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Microsoft Patent Makes Smartphones More Like PCs
Patented Microsoft technology allows smartphones to connect to peripherals and networks the way PCs do.News
Digital Gear: A New Dimension to 3D
Sans the cheap plastic spectacles, 3D has come a long way since its introduction in movies decades ago.News
Western Digital Launches 2TB Hard Disk Drive
Company is first to market with industry-leading, gargantuan capacity.News
Western Digital Launches World-First 2TB Hard Drive
Two terabytes. Roughly 600,000 MP3s. More than 50 Blu-ray discs. It took Western Digital nearly half a year to do it, but the hard drive giant has ousted Seagate and its 1.5TB drive for top storage capacity honors.News
Seeing Machine Helps Blind See Pictures
A seeing machine developed at MIT helps people with visual impairments see pictures.News
Tech Heavyweights Kick off the Year at CES
A roundup of innovation at Asia's tech giants as prsented at the recent Consumer Electronics Show.News
K2 Charges Electronics With Solar and Wind Energy
Kinesis' K2 charges electronics with solar and wind energy.News
Value-priced Blu-ray Disc Players Gain Net Connections
After a strong push in 2008, Blu-ray Disc makers ratchet up the features for 2009. Here is a look at Blu-ray trends at CES.News
Study: Searching Google Damages The Environment
Can searching Google be bad for the environment? A Harvard University professor says yes.News
Eleven HDTV Trends I Spotted at CES
Advanced HDTV technology was a hot trend at CES. Here are the top eleven trends to watch for in 2009.News
LG Introduces the Ultimate Storage Device: NAS with Blu-ray
LG Electronics latest network attached storage device includes a Blu-ray writer for backups.News
Wireless Power Energizes CES
2009 should be a big year for products that recharge devices without wires, judging from what's on show at CES.News
LG Shows off OLED Display Just 0.85 Millimeters Thick
LG Electronics is showing off a 15-inch OLED display just 0.85mm thick.News
Access Any USB Hard Drive from the Web with Pogoplug
Plug your hard drive or memory stick into the Pogoplug, register it, and you can access the content from anywhere.News
Samsung’s New Laptop-Friendly Monitors
Samsung's newest SyncMAster Monitor is designed to make using a second monitor with your laptop extremely easy.News
Sony Unveils Small, Flexible OLED Screen
Sony has brought to CES a flexible color OLED screen that could be seen in future, highly portable electronics devices.News
Toshiba Invokes SD Cards to Battle Blu-ray
Toshiba is trying to battle the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format by delivering movies through SD cards.BizFeed
Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Debuts New Scanning Features at CES
The new Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 boasts a host of new document handling features to help users get more organized with fewer hassles.News
Can Gunnar Glasses Keep Your Eyes from Stinging After Hours at the Computer?
Specially tinted, wrap around glasses are supposed to cure much of what ails eyes after staring at a computer screen.News
New SD Standard Will Allow for 2TB Cards
The SD Association released a new memory card specification that could drive storage of SD media to 2TB.News
Powermat Joins the Wireless Charger Fray
Powermat joined several companies offering products for charging portable gadgets without wires.News
The Most Reliable Tech Gear
44,000 PCWorld.com visitors reveal which companies make the sturdiest gear–and which ones won’t forget you after the deal is done.News
Apple Laptops Extend Their Lead in Reliability
In our annual survey of the most reliable laptops, Apple leads, HP bleeds, and Lenovo significantly recedes.News
Canon Printers Get Top Marks in Reliability
Canon garnered high marks in eight out of nine of our measures of reliability and technical support. HP got mostly negative scores.News
Toshiba Unveils 500GB Portable External Hard Drive
New $180 model is the company's highest-capacity model yet.News
PC World’s Most Popular Stories of 2008
From tales of Google's biggest flops to looks at gadgets you probably can't afford, these were the stories our readers loved this year.News
The 7 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time
The only thing we love more than a visionary is a visionary with really bad eyesight. Here now is a brief history of the world's most dunderheaded tech predictions.News
Windows 7 May Add Spice to CES
Microsoft's Windows 7 OS could steal the thunder away from the latest gadgets at CES 2009.News
Digital Gear: Power and Money Saving Technologies
Here's a snapshot of some of the cool gadgets and electronics that you'll be able to check out on the CES show floor.News
HP Enables Photo Printing on the iPhone
Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched an iPhone application that allows users to print pictures wirelessly from an iPhone.News
Will 2009 (Finally) Be Blu-ray’s Year?
Sony won the standards war, but's still battling for our hearts and pocketbooks.News
LG Laptop Screen Promises Good Image in and Outside
LG Display has developed an LCD module that it says looks as good outdoors in sunlight ads it does indoors and plans to unveil it CES in January in Las Vegas.News
Breathalyzer FM Transmitter For Your iPod/iPhone
The new iBreath iPod/iPhone accessory is not only a fully functioning FM transmitter, ala the Griffin iTrip, it also lets users test their own blood alcohol content to make sure they are below the legal limit to drive.News
Quotes of Note From 2008
So many notable quotes, so little space to recount them — that's the annual conundrum as we think back on the year.News
Multifunction Devices Pose Tax Headache for EU Policymakers
The distinction between a printer and a copier, or a phone from a TV, in Europe could affect the duty charged.News
HP to Offer Boston-Power’s 3-year Laptop Battery
HP will offer Boston-Power's Sonata battery with laptops. The battery can last 1,000 charges without degrading and reach 80% of charge in 30 minutes.News
Intel Hopes to Bring Free Energy to Mobile Devices
Intel is researching the harvesting of free energy from the environment to run electronic devices.News
Could it be a Blue Christmas for Blu-ray?
OK, Blu-ray won the standards war, but it's still struggling in the marketplace.News
Jepsen Works to Raise Laptop Battery Life to 20-40 Hours
Mary Lou Jepsen's Pixel Qi plans to start shipping low-power screens in the second half of next year.News
Digital Gear: IPhone Clone Tries to Whip up a Storm
The iPhone has stolen the hearts of millions, but nowadays it's far from the only slick-looking touch-screen phone in town.News
Folding Screen for Mobile Phones Unveiled
ITRI revealed a bendable screen technology for mobile phone that enables 5-inch screens.News
LCD Makers Regretful Over U.S. Price-Fixing
Sharp, LG, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes charged $585 million in fines.News
Is That Ink Cartridge Really Empty?
We ran printers until they said it was time to change the cartridge–and found that some left more than 40 percent of their ink unused. Is all that waste really necessary — especially considering how much printer ink costs?News
Cheap Laptop Batteries: Good Deal or Risky?
You can save up to 50% with an aftermarket battery for your notebook — if you dare.News
Tethering Coming Soon to iPhone, AT&T Says
Could tethering your iPhone's Net connection to your laptop soon be a reality? After earlier failed efforts to do just that, now AT&T says tethering is coming soon to an iPhone near you.News