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ASUS Debuts Eee PC T91MT -- First Netbook to Go Multi-touch

3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

ASUS today launched the Eee PC T91MT, the world's first convertible tablet netbook to feature a multi-touch screen that supports Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures.

Members of the media are given a demonstration of the Kindle DX

Amazon delivers Kindle books to PCs

Technology / Software

Nov 10, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Amazon.com on Tuesday released free software that lets people read the online retail titan's electronic Kindle books on personal computers.

GPS phone offerings: Price is Nuvifone G60's downfall; Navigon is on the money

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 05, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

GPS navigation is morphing from a cool luxury to just one more thing you expect out of a decent smart phone. But different phones approach the issue in different ways.

Apple announced that developers have crammed the virtual shelves of its App Store with more than 100,000 mini-programs

Apple's booming App Store tops 100,000 programs

Technology / Software

Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Apple on Wednesday announced that outside developers have crammed the virtual shelves of its App Store with more than 100,000 mini-programs for iPhones and iPod Touch devices.

New Urbanspoon app digs into restaurant reservations

Technology / Software

Oct 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Something big is shaking at Urbanspoon, the Seattle company behind a hugely successful iPhone restaurant-finding application.

Review: $99 WikiReader is a pocket encyclopedia

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 28, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- When I was a kid, my dad bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It had 32 volumes and took up 4 feet in the book case. I loved to sit on the couch and flip through it, reading articles at random.

The new iPhone 3Gs is displayed at an Apple store in June 2009 in San Francisco, California

New from NASA, an iPhone application

Technology / Software

Oct 23, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 3

NASA is coming to the iPhone. The US space agency announced on Friday that it has created a free NASA application for the popular Apple smartphone and the iPod Touch.

Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies

Electronics / Hardware

Oct 21, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (5) | 0

(AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.

A man displays an iPhone along a street in Beijing in July 2009

Apple lets iPhone apps get down to business

Technology / Software

Oct 17, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (5) | 0

Apple said Friday that it is allowing businesses to sell content or services through applications given away for free at the iPhone maker's online App Store.

Touch screen gamble: which technology to use

Technology / Hi Tech

Oct 15, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Prompted partly by the iPhone's phenomenal popularity, consumers are demanding and likely to get a wider range of touch screens on many more electronic devices.

For music buffs, Zune HD strikes right tune

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 15, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (4) | 1

In the two years I've been reviewing gadgets, I've never tested Microsoft's digital music and video player, called the Zune. The device only accounts for a tiny fraction of the market, and it had always struck ...

E-reader sales soaring but Apple captures the buzz

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 08, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle.

Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 07, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 1

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field ...