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Wolverton: Suggestions for a tech-happy holidays
Looking for holiday gift ideas? Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton has some suggestions for the gadget-hounds in your life.
Books for the techies on your list
Black Friday deals on social media
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Genetic love matches go cheek swab to cheek swab
Companies say cheek swabs can help pinpoint good match
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Tech books for your holiday shopping list
By Michael Liedtke Associated Press Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate.
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Nook e-readers sold out for holidays
NEW YORK — Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.
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Nintendo's Mario endures in new release even as games come and go
NEW YORK — You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting.
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California adopts first-in-nation rules to cut energy use by new TVs
New TV sets sold in California must reduce electricity consumption 33 percent by 2011 and 49 percent by 2013.
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'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations
NEW YORK — "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.
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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 connect to Facebook
NEW YORK — Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.
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Strach: 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' one of best first-person shooters ever
The visuals are stunning, the action is gripping and the musical score is perfect. And nearly every object in the game is "physics enabled," which gives it a realistic appearance and a degree of interactivity.
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Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle
The video game aisle can be intimidating for aspiring Santas who haven't touched a joystick since "Pong.
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Twitter to scrap controversial Suggested Users List
The microblogging site will trade in the much-maligned Suggested Users List for a "more relevant" tool, says a co-founder.
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Sezmi offers a new kind of TV service
Sezmi, a Silicon Valley startup that's pioneering a new type of TV service, is opening up a public test of its system today in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
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Keeping an eye on your home from far away
By Melissa Kissler Dutton
Tools include video feed, e-mail alerts
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Web-based e-mail features come to desktop software
E-mail has taken a full circle. Over the years, Web-based e-mail services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the e-mail programs that reside on the computer desktop.
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Tech Test Drive: PSPgo
at Personal Technology
The new UMD-less PSPgo is a device that has the attention of many gamers — and game makers. It's a sleek redesign of the PSP but with a higher price tag and some interesting issues that may or may not work out well for Sony.
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Tech Test Drive: Energy-efficient HDTVs
Reviews of Samsung UN55B8500, LG 47LH90, Sharp LC-46LE700UN.
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Switching cell phones can be a heart-breaking and soul-wrenching ordeal
Replacing cell phone is hard '” and heartbreaking
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Microsoft brings more Web data to Bing results
By Jessica MintzAssociated PressSEATTLE — Microsoft's Bing search service will pull more information and tools from other Web sites as the company tries to distinguish itself as part of its challenge to market leader Google.
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Eager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'
LOS ANGELES — Ryan Norwalk has cleared his schedule. The 26-year-old college student planned to spend Tuesday gunning down foes in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the highly anticipated first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity ...
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Wolverton: Palm's webOS hasn't gotten the attention it deserves
Amid all the smart-phone news, the elegant Palm OS has been ignored. But some news next month could change that — if it's not too late.
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New 'Call of Duty' game could set entertainment record
Video game sequel expected to become holiday blockbuster
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Software companies eye key patent case in Supreme Court
Patent-law dispute before high court has big implications
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Tech Test Drive: "senior-friendly" mobile phones
Reviews of Samsung Jitterbug J, Doro PhoneEasy 345, Clarity ClarityLife C900,
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E-books likely to be a big holiday hit
While they are just a sliver of the overall publishing industry, e-book sales are surging.
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Microfinance programs harness Web to connect borrowers and lenders
Kiva shows strength of social networking, online model
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New 'Call of Duty' game could set entertainment record
NEW YORK — This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil.
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Cassidy: Motorola's Droid has landed; Google OS, stupid name and all
I don't mean to muffle the considerable buzz surrounding Motorola's Droid with Google's Android 2.0 operating system. I'm just saying, Droid? You're really going to cal it Droid?
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California delays vote on energy efficiency standards for TVs
The acrimonious fight over first-in-the-nation energy-efficiency standards for TVs will go on for another two weeks, after last-minute objections from the Consumer Electronics Association.
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Tech tools may help pull people together
New findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project show cell-phone and IM users tend to have larger and more diverse networks of close confidantes.
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Magid: CLIQ suffers from TMI, or Too Much Information
There is such a thing as too much information, especially if it's all coming at you all at once. That's how I felt when I started using the new Motorola CLIQ from T-Mobile — the latest smart phone to feature the Google Android operating system ...
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REVIEW: Borderlands (Xbox 360, PS3)
I love a well-produced game with interesting storylines, likable characters, seamless cutscenes, and orchestral soundtracks.
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Tech Test Drive: AV receivers
Reviews of Sony STR-DN1000, Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K, Yamaha RX-V665B7.
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Apartment hunting in Silicon Valley moves online
Dozens of Internet search sites compete for consumers seeking rental housing
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Wolverton: Tech group looking backward on efficiency rules
The CEA ought to rethink its opposition to proposed TV energy cap, because other tech gadgets are likely the next target for efficiency rules.
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New Google-powered phone goes on sale next week
Verizon unveils Droid, to sell for $200.
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Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3
NEW YORK — PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.
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Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D TV at home
LOS ANGELES — Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
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Wolverton: Be cautious upgrading to Windows 7
There are many variables to consider, and it's especially tricky for those moving up from XP.
Review: What to expect from Windows 7
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Foursquare, a social networking site, puts users face to face
Startup Foursquare lets users tell friends where they are in real-time
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Tech Test Drive: Brutal Legend (Xbox 360, ps3)
By Chris Strach
Brutal Legend is a mega-salute to all things metal. It's based on the cover art, music and various subgenres from the original era of heavy metal music that was popular in the 1970s through the early '90s.
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Magid: Navigating the personal finance software maze
I admit it. I'm a procrastinator. It was just a couple of weeks ago that I got around to finishing up my 2008 tax returns, which should have been filed in April.
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Web site help for students applying to college
A startup claims it has a more powerful proprietary algorithm intended to assess a student's chances of being accepted at particular institutions.
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Hulu co-owner says fees are coming
News Corp. says that Hulu, its jointly owned free online video site, will start charging fees for access at some point in the future.
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Barnes & Noble unveils new e-reader: the 'nook'
NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.
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Apple introduces new iMacs, revised MacBook
Apple on Tuesday updated its consumer desktop and laptop lines, one day after announcing record quarterly computer sales.
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