For at least seven years, a handful of politicians in Washington, D.C., have been unsuccessfully trying to make it more difficult for countries such...
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On Call runs every two weeks, alternating between answering reader questions and discussing hot topics in the cell phone world.
It wasn't so long a...
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The UNC8000 with 'precision dimming' is one of the most intriguing new models detailed by Samsung.
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We covered Samsung's ...
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A few years ago it was a big deal to find a place that would let you share 1 gigabyte of files. Things change, though. Bandwidth keeps growing, an...
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Computing industry pioneer Chuck Thacker was honored Tuesday with the industry's highest prize--the A. M. Turing Award.
Thacker, who these days wor...
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Apple-owned FileMaker on Tuesday unveiled the next major version of its database product, FileMaker Pro 11.
In a recent study, the company found t...
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TiVo announced its fourth-generation DVR with much fanfare at a March 2 media event in Manhattan--at the top of Rockefeller Center,...
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Austrian biomedical firm Guger Technologies is promoting a new electroencephalography (EEG) device that lets users t...
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If you own a Kindle, you also own a mobile Web browser. But chances are you never use it. That's because it's a lousy experience and one Amazon does...
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Security firm Panda says it found several types of malware on an HTC Magic on an Android-based device from Vodafone.
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An employee a...
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Someone get a 404 sticker up there.
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Fair warning: reading the title of today's show should be an easy goal to achieve, but thi...
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For people who are really serious about audio quality--generally referred to as audiophiles--the majority of ultraportable headphones on the market j...
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DesignedbyItem's concept design for the iPhone 4G.
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The day the iPhone 3GS launched, I wrote a column entitled "3...
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With only a few days to go before the annual South by Southwest Interactive, location-based mobile networking service Foursquare has unveiled its p...
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Sony's PS3 could win the console war, analysts say.
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Even though Sony's PlayStation 3 is far behind both the Nintendo Wii and Xb...
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Microsoft's latest tweak to its browser ballot screen seems to have fixed a key programming flaw. In response to antitrust concerns by European regul...
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CNET readers often ask us just how the Google Android operating system compares with the iPhone's OS. And with good reason, for Android has grown in...
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Microsoft's Adrian Stone and Jerry Bryant explain the security bulletins in a video on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog.
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It's hard not to like Pink Floyd. The band's music always felt so important, even if the songs were called things like "See Emily Play" and the album...
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BOSTON--For consumers, the face of the smart grid is most likely to be a home energy monitor that gives people insight into home electricity use. Bu...
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