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Apple's iPad Will Be the Death of the Mobile Web

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February 2, 2010
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Apple's iPad Will Be the Death of the Mobile Web Who needs an iPhone if you have an iPad? And who needs the mobile Web if you don't have an iPhone?
How to Make New Stuff From Your Piles of Obsolete Tech A new book shows you how to make usable items from old PCs, cell phones, scanners, printers, and other dead tech gear.
Amazon's E-Book Fail: What We Should Get Call me crazy, but if Kindle owners will now have to pay $13 to $15 for the same books they were once getting for $10, there ought to be concessions.
Google Pad: Search Giant Dreams of Chrome OS-based Tablets Google has conceptual images for what a Chrome OS-based tablet computer user interface might look like at its open source Chromium Projects site.
JooJoo Tablet PC Promised by End of February Launch of the former "CrunchPad" may shed light on whether consumers are actually interested in tablets.
Best of Google Labs: 10 Coolest Experiments When you've got thousands of the world's most brilliant engineers spending 20% of their time on whatever takes their fancy, cool software is the result.
Nexus One for AT&T May Be in the Works FCC documents show an HTC phone that could be the Nexus One phone designed for AT&T's network.
Apple Tablet Rumors: They're Baaaack! Apple tablet rumors refuse to quit with new speculative stories about a soon to be announced MacPad and another promising a Google tablet UI in the works.
Olympus Unveils 30x Megazoom and Tougher Cameras Two new high-zoom cameras and a pair of ultra-rugged pocket cameras are among Olympus's new offerings for 2010.
A Business Case for the Apple iPad Apple's Tablet may not be for everyone, but it has its place in the work world.
YouTube Turns on IPv6 Support, Net Traffic Spikes Industry observers hailed YouTube's upgrade as a sign of the growing momentum for IPv6, the next-gen replacement for the Net's main communications protocol, IPv4.
Fujifilm's 13 New Point-and-Shoot Cameras Include EXR Units and Megazooms More than a dozen new FinePix cameras will hit shelves in early 2010, including a 30X optical-zoom model, three pocket megazooms, and six sub-$200 models.
Sony Ericsson Aspen Comes with WinMo 6.5.3 Sony Ericsson's Aspen phone sports a full QWERTY keyboard and claims some green credentials.
Google News Reaches for the Stars Google rolls out a new Google News feature that allows you to "star" topics of interest so you can more easily track a news story throughout the day.
Negative Tech Ads: A Short History in Video Tech companies have gone negative in their ad campaigns since long before Verizon's "map" ads and Apple's John Hodgman romps. Here are 26 landmarks in the history of scorched-earth marketing.
Network Attacks on Facebook, Twitter Tripled in 2009 New report from Sophos finds most Facebook and Twitter users have received spam or malware on the popular social networking sites.
Apple Dishes out Second Fix for IMac Screen Flickering For the second time in six weeks, Apple has delivered a firmware fix designed to stop 27-in. iMac screens from flickering.
NASA Moves Quickly to Advance Commercial Space Operations NASA today moved quickly to advance its role as commercial space entrepreneur by awarding $50 million to five companies who could help design and build future...
UK Government Enlists Public to Spot Terror Web Sites Members of the U.K. public can report terror-related Web sites to authorities for removal from the Internet under a new program.
Facebook's Doppelganger Week: Narcissism Exposed Latest Facebook fad is pairing yourself with a celebrity twin.
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How to Make New Stuff From Your Piles of Obsolete Tech A new book shows you how to make usable items from old PCs, cell phones, scanners, printers, and other dead tech gear. Amazon's E-Book Fail: What We Should Get Call me crazy, but if Kindle owners will now have to pay $13 to $15 for the same books they were once getting for $10, there ought to be concessions.
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RegVac Registry Cleaner Disappoints Although it's easy to use, lack of flexibility makes RegVac a poor pick.
Google Nexus One Smartphone Google's smartphone gives the user great performance, display quality, and speed. But the Nexus One's keyboard needs work.
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