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So, you heard the news: PC sales are tanking. Apparently, nobody wants to buy Dells or HPs anymore; nobody cares about clunky laptops and bulky...

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This past summer, the power button my Palm Pre started misbehaving. At last, I had an excuse to replace the aging handset with something...

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I've been spending a fair bit of time with Windows convertible tablets lately. I reviewed the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T last week,...

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Smartphones are true marvels of modern technology. Although inherently limited by their...

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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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Let me count the ways... Okay, so I never dreamed I'd ever spend $59 on a text editor. I mean, there are perfectly good ones out...

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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...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing

It's rumored that if you give a mouse a cookie, he'll probably ask you for a glass of milk. They also say that if...

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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...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

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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If you'll humor me, I'd like to take a brief break from all the CES coverage to complain about the sad state of Blu-ray on...

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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...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Gabe Newell said something that caught my eye the other day. As part of a broader interview with The Cambridge Student, Newell shared some...

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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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Recently, I supplemented my desktop's arsenal of hardware with a stand-alone Asus Xonar DX sound card. This upgrade was something of a shot in...

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Up until very recently, I had been able to remain faithful to my home-theater PC. Well, that's not entirely true. I've gone through...

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