Come on, come on, come on, come on / Touch me, baby

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This week Apple updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops to include Intel’s newest Penryn processors, with the Pro models also getting the multitouch track pad introduced on the MacBook Air earlier this year. Initially it …

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We keep hearing that body conduction technology is the way of the future, usually in the form of sending soundwaves through bones, though some extremists apparently would like to turn the human race into walking routers. Usually the technology manifests itself as some kind of passive skull-vibrating headset, …

A ‘green,’ petroleum-free brand of motor oil is due to appear on store shelves soon.

Green Earth Technologies said it’s shipping its line of green motor oils to national retailers starting within the next month. Waste fats from cattle instead of fossil fuels are the key ingredients.

“We turn …

Motorola W270

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Only the most passionate cell phone geeks know that the Federal Communications Commission holds a treasure trove of information on upcoming handsets. Because the FCC has to certify every phone sold in the United States, not to mention test its SAR rating, the agency’s online database …

The Logitech Squeezebox Duet, in CNET's cluttered New York audio lab.

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The Logitech Squeezebox Duet, our pick for the best home audio product of CES 2008, has just shown up at the office. We spent a few minutes with the system before at CES, but this

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Seattle photographer Ryan Welsh snapped this photo on Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus.

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If you can count on geeks for one thing, it’s a creative approach to traditional things.

For example, l33tspeak as an alternative to regular language. Or LOLCats as an alternative to the usual …

SOMS Technologies says that its engine filter will extend the life of engine oil by 30,000 miles, enabling drivers to use 75 percent less oil and save hundreds of dollars in maintenance per car.

“You could say this would be terrible news for Jiffy Lube, but we don’t …

Unlock its secrets.

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This week I perused the demo version of an upcoming product that promises to unlock the secrets of the iPhone by telling you about all sorts of secret tips and tricks. It’s About Time to learn iPhone, as the product is …

Speeches by FCC bigwigs usually are pretty boring. Most of the time they involve a lot of policy minutia, grandiose plans to improve rural broadband access or some hand wringing over the amount of sex and violence on television. Even when the speech concern something that has a lot of …

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Now that the format war is over, with Blu-ray lording over the stinking corpse that was HD-DVD, some of you might be eager to upgrade your laptop drive to the winning technology.

Wired,
however, strongly advises against this. The power consumption of a Blu-ray drive running at …