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Gift Guide: A focus on HD video, at many prices (AP)

Gift Guide: A focus on HD video, at many prices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's easier than ever to shoot high-definition video. You can do it with traditional-style camcorders, of course, but also with cameras that also are designed to take still photos - from high-end "digital ...


Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle (AP)

Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle

Technology / Software

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game aisle can be intimidating for aspiring Santas who haven't touched a joystick since "Pong." But it has something for everyone: riveting solo adventures, online multiplayer battles and ...


Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones (AP)

Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want.


Girl's progress after pioneering brain surgery gives hope to other parents

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Lexi Haas is awakening into a world of new possibilities. Miracle by tiny miracle, she is making her body do what she wants -- instead of her body always controlling her. She looked up at her mother a few weeks ago, pursed ...


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Top 10 tech toys for 2009

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

This year, I've grouped my list of Top 10 tech toys into price ranges. Keep in mind that the prices listed are the suggested retail, and you may be able to find better deals.


Suggestions for tech-happy holidays

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The holiday season is as much a time for tech as for toys. Electronic gadgets are at the top of many wish lists and account for an ever-growing share of holiday shopping budgets. Fortunately for shoppers, tech gifts don't ...


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Stable Opera 10.10 browser with Unite now available

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The web browser Opera 10.10 has been released as a stable version, and it has a number of new features to enhance the browsing experience, including "Unite", which is a group of applications ...


B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.


Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Hira offers advice on breaking credit addiction

Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Personal finance professor offers advice on breaking credit addiction

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An October survey of 3,800 consumers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that more than two thirds (68 percent) planned to pay in cash for their holiday purchases this year, ...


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Gadgets: Digital photo gift ideas

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Once again it's that shopping time of year and if digital photography is on your shopping list, here is a roundup of accessories to kick off the season.


High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.


Comforted by carpet: How do floors and distance affect purchases?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Consumers who stand on carpeted flooring feel comforted, but they judge products close to them to be less comforting, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


One word: bioplastics

One word: bioplastics

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, more than 250 billion pounds of plastic are produced worldwide. Much of it ends up in the world's oceans, a fact that troubles MIT biology professor Anthony Sinskey.


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T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft Corp. caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from ...


10 unusual gadgets and gifts for geeks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (6) | comments 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 ...