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Apple Rumors: Touchscreen iMacs, Better Audio on iPhones, and OS X's Clever 3-D Controller

It wouldn't have been a complete week in tech news without some hot-to-trot Apple rumors hitting, and here they are.READ»

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Could Robots Get the Sensitive Skin They So Clearly Long For?

New materials research using tiny rubber pyramids brings us a step closer to "electronic skin."READ»

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Reverting To Type: Microsoft Gets The Tablet Keyboard All Backwards

What's the iPad's greatest weakness? Its keyboard. Now Microsoft says it has a better idea for tablet computers: put the keys on the back.READ»

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Apple Reveals Magic Trackpad Peripheral

 The rumors were right: Alongside new Macs, Apple's revealed its newest gizmo--a Bluetooth trackpad. It's designed to bring the same sort of multitouch goodness that MacBook users have experienced for months to iMac or even PC ...READ»

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WANTED: Wacom Bamboo Touch Pad

Wacom's Bamboo Touch is a USB-connected multitouch trackpad. It's like a MacBook trackpad, but bigger, portable, and it works with Windows. READ»

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iPad's Camera Connection Kit Works for More Than Importing Photos

The iPad's camera connection kit isn't just for importing photos. Turns out it supports a few different gadgets--but don't start thinking of the iPad as a full-fledged computer quite yet.READ»

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Hey Kids, Microsoft's Phat New Kin Phones Will "Crank Social to 11," Fo Shizzle

You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd tuned into a hip church youth group show on cable access rather than Microsoft's presentation of its new social networking phones--Kin, to friends. Against the backdrop of an adult's version of ...READ»

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Today in Most Innovative Companies

Daily news of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Apple, Cisco, GE, and Netflix.READ»

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Undead Tech: Apple's Magic Mouse Has Trackball Bad-Assitude

Until we can harness our brain-power for desktop pointing, Apple's Magic Mouse will remain one of the most innovative (and polarizing) clickable rodents on the market. But it definitely isn't new. In fact, if you look at ...READ»

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Nokia 7705 Twist Is a Square Phone with Surprises

The new Nokia 7705 Twist is a completely square phone that swivels open to display its QWERTY keypad in the manner of the long dead Houdini.READ»

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Apple Magic Mouse Hands On

Apple's Magic Mouse is an aluminum base topped off with a curvy, white multitouch surface. You point; you gesture with fingers. It's a little weird to use but leagues ahead of the mighty mouse. I may go back to mice. The ...READ»

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Apple Patent Gives Away iTablet Touch Interface?

Apple's patent applications often reveal tech gems that end up in real devices, which is why a newly-surfaced touchscreen interface patent is gathering some attention. It's for a full-hand touch-sensitive device--basically the ...READ»

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Add Facebook Connect to Your Site in Three Steps

Facebook Connect, the network's unified-login service, has been adopted by a litany of major sites, this one included. But in the year that it's been available, it hasn't become any easier to implement for amateur website ...READ»

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Good Ideas Rarely Rise to the Top (In Your Company)

Many corporate Boards of Directors operate under the belief that "good ideas rise to the top." This is important because these Boards are directly responsible for the long-term health and growth of the company, to which good ideas ...READ»

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OMG! New Mouse Can Track on Anything Using "Darkfield" Tech

It's not every day that technology advances the human condition, but today, dear computer users, is one such day. If you have a mouse made in the last 10 years, chances are it's one of those red laser mouses with a menacing glow. ...READ»

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Robotic Game Controller Adjusts Itself, Frags Carpal-Tunnel

The device automatically adjusts itself, so that you never linger in one position long enough to develop repetitive stress.READ»

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Palm Pre from Sprint Released on June 6 Sells Out Quickly

The Palm Pre from Sprint made a bigger splash than Palm Sunday did this year. But was the impression a lasting one?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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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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LG Goes for Modular Cellphone Too, But it Should've Incorporated Modu's Sleekness

LG's users have just been branded "tech boffins" in a UK survey of cellphone users, and that kind of meshes with news of a new smart phone from the Korean company. The LG Versa, you see, is a unusual modular smart phone. ...READ»

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Sony Vaio P Now Official: a Lifestyle PC, Not a Netbook

After all that teasing, Sony's finally unwrapped the small and slim Vaio P. And as Sony's spin has it, it's not so much a netbook as a Windows Vista-running, super-widescreen "Lifestyle PC," so very sleekly designed it almost ...READ»

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HP's Firefly Laptop Has Dual-Screens, Multitouch Trackpad

HP's just revealed a new prototype laptop that'll be hitting the public view at CES. It is curiously designed: the Firefly has not one but two LCDs--the smaller display sitting beneath the main screen--and the trackpad is repositioned ...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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Tech Watch: Apple's MacBook Announcement Eclipses Toshiba's New Notebooks; Warner Reveals DivX Distribution Plans

While Apple's Steve Jobs wowed Mac addicts with the latest versions of the MacBook today, Toshiba quietly announced a roundup of new notebooks. Care to wager on the winner?READ»

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Nokia’s E75 Slider On The Way

Perhaps in response to the success of HTC’s [HTCKF] slider phones, Nokia [NOK] is reportedly developing a new slider device called the E75. The designation “slider” refers to the slide-open form factor that reveals a full QWERTY ...READ»