Fortune surveyed “more than 3,700 people from dozens of industries” to assemble its list of America’s Most Admired Companies [of] 2008. “This year’s winners all have strong records of innovation, leadership, and financial strength,” and Apple leads the 20 selected companies and also ranks number one in computers.

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Every now and again, we’ll come across a piece of technology that works just fine, does exactly what it’s supposed to, and yet, and yet… Something about it just isn’t right. We can’t put our finger on why, but even thinking about it …

Filed under: CellphonesAlthough we’d been hearing that Apple had slowed down iPhone production, the company is still on track to hit its goal of selling 10m units this year, according to COO Tim Cook. Cook, speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor’s conference in Vegas, also said that “Apple is not …

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It’s a new week and a new month, and that means a new streaming audio solution for the home. We’ve seen plenty such as this, that, and the other, but this system’s price tag falls only a little over 230 pounds (around $455) if …

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Today, TomTom added two new models to its GO series of portable navigation systems: the TomTom GO 930 and the TomTom GO 730. Both GPS devices feature enhanced user interfaces with new icons and a technology called Alfa Blending that claims to deliver smoother graphics. Beyond the aesthetics, …

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California recently joined a growing number of states that require drivers to use hands-free devices while driving. In other words, if you want to use your cell phone in the car, it better not be pressed against your ear. You’ve got two options for avoiding tickets: a …

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There was a time not long ago that solar chargers looked about as portable as the brick phones that came out when Duran Duran was touring the first time around–which kind of defeated the purpose, considering that these were meant to go with mobile phones and other …

Apple refreshed its MacBook and MacBook Pro product lines last week. I was hoping for more significant improvements, but the changes were minimal.

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The updated models come with new Intel processors, larger hard disks, more main memory, and more graphics memory….

The new moniker “Atom” sets in marketing stone the Intel brand for small devices. I’ll skip the banalities about Atom silicon being crucial for Intel’s future and just pose a question: Can Intel spur innovation in ultrasmall devices the way it has in the PC and server industry? …

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It should have been obvious that the “Nabaztag” was having some emotional problems when it turned to graffiti, let alone self-defacement. The Wi-Fi rabbit had apparently grown quickly from its innocent beginnings into precocious adolescence, perhaps accelerated by instant fame.

Yet it’s not too late to set …