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How to Pep Up a Cheap PC

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:02
What performance gains can you expect when you add a discrete graphics card to a cheap PC?

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A Move by Sony, to Compete With the Wii

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:00
Sony's new PlayStation Move gives the Nintendo Wii some competition.

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Spammers Quick to Embrace Ping, Security Firm Says

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:56
Apple's new music social network is especially vulnerable to spam, a security firm says.

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No, Facebook Places Is Not Tracking You

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:56
A widely circulated message on Facebook is spreading some misinformation about the site's Places service.

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From Apple, a Step Into Social Media for Music

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 13:52
Apple on Wednesday introduced a social media service geared to music lovers that is built into iTunes, revamped its lineup of iPods and unveiled an upgraded version of its set-top box.

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App Smart Extra: Create Grocery Lists

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:52
Grocery Gadget, while costing $5, is one of the most useful apps for managing grocery lists.

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Tip of the Week: Where Is That Attachment?

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 06:00
How to find an errant attachment.

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Pogue's Posts: Laptops Look Like Racecars — and Not in a Good Way

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 18:10
A new Windows PC comes covered with advertising stickers even though computer companies are trying to make their laptops beautiful. David Pogue thinks they ought to stop.

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The GoPro Camera Goes Anywhere

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:55
The tiny Go Pro HD Hero camera can take incredible photos and high definition video, all while being submerged in water or attached to a surfboard, bicycle or motorcycle.

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Little Big Zooms for Olympus Pen Cameras

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:31
Olympus will add two new zoom lenses for its handsome Pen Micro Four Thirds cameras, as well as an all-black E-P2 camera kit.

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Q.&A.: BlackBerry Out of Sync

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 06:00
Syncing Microsoft Outlook 2010 with a BlackBerry.

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In Search of a Case to Protect the iPad

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:42
While none of the iPad cases are perfect, the variety is endless; one even has a 100-year warranty.

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App Smart: How to Get Loyalty Card Prices Without Loyalty Cards

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:01
Two apps, Cardstar and Key Ring, serve as repositories for your loyalty shopping card numbers. You just hand your phone to the cashier at checkout.

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State of the Art: Your Own Hot Spot, and Cheap

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 23:50
Virgin Mobile’s MiFi is nearly like the ones offered by Sprint and Verizon but with three exceptions: an unlimited data plan, no contract and a $40-a-month service fee.

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Can Privacy Sell Ping?

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 20:16
Steven Jobs's comments about social network privacy suggest companies are responding to demands that new services come with simple privacy controls.

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Ping Fosters Music Discovery, Not Friend Discovery

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 20:12
Apple's social network for music, Ping, is like an amalgam of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. But the point is to sell more music.

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How to Train Google's E-mail Triage System

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 19:58
Here are a few tricks to using Google's new Priority Inbox for managing too much Gmail.

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Apple Unveils Music Service and TV Box

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:29
Updates from Apple’s event, which is expected to involve new versions of the iPod Touch and Apple TV products.

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Q.&A.: Buy or Rent iTunes Movies?

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 06:00
How to buy and rent movies from iTunes.

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To Win Over Users, Gadgets Have to Be Touchable

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 05:46
Researchers say that touch screens are the start of a trend to make computers more open to human gestures.

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