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You probably saw that Gartner report earlier this week about the sluggishness of PC shipments last quarter. Shipments were so sluggish, according to Gartner,...

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About a year and a half ago, I picked up Asus' original Eee Pad Transformer tablet. This precursor to the growing crop of Win8 convertibles...

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There are probably more Apple computers in California than anywhere else in the US, if not the world. Before long, though, you may not find...

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I thought I lost my smartphone the other week. Somewhere between walking my dog in the morning and heading out for lunch, my trusty Palm...

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The old adage says there are only two certainties in this world: death and taxes. Steve Jobs proved that not even the Reality Distortion...

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Unless you've locked yourself into the Apple ecosystem and thrown away the key, laptop shopping can be a daunting prospect. A dizzying array of options...

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I've never been a big fan of the holiday party circuit. There's always a certain awkwardness attached to hanging out with people you only...

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About an hour ago, as of this writing, Apple posted this simple statement on their website: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and...

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Warning: the following is not, under any circumstances, to be considered an in-depth review or technical article. I've got a rather major one of...

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As a die-hard desktop user, my laptop is more of a sidekick than my primary computing platform. I mostly use it on the couch,...

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For more than a decade, I lugged my notebook in a simple shoulder bag. I suppose you'd call it a messenger-style bag today, but...

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In the last two weeks, Apple has announced two major, according to them, revisions of major product lines that the majority of tech pundits have...

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