The iPhone Desktop Handset

I’ve had a cellphone for more than 15 years, but I almost never used it until we got rid of our landline. I still don’t use my cell phone very much – except for my weekly 3-4 hour call with my friend, Leah. All those stories about radiation from cell phones mean more to me [...]

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Acer Chromebook goes on sale for $350

Acer began accepting pre-orders for its Wi-Fi only AC700 Chromebook for $350 on Amazon.com. Following Samsung's $430 Series 5 Chromebook -- and again based on Google's Chrome OS -- the AC700 notebook offers the same dual-core Intel Atom N570 processor, a slightly smaller 11.6-inch display, 2GB of DDR3 memory, a 16GB solid-state disk, a multi-card reader, and a webcam....

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Google Hides Tethering Apps on Android Market for Carriers

Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are suppressing wireless tethering applications in Google's Android Market, calling into question the openness of Android. - Google is hiding free tethering applications from users of its Android smartphones at the behest of carriers such as Verizon Wireless, AT amp;T and T-Mobile, according to gadget blogs. Tethering capabilities let people connect their laptops to the Web via their smartphones' Internet connections. T...


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Switched On: webOS wherever

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

This week's release of the HP TouchPad, the first device other than a handset to feature webOS, aptly demonstrates the promise and perils of HP's adopted operating system. The 4:3 tablet provides the large canvas that webOS seemed born to cover. However, like the Xoom and PlayBook before it, the TouchPad suffers from an impoverished app library among other holes. To help share development costs of webOS and expand the market for its developers, HP has warmed to the idea of licensing the Palm-developed operating system.

HP's willingness to license webOS while continuing to make devices based on the operating system serves up a healthy helping of déjà vu for those who followed the history of Palm, Inc. The PDA pioneer sought to take advantage of its dominance in handhelds, and stave off rival Pocket PCs powered by Windows CE, by licensing the Palm operating system while continuing to use it.

The decision proved to be Palm's short-term salvation and long-term ruin. One of the first companies to license the Palm OS was Handspring, founded by former Palm executives. Handspring created the Treo, which became Palm's entry into smartphones when Palm acquired Handspring. A few other companies licensed the Palm OS for smartphones, including Kyocera and Samsung, but the inherent conflict created by competing with licensees forced Palm to spin Palm OS out into a company called PalmSource, which folded three years later.

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2011 Porsche Panamera 4S Tested: Quick, Comfortable, Still Odd Looking

It?s what?s inside that counts most. What Is It? Well, we?re still not sure. This all-wheel-drive S model is the fourth Panamera variant we?ve tested, and the hatchback-cum-sedan?s shape still hasn?t completely grown on us. It is agreed, however, that the Panamera is plenty agreeable to drive?and easier to enjoy from inside. Fortunately, that?s where [...]

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Dear Fitbit Users, Kudos On the 30 Minutes of "Vigorous Sexual Activity" Last Night [Wtf]

Fitbit users beware: The details of your sexual tryst last night—all vigorous, 15 minutes of it (21 calories burned!)—has probably been broadcast for all the Internet to see. More »


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