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Xbox 360 Powers Ahead, but Sun Setting on Wii?
Microsoft's Xbox 360 takes the top spot in hardware sales, despite overall industry slumping led by lagging Nintendo Wii and DS sales.
Microsoft - Xbox - Video game - Nintendo - Wii
Apple's New App Store Rules Don't Change Anything
Apple may have released a set of guidelines for getting into its App Store, but the parameters for what'll get an app rejected remain as murky as ever.
Apple - AppStore - IOS - Macintosh - Apple II
iFixit Tears Down the iPod Touch: Here's What It Found
The new iPod Touch is impressing reviewers with its slim design and front and rear cameras. So what did the folks at iFixit think about the inside?
iFixit - iPod Touch - IPod - Apple - IPhone
Kindle Coming to Best Buy
Best Buy promises new displays, allowing shoppers to compare e-readers side-by-side, just in time for the holiday shopping season.
bestbuy - Amazon Kindle - Sony - Barnes & Noble - Nook
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Samsung Fascinate: Why Verizon? Why?
Verizon has made some disappointing choices with its new Android phone, taking a perfectly fine device and tainting it with profit-driven modifications.
Android - Verizon Communications - Smartphone - Verizon - Samsung Group
The Five Worst Tech Product Names of the Moment
Some recent product names are breaking the rules, either through lack of imagination, dubious pronunciation or unfortunate double meanings.
Double entendre - Home - Pregnancy - Family - Baby Names
Apple, Google Shoot It Out on the Small Screen
With Apple TV and Google TV, the companies' latest skirmish is taking place in the living room, but they're bringing very different services and ambitions to the television.
Google - AppleTV - Apple - Television - Search
iPod Touch Upgrade Packs Jaw-Dropping Features
Apple's changes are the biggest upgrade to the device since it first hit the market in September 2007.
iPod - IPod Touch - Apple - IPhone - Apple iPod
After Google Incident, Wi-Fi Data Collection Goes on
Four months ago, amidst a backlash from government regulators and privacy advocates, Google stopped collecting Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars. But that doesn't mean Google has stopped collecting wireless data.
Google - Google Street View - Wi-Fi - Search - Search Engines
To iPad or Not to iPad: That is the Tech Question
As more and more consumers consider tablets, they face a difficult decision: Should they go with the known factor in the iPad or wait for one of the unknown devices?
Arts - tablet - Android - Google - Google Chrome OS
Dock Your Encased IPhone, IPod With DockStubz
iPhone and iPod cases come in various shapes, sizes, and levels of protection, but rare is the case that lets you connect your iPhone to a dock while you’re...
IPhone - iPod - Shopping - Digital Portable Players - Consumer Electronics
Remains of the Day: Gimme Fallout Shelter
Every time there’s an Apple event, there’s fallout. Big, nasty, mutate-ants-into-monstrous-rampaging-creatures fallout. With Apple’s media shindig on Wednesday...
Apple - Macintosh - Companies - Articles - Google
IPod Shuffle (fourth Generation, Late 2010)
I’m on the record somewhere as saying that my favorite iPod of all time is the second-generation (2G) iPod shuffle. There was just something about that little...
IPod - IPod Shuffle - Apple - Shopping - Consumer Electronics
IPod Nano (sixth Generation, Late 2010)
No iPod model has received as many makeovers—both minor and dramatic—as the iPod nano. (Perhaps not coincidentally, no other iPod model has sold as well.) The...
IPod Nano - IPod Classic - IPod Touch - Shopping - Consumer Electronics
IPod Touch (fourth Generation, Late 2010)
You know the story by now. For many, the iPod touch is the iPhone without the phone and GPS features--no cellular voice calls, no texting, and no EDGE or 3G...
iPhone - IpodTouch - IPod Classic - Apple - IPod
PlayStation Move Takes on Stuff, Stuff Shrugs
Sony's anti-Kinect, anti-Wii campaign is in full swing with a new site that takes aim at Microsoft's buttonless controller angle.
Microsoft - Kinect - Games - Video Games - Xbox 360
Apple's New iPods: What the critics are saying
The iPod Touch is gaining the most applause for its additions, the Nano is receiving mixed reviews and the Shuffle, well, it's the new version of the old version of the Shuffle.
IPod - Apple - iPod Touch - IPod Shuffle - IPod Nano
Sony to End TV Manufacturing in Europe
Sony plans to end manufacturing of televisions in Europe this year and will sell its TV manufacturing plant in Spain to two local companies.
Spain - Television - Europe Sony - Business - Travel and Tourism
Aiptek i2 Shoots 3D Video on a Budget
The Aiptek i2 retails for $260 and is a small 3D camcorder that can shoot both videos and photos in 3D.
Camcorder - Video - Aiptek - Shopping - Entertainment
Kindle 3 Teardown: What’s Inside Your E-book Reader?
Ever wonder what’s inside your Kindle 3? The folks at EEVblog have completed dissected Amazon’s famous e-reader to reveal the guts of this portable device.
E-book - Amazon Kindle - Amazon - Readers - Amazon.com
Know Your Touch Screens
Ever since the iPhone, gadget makers of all kinds got busy replacing real buttons with virtual ones on touch screens, but touch alone isn't what the new generation is all about.
iPhone - Touchscreen - Smartphone - Handhelds - Apple
Nike Releases New Nike+ GPS App for Runners
The app can track your route and upload it -- along with the rest of your run data -- to Nikeplus.com, Nike's Web service and community for gadget-enabled runners.
Global Positioning System - Nike+ - IPhone - Nikeplus.com - Web service
Samsung Fascinate Crashes Verizon's Droid Party
The phone, which Verizon will start selling this week, is sort of a midway point between HTC's Droid Incredible and Motorola's Droid X.
Motorola - Droid - Verizon - Android - Smartphone
Latest Sony PlayStation 3 Firmware Blocks PSJailbreak?
Users claim Sony's latest PS3 firmware update disables a recent hardware-based hack designed to allow play of pirates games, but what's really in it?
PlayStation 3 - Sony - Game - Video game - Firmware
Harman AKG Releases Quincy Jones Signature Line of Headphones
Quincy Jones is a legendary record producer and composer responsible for producing Michael Jackson’s Thriller album as well as the hit charity song “We Are the...
Michael Jackson - AKG Acoustics - Record producer - Thriller - Headphones
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Vehicle Camera Watches the Road for Stray Pedestrians
The Israeli company Mobileye Products has added a pedestrian and cyclist alert feature to its collision prevention device,
Cycling - Mobileye - Shopping - Business - Consumer Goods and Services
Hands on with Samsung's Galaxy Tab Tablet
Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet is an interesting piece of hardware crippled by the fact it mostly runs blown-out smartphone applications.
Samsung Group - Smartphone - tablet - Android - Samsung i7500
GoGear Connect Plays Music and Movies, Runs Android
Philips introduced the GoGear Connect, a portable media player that runs Android 2.1
Philips GoGear - MediaPlayer - Android - GoGear Connect - IpodTouch
Aiptek I2 Shoots 3D Video on a Budget
Aiptek introduced a pocket-sized 3D camcorder at IFA.
Camcorder - Video - Handhelds - Windows CE - 1080p
Tablet Wars at IFA in Berlin, 3D Cameras, and More
Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Tab, while Toshiba introduces the Folio 100 tablet.
Toshiba - Samsung Group - Android - tablet - Galaxy Tab
Bless These Gadgets
Anglican church invites all to a blessing of the tools of their 21st century trades, agnostic of their operating system.
Anglicanism - Christianity - Religion and Spirituality - Denominations - Anglican
Where Will Apple's A4 Chip Go Next?
After the Apple TV device, Apple could put its internally developed A4 chip in low-power devices or networked media center devices.
Apple - appletv - Apple A4 - Companies - Macintosh
Hands-On With iOS 4.1 GM
Now that I’ve been using the GM release for the past 24 hours, I can safely say- iOS 4.1 on iPhone (including the 3G) is the most solid, responsive iOS release to date. With some cool new features to boot.
iPhone - iPhone 3G - IPhone OS - Handhelds - Smartphones
HP Buys 3Par, Apple Rolls out New Gear
Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around...
Hewlett-Packard - Dell - Apple - HP - Hardware
A Look at the New Apple TV, iPod Touch and Nano
Apple has just announced their annual changes to the company's media devices: this year, the iPod Touch, Nano and Apple TV have all been revamped. Nate Ralph takes a look.
Apple - iPod Touch - iPod - AppleTV - ipodnano
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab
UPDATE: Samsung has finally revealed the Galaxy Tab, which will start shipping in October.
Samsung Group - Android - Galaxy Tab - Verizon - Samsung Galaxy Tab
Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. the iPad: Compare For Yourself
How does Samsung's Galaxy Tab stack up next to the iPad? Check out this comparison chart to see for yourself.
Samsung Galaxy Tab - tablet - GalaxyTab - Samsung i7500 - Samsung
Dock Your Encased IPhone, IPod With DockStubz
iPhone and iPod cases come in various shapes, sizes, and levels of protection, but rare is the case that lets you connect your iPhone to a dock while you're...
IPhone - iPod - Shopping - Consumer Electronics - Digital Portable Players
Privacy in iTunes Ping
Music goes social in iTunes 10 with Apple's Ping social network. We take a quick look at its privacy and security settings.
Apple - iTunes - Facebook - Privacy - Steve Jobs
Toshiba Joins IFA Tablet Race With Folio 100
Toshiba's tablet, the Folio 100, comes with Android version 2.2 and a 10.1-inch capacitive screen.
Android - Toshiba - Folio 100 - tablet - Nvidia Tegra
Meet the Galaxy Tab
The new tablet is loaded with features and Samsung says the Tab is only the beginning of its foray into touch-based tablet devices.
Samsung Group - GalaxyTab - tablet - Android - Samsung
Apple Posts Video From Special Event
Apple bucked tradition and streamed Wednesday’s special event live, so that iPod and Apple TV enthusiasts (with well-equipped Macs, iPhones, or iPads) could...
Apple - IPhone - iPod - IPod Classic - Apple iPod
Sony Pitches a 3D Laptop, But You'll Still Need Glasses
Sony says it plans to launch a 3D Vaio laptop in 2011 designed to support 3D video games and high-definition movie playback.
Sony - Laptop - Video game - VAIO - Hardware
Apple TV: What You Need to Know
Apple executives have frequently called the Apple TV a “hobby”—as much an acknowledgment of customers’ lackluster reaction to the set-top box as it is the amount...
Apple - appletv - Set-top box - Macintosh - Apple II
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is Official
The Tab has potential to compete with the iPad but it will be a winner or a dud based largely on how well the software works.
Samsung Group - Android - Samsung - Apple - tablet
Mix Up Your iPhone’s Style With a Cassette Tape Case
The Tuned Up case disguises your iPhone as an audio cassette--perfect for you time travels to 1985.
IPhone - iPhone 3G - Handhelds - Smartphones - Wallpapers and Themes
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Living Room is Tech Battleground - Again
Tech companies have tried--and failed--to conquer the living room for years. And while some recent efforts have gained traction, the set-top box market is still wide open.
AppleTV - Apple - Set-top box - Business - Companies
Which Android Smartphone is Right for You?
There's a huge number of Android phones on the market, but how can you know which one is right for you? Smartphone expert Ginny Mies takes a look at five of the most popular models.
Android - Smartphone - Handhelds - Communications - Palm Pre
New iPods vs. Old: Specs, Design Reveal Big Improvements
Comparing technical specification of the most recent generation of iPods with their most recent predecessors show big improvements - not to mention better design aesthetics.
IPod - Apple - IPod Touch - IPhone - Specification
3D Content Is King at Giant Tech Show
More content is needed for 3D to take off in the living room. An important part will be self-generated, Panasonic said on Wednesday at IFA.
Panasonic Corporation - Panasonic - Blu-ray Disc - Arts - Sony
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