How to protect yourself from a (possibly) harmful cell phone side effect
Thirty years from now will every adult have cell phone shaped cancerous tumors around their ears?
Disturbingly, the answer to that question is: maybe.
Some government agencies, such as America's Food and Drug Administration, say risk from cell phone radiation is minimal. Others, such as the UN's World Health Organization, ...
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But will it let you ditch your cell phone company?
The makers of MagicJack have, for years now, implored you in late-night infomercials to ditch your telephone company landland and use their product instead. Their device, about the size of a deck of playing cards, connects to a computer on one end and to a regular telephone on ...
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Extreme Windows portability
In our holiday review of 10 Superb Travel Gifts we suggested a cool MID (Mobile Internet Device) with built in wi-fi, GPS and HD 720p video playback functionality, a 4.8-inch screen and a long battery life:
The Viliv S5.
Tthe Viliv-S5 isn't the only hand held device that lets people ...
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Create tunes with Beamz
What instrument does Yo-Yo Ma joke that he'll give up his cello for, and lets you crank out a Van Halen-like guitar solo and can be competently played by even the most musically untalented without a single lesson?
It's the Beamz Interactive Music System.
And, oh yeah, you play it ...
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Practical planning advice beyond the hype
Depending on what source you believe, it will be called the iSlate or the MacPad or the iTablet or the MacBook Tablet.
It will have a touchscreen that will be 7 inches diagonally. Or 10 inches. Or 11 inches.
The device will be a piece of junk that will cause ...
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Counting down our favorite tech and gadget articles from the past year
What an incredible year 2009 was for gadgets and technology. Here's a countdown of our favorite posts from the year past:
#10: The Best Digital Cameras For Travel
We listed this as one of our favorite travel posts too. After months of comparison testing we picked the best camera for ...
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