What a typical intact fluorescent light ballast made before 1979 looks like, according to the EPA. (Credit: EPA) The Environmental Protection Agen... read more »
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(Credit: Apple) Two European standardization bodies have agreed to make micro-USB the standard interface port for smartphones in Europe. Though ... read more »
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Taylor Franklin Hide looks tired. Cute, but tired. (See video.) So it's hardly surprising that the Alabama-based inventor has been so focused on max... read more »
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Germany is a remarkably underrated country. Not only has it largely avoided the financial arthritis brought on by the most greedy banks, it also offe... read more »
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I'll avoid the dicey proposition of naming what I think is the best product of the year. But I can say with certainty that Apple's iPad was the most ... read more »
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It's easier than ever to make sure copies of your most important records, documents, photos, videos, and other personal data will be readable/viewabl... read more »
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Kindle book lending has the same restricted terms Nookbook lending. (Credit: Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET) Several weeks ago Amazon said that ... read more »
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Ford&39's new app give you real-time traffic information for up to 25 stored destinations. (Credit: Ford) Ford released a free mobile app that gi... read more »
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(Credit: Netflix) Apple and Netflix are competitors in the online movie rental business, but one analyst is suggesting that instead of competing,... read more »
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It's a long-standing truism that people won't pay for online content, but a new study from Pew Internet suggests otherwise. Among the 750 Internet... read more »
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(Credit: Apple) Apple's iPad may soon have a new home: the U.S. House of Representatives. The floor of the House of Representatives is a techno... read more »
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The new year is expected to bring a bumper crop of new smartphones, and Apple may reap the greatest harvest. Perhaps the most long-awaited wireless... read more »
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Online stores scored record sales this holiday season, but it's not just low prices and a tentatively improving economy that may have brought in the ... read more »
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The chairman of Clearwire's board of directors will resign his position today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cr... read more »
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Earlier this week Apple was sued, along with several app developers, for allegedly sending personal information to ad networks without the users' kn... read more »
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RIM&39's BlackBerry PlayBook (Credit: Research In Motion) RIM has rebutted recent claims that its upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is hampered ... read more »
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Maybe this is the year to untangle the cords (Credit: Leslie Katz/CNET) We're on the cusp of a new year, and that means it's time to make all sor... read more »
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(Credit: Verizon) A smart-home automation system using Fios, Verizon's fiber-optic communications network, is about to be tested in some New Jerse... read more »
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If you know what this is and where it was taken, you could win a prize in the Picture of the Week challenge. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) That ... read more »
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This could be the Motorola Cliq 2 (Credit: Cell Phone Signal) Next week at CES T-Mobile and Motorola may unveil the successor to their 2009 hands... read more »
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