbook is so shiny and clever it outclasses many "superior" machines. It's got a multi-touch LCD where its ...READ»

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T-Mobile Confirms Tablet PC Powered by Google Android

I wrote about the possible expansion of Android devices beyond smarphones just the other day. But now it looks like Android is definitely on the up-and-up: T-mobile has confirmed "several" different Android gizmos are on ...READ»

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Is Asus' New 1004DN Eee PC Really a Netbook?

Defining the difference between a "netbook" PC and a "notebook" one has never been an exact science--despite several ridiculous lawsuits that would make you think otherwise. But Asus has decided to confuse ...READ»

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Intel v. ARM: The Battle to Run Your Smartphone and Netbook

Intel and ARM used to live in peaceful coexistence. ARM designed small chips for a litany of inexpensive devices--mobile phones, disk drives, game systems, anti-lock brakes, washing machines--while Intel's forte was ...READ»

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Will Asus' MacBook Air-Like Eee Tempt Apple to Make a Netbook?

The MacBook Air, love it or loathe it, is a design classic--that is why MSI, Olidata and Dell have taken a stab at replicating their own versions. The latest attempt to do so comes from the netbook PC master itself: Asus. And for a ...READ»

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The Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Consumer Electronics.READ»

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Windows 7 for Netbooks, Limited to Running Only Three Apps at a Time

There're a lot of positive vibes on the Intertubes about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 OS. It's had great reviews, the beta-test version had to be extended, and it looks like it'll be here soon enough to make Vista's failures just ...READ»

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India's $10 Laptop

On February 3, the Indian government will unveil a $10 educational laptop intended to bring computing to the masses, reports the Times of India. By comparison, a computer-shaped cake pan is $20 plus shipping in the U.S. Will the $10 ...READ»

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2009: The Year Gadgets Stop Being Life Add-Ons?

I was reading about Vuzix's new VR projection glasses--actually looking pretty snazzy, versus a prop from Star Trek--when a thought struck me. It seems that the gadget as a nice-to-have bolt-on to modern life is dead. Instead, the ...READ»

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How To Love A Netbook

It's the holidays, and that means offering peace and clemency to your nemeses. Or, in my case, coming to tolerate -- even appreciate -- a netbook. I didn't think it was possible at first; every UMPC I've used has felt cramped, slow, ...READ»

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Speculation Increases That ARM-Powered Apple Netbook is On the Way

While he said Apple [AAPL] had some "interesting ideas" about netbooks, Steve Jobs squashed thinking that his company would be entering the netbook market when he spoke at Apple's last quarterly earnings call, saying there are "not a ...READ»

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Tech Watch: McCain Gets Telecom Favor; HP's New Touch Laptops; BlackBerry Storm Takes on Palm

Did John and Cindy McCain receive special consideration, and free equipment, from Verizon and AT&T?READ»

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Asus Cancels Lamborghini Phone

Is this the first sign that Asus [TPE:2357] is not the immutable force of nature we once thought? The maker of the popular Eee PC is pulling back on its plans to release its three forthcoming mobile phones, one of which was the ...READ»

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Asus Eee PC to Get All Day Batteries

Digitimes is reporting some new dirt on the activities of everyone's favorite netbook maker, Asus [TPE:2357]. The Taiwanese manufacturer is apparently not done stuffing the Eee line with models and features, say the rumor mill, ...READ»

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Asus Debuts Yet Another Eee PC

Perhaps a little drunk on the wild success of its Eee PC notebook, Asus [TPE:2357] is releasing yet another iteration of the much-loved little machine called the Eee OC 904 HD. News junkies will recall that Asus announced more ...READ»