If this was your Valentines gift, we’re sorry.

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While some sectors of tech were reliving the years 2001 through 2003, the world of laptops soldiered on, driven by the harsh master that is Moore’s law. Intel’s 45-nanometer Penryn chips crept into several laptops, including the …

Sony MDR-710LP headphones

New headphones are my number one recommendation to anyone who wants to get the most out of their new MP3 player. (Except, of course, for those who decided to go with the Sony NWZ-A810 series or the Zune 80.) Straight up: those janky, plastic buds that came …

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With the world’s eyes on the 3GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it seems that we overlooked a handheld of particular interest–the Nokia E71. Fortunately, CNET Australia’s Joseph Hanlon was lucky enough to see a “secret”
comparison picture of the E71 with the E61 at …

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Pink phones used to be unusual, but now they’re everywhere, in every shade from blossom to rose, bubblegum to candy heart, and palest peach to bright magenta.

Whether you’re a girly girl taking your fashion cues from Elle in Legally Blonde, a metrosexual man making …

How long have we been reading these Zune Phone rumors? Microsoft still hasn’t officially announced any plans to build an iPhone, but yesterday’s corporate reorganization clearly points that way.

This mockup of a smartphone UI appeared in a June 2006 Microsoft patent filing.

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Microsoft …

STANFORD, Calif.–Mitch Kapor, like many people, is well aware that virtual worlds are often very difficult to use.

The founder of Lotus 1-2-3, who also happens to be the first investor in Second Life publisher Linden Lab and its chairman, spoke at the Metaverse Roadmap meeting here today on …

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Well that’s a new one. And here we thought we’d seen everything
when it came to gadgets inflicted with Swarovski disease.

This bizarre creation from the U.K.’s Selfridges is a limited edition “designer” iPod Touch, according to Pocket-lint, though said designer is understandably anonymous. …

But is it shower-safe?

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Oh, the humanity!

Fuel cell maker Angstrom Power and cell phone maker Motorola have teamed up to create a prototype mobile phone that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell. Hydrogen is produced–by cracking water molecules–with a desktop fueling station and then inserted into …

A back order of MacBooks at Best Buy could be yet another sign that Apple has new notebooks around the corner.

Best Buy is showing a one- to two-week delay on both 15.4-inch $1,999 MacBook Pros–the exact configuration that was rumored to be on tap earlier this month–as …

The batteries in hybrid cars now get recharged slightly whenever the driver taps the brakes. If research at Honda pans out, heat from the engines could do the same thing.

The Japanese auto giant has released a paper detailing how a Rankine cycle co-generation unit could help recharge the battery …