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Apple Just Became the Number One U.S. PC Vendor, Kinda

If you look at things in a particular way, Apple's just been confirmed as the top PC vendor in the U.S. What's the trick? You have to include iPad sales in the figures. READ»

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Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Partners Revealed: HTC, Samsung, Dell, Asus, and LG

The fog is starting to clear on Windows Phone 7, and Microsoft today confirmed its hardware partners. And they include some very heavy hitters.READ»

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The Fast Company Guide to E-Readers

Although it seems that all we ever talk about these days is the tablet--how gorgeous the iPad is, how the tablet will kill off the netbook, a little bit more about the iPad--the more dynamic market of the moment is e-readers. Not a ...READ»

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iFive: iPad, Supercomputers, Facebook, BP, eBooks

We may have had three days off this weekend, but the news doesn't sleep. Here's what's been going on while you've been barbecue-ing your steaks--and we Brits have been sheltering under umbrellas turned inside-out by the biting north ...READ»

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Intel Introduces Core Processors for Ultrathin Laptops: Get Ready for a Super-Fast MacBook Air

Intel yesterday introduced a new, lower-voltage version of its Core line of processors designed for ultrathin laptops like Apple's MacBook Air. If they deliver on these promises, we're in for some amazing new kit.READ»

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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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How a $2 Version of Microsoft Office 2010 Could Cost More Than $100, Eat Up New PC Memory

Calm yourselves, Microsoft Office fans--the new version for 2010 isn't due for launch until tomorrow. Until then you can amuse yourselves with info on how MS is manhandling, shoehorning, and maneuvering to make the launch a ...READ»

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iPad Sales Officially Rocket Past One Million

Apple's announced the sale of its one millionth iPad since the launch of the device on April 3, and according to some estimates 300,000 iPad 3G units slipped off shelves this past weekend. These are big numbers, with big implications ...READ»

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Apple's Multitouch Plans Mean Fingers Dancing on Touchscreens

Apple's just been granted an important patent on multitouch gestures. This almost ends the debate on who "owns" multitouch, and simultaneously gives us a glimpse into how we'll interact with slate PCs and touchscreens in the future.As ...READ»

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The Geek: not just your son but your Gaming Grandma

My mum is scared of technology. Clammy hands terrified. To the point where she gets a rash when we talk to her about getting a new computer. Anyone would think I was proposing she install a gargoyle with snakes for hair as the new ...READ»

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Netbook Phenomenon Nearly Over as Slates Go Marching In

Microsoft's own data, released as part of its recent financial disclosure, reveals something we suggested a while back: The netbook phenomenon is winding to a close. As the recession ends, people want more powerful PCs. The statistics ...READ»

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Underage, Underpaid Workers, Sexually Predatory Security Guards at Troubled Chinese Microsoft Supplier

Underage, underpaid workers working 15-hour shifts, sexually predatory security guards, hourly pay of just 52 cents per hour after deductions for the canteen food. No talking during work hours, no listening to music, no bathroom ...READ»

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Why a Verizon iPhone Isn't a Panacea

digg_url = 'http://www.fastcompany.com/1601464/apple-iphone-verizon-cdma-3g-gsm-iphone-40-smartphones-att-atandt'; digg_skin = 'compact'; That old faithful iPhone rumor, about a Verizon CDMA version of Apple's wonderphone, has ...READ»

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Breaking Rumor: Two New iPhones, One Heading to Verizon [Update]

The Wall Street Journal just posted some specifics on a rumor we've all heard before, lending it some much-needed credence: Apple is moving full-steam ahead on a Verizon iPhone. [Update: More rumors!]READ»

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Want a DIY Netbook Built to Your Exacting Standards? Ask Guo Bang

How do you know when a device has moved from being the hot, must-have tech to a standard commodity, cheap at half the price? When you can buy a DIY mix-n-match version of it, like you now can for netbooks thanks to a chinese ...READ»

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Most Innovative Companies - Consumer Electronics

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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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Hot at CES 2010: Mullets and Prosthetics

With touchscreens making every CES product look the same, Rob Tannen notices a proliferation of add-ons and "business in front, party in the back" design. READ»

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Intel Reveals App Store for PCs, Smartphones, and TVs

Intel's boss Paul Otellini has now revealed what may be Intel's biggest secret weapon in the battle for PC dominance this year: An App Store. It's called Intel AppUp Center, and it's now open as a beta test version. READ»

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Why I Hate E-readers, and Doubt They'll Ever Hit the Mainstream

It started with Sony. Like most poorly thought-out format ideas from the Japanese titan, 2004's Librie ereader promised a revolutionary new way to perform an act you never realized needed an overhaul. Reading. Books, in the paper and ...READ»

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Become a Fan to Lower Prices for All: Is Intel's Facebook Ad the Future of Advertising?

Intel has teamed up with Sprout Inc.--a company heavily involved with social media-based advertising--to launch a new interactive Facebook promotion that's pretty clever, and which might just indicate one possible future for ...READ»

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Nice Party, Windows 7. But Where's the Software?

As is my custom with all parties, I arrived to the Win7 hoopla promptly at 10 a.m., ready to sample the wares: coffee, biscuits, and a whole lot of hardware. In fact, there were so many dozens of netbooks, TVs, gaming beasts, and ...READ»

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Dual Screen Laptops: Double the Pleasure for On-the-Go Geeks

Dual-screen notebooks are out there, and while they may not look as cool as this Asus concept, they have some serious appeal to coders, designers, and other nerd-types who need pixel real-estate to go. Want one? The company to ...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»