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Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts

Dec 05, 2009 | 1.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps.

Gadgets: Gift ideas for your holiday shopping

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Dec 05, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 1

Black Friday has come and gone and if you're like me, you barely made a dent in your holiday shopping list.

General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Apr 27, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (21) | 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- G.E. has unveiled a 500 GB micro-holographic disc that is the same size as existing DVD's. The storage capacity is equivalent to 100 DVD's and is aimed at the archive industry but eventually ...

Microsoft's Zune HD Leaked

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Apr 15, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (7) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- It looks like Microsoft's Zune HD player will be a strong competition for Apple's iPod Touch. Uunconfirmed technical specifications of Microsoft's Zune HD player have now emerged and the new ...

Apple iPhone to Receive Some Upgrades

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

May 26, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Apple iPhone is one of the most versatile smart phones around today and it's about to get better. The news of what the next generation iPhone will be like is traveling fast.

India's $10 Laptop to be revealed Feb. 3 (Updated)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 30, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (15) | 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- On February 3, the Indian government will display a prototype of the Rs 500, a $10 laptop that will hopefully give more young people the opportunity to learn and help increase the country's school enrollment.

Review: Dazzling Palm software beats the iPhone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jun 04, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (16) | 12

(AP) -- Move over, iPhone. You've had two years on top of the smart phone world. Now there's a touch-screen phone with better software: the Palm Pre.

Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 18, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called ...

First Smartphone with 1GHZ Processor (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jun 24, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looks like the Apple iPhone 3G S may soon have some serious competition with the soon to be announced, Toshiba TG01 smartphone. The TG01 is expected to be officially announced at the Mobile ...

South Korean electronics firm LG has announced the launch of 'the world's slimmest' TV display panel

LG claims world's thinnest LCD-TV panel

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

May 19, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 5

South Korea's LG Display said it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil, describing it as the world's slimmest.

10 unusual gadgets and gifts for geeks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 12, 2009 | 1.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Nerds. Geeks. Fanboys. Whatever you call them, the comics aficionados, movie buffs and videogame enthusiasts who dwell amongst us can be really hard to shop for. But it gets dramatically worse this time of year, when everyone ...

Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 18, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.

Shop before you sign a data contract for a netbook

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Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Netbooks with built-in 3G wireless Internet access are all the rage this holiday season. But before you sign on the dotted line at your local AT&T or Verizon Wireless store and commit yourself to a two-year contract, consider ...

Asus Reveals Their Dual Touchscreen Flipbook and Eee Keyboard At CeBit 2009

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 05, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (9) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- At CeBit 2009, Asus has revealed an array of Eee PC products, one being a touchscreen Flipbook PC. It can be used as a laptop, an e-book reader or a multimedia machine for watching movies, ...