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Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch devices are rapidly becoming the premiere portable platform for casual games. The hardware is capable of supporting relatively fast 3-D graphics, and the iTunes store ... Read more
Honey, I Shrunk the Hi-Fi
Audio
You can’t get a big bass sound from a little speaker. No way, no how. Well, there’s another truism out the window. I took a chance and ordered a foxL ... Read more
A Billion Colors
Displays
Imagine a billion colors. Now imagine a computer monitor that can display a billion colors. Behold the HP DreamColor LP2480zx. It’s the result of an unusual collaboration between HP and ... Read more
Mars Color Controversy
Other
Have you heard? NASA is hiding the true colors of Mars from the public. It’s all over the Internet. Pass it on. Search for the “color of Mars” on Google, ... Read more
Rugged Earware
Mobile Phones
With so many different Bluetooth headsets available, how would you design one to stand out from the others? Here’s an idea. How about building it to withstand the rigors of ... Read more
Fit for a Cartier-Bresson?
Digital Cameras
Of all the cameras I saw at the recent PMA tradeshow, the most impressive was Leica’s M8. It’s the first digital camera from Leica that’s built from the ground up ... Read more
Robot Guitar
Other
There were all kinds of electronic devices at this year’s CES, including devices you wouldn’t normally think of as being electronic. At the Cherry Picks event on press day (Sunday), ... Read more
Electronic Copilot
GPS
I had a chance to try out HP’s iPAQ 310 Travel Companion at CES. It’s a first-rate GPS device with excellent graphics and a fast processor. The bright 4.3-inch LCD ... Read more
Ultimate Keyboard
Peripherals
It may sound like name of a Roman General or twist-toy Transformer, but Optimus Maximus is actually a high-tech computer keyboard. There’s a tiny OLED screen embedded into each of ... Read more