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Say what you will about Microsoft’s Windows 8, it has certainly inspired personal-computer makers to shake up their offerings.
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The spec sheet for Nokia's Lumia 928 will look familiar to users of the company's six-month-old Lumia 920: same Qualcomm processor, screen size (4.5 inches) and resolution (1,280 by 768 pixels), and Windows Phone 8 software.
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The main drawback to Fitbit’s wearable activity monitors may be how unobtrusive they are. To hear users tell it, their trackers have taken more unplanned trips through the washing machine than a crumpled dollar bill.
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Chances are you can’t run Google Now on your Android phone. That’s because the search giant’s intelligent assistant only works on the minority of devices that use the current “Jelly Bean” version of its mobile operating system.
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Makers of portable global-positioning systems are caught in a squeeze.
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Does a phone need a soul?
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This is for the BlackBerry diehards. You know who you are.
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When it comes to making Android phones, Samsung seems to suck up most of the profits and all the buzz. Meanwhile, HTC quietly produces phones every bit as capable and sometimes considerably more handsome.
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Back when Microsoft was still Microsoft, it wouldn’t announce to its competitors, “We want to crush you.” Instead, its soothingly stated goal was to “embrace and extend” whatever the other guy was doing.
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The Windows and Android operating systems have had one thing in common: Both are designed to work on many different kinds of hardware.
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Quick Hits
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A light bulb? Seriously? Well, yeah. But not just any old light bulb. A whiz-bang, low-energy, cool-to-the-touch, lives-practically-forever $10 light bulb.
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In a classic “Seinfeld” episode, George’s father adopts what’s supposed to be a stress-reduction technique. Except that, instead of reciting it softly to himself, he bellows to the rafters: “Serenity now!”
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Something about Microsoft’s Windows 8 seems to bring out the eccentric in PC makers.
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When I first reviewed Jawbone’s UP fitness wristband a year ago, I cautioned that it would soon come to seem remarkably rudimentary.
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In the tablet wars, Barnes & Noble is the scrappy underdog. Lacking the development resources, vast content stores and marketing muscle of deep-pocketed rivals like Apple and Amazon.
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Oh, yeah, there’s a new iPad. Normally, the release of a new version of Apple’s tablet is the occasion for mass salivation on the part of the faithful. But it’s safe to say there won’t be lines of fans outside...
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Ever since its release, Jawbone’s Jambox has set the standard for grab ‘n’ go mobile-device speakers. Now it has a new competitor: the Pill from Beats Electronics, purveyors of the ubiquitous Dr. Dre-endorsed stereo headphones. It’s an interesting time for Beats,...
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Maybe a new point-and-shoot camera and a new portable FM radio aren’t the most scintillating of tech products these days. But what if the camera also let you conduct video chats and play games, while the radio allowed you to...
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