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Best Wi-Fi Routers: Top Ten Wireless Wi-Fi Routers Reviewed

Finding a suitable wireless Wi-Fi router can be challenging. Prices can be outlandish, short range connections atrocious, and we know there is nothing more irritating than getting thrown off the Web due to a bad connection. Well put all of those worries aside because we rounded up a grand selection of top-rated wireless routers. Here are our top picks for the best wireless Wi-Fi routers of 2009.


Netgear WNDR3700

NetgearWNDR3700Netgear’s speedy WNDR3700 is a dual -band (2.4- and 5GHz) router with 8MB flash memory and 64 MB of RAM.

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Asus, Toshiba Notebooks Top SquareTrade’s Reliability Figures

HP Mini 5101

Independent warranty provider SquareTrade has released a study of more than 30,000 notebooks tracked through its extended warranty plans—and the results are a little surprising. Computer makers Asus and Toshiba led the pack in terms of notebook system reliability, with fewer than 10 percent of their systems needing repair after two years, with three-year failure rate projections of about 15.6 and 15.7 percent (respectively). And who’s in last place? Top computer maker Hewlett-Packard, with more than 15 percent of its systems failing after two years, and a three-year projection forecasting over a quarter of them will fail in three years.

Apple Trounces Psystar in Court Ruling

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It’s a legal fight that’s been brewing for over a year, but now a heavy hammer has come down: U.S. District Judge William Alsup has ruled categorically against Mac clone maker Psystar, finding the company violated Apple’s copyrights by pre-installing Mac OS X on its own Intel-based computers. The judge also threw out Psystar’s motions that Apple was misusing copyright law to monopolize a market, and that Psystar had the right to do anything it liked with Mac OS X under the “first sale” doctrine.

Top 5 Most Wanted Tech Industry Mergers

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Teamwork has always been a successful way to get a job done. Case in point: Paul McCartney’s solo albums are all well and lovely on their own, but it was the collaborative efforts of four kids from Liverpool that first birthed a musical revolution. And while the technology industry has had its own fair share of notable collaborations (the most recent arguably being Microsoft and Yahoo’s much-debated Internet search partnership) we often find ourselves asking: What would happen if other leading trailblazers in the space (say, Dell and HP) could let bygones be bygones and tie the knot to the benefit of high-tech innovation worldwide? Tempted by the possibilities, we asked several of today’s leading tech experts which consumer electronics behemoths they themselves wish would get a clue, stop butting heads and join forces. For all you dreamers out there, here are the results:

Bill Gates Says Steve Jobs is Inspirational

GYI0051176240.JPGApple CEO Steve Jobs’ company may constantly belittle Microsoft in its ads, but in all accuracy, there’s a lot of love between the companies. A large number of Macs run Windows installs via boot camp. And a large number of Windows users interact with Apple products such as the iPods and iPhone.

How Apple Trounced Nokia with the iPhone

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This week, I saw an interesting video in which Nokia showcases its “vision” for 2015. As you watch it, there are very few things the iPhone doesn’t do today. Nokia’s vision is to end up in five years where Apple currently is, effectively forecasting a future where Apple is dominant. Today Apple passed Nokia as the most profitable cell phone vender, and Samsung dropped Symbian (Nokia’s operating system) support. Nokia clearly isn’t having a good week, but that is actually more Nokia’s fault than Apple’s.

We’ve seen giants like Nokia toppled several times – both General Motors and Novell come to mind, for instance. Let’s talk about why this happens.

Microsoft Manager Claims Windows 7 was Inspired by OS X

apple-v-microsoftA Microsoft advertising executive, speaking with the site PCR, went on record to say that he believed Windows 7’s design to be inspired by OS X. Now Microsoft is refuting the quote, which seems bound to wind up in the latest round of “Get a Mac” commercials.

In the interview with PCR, Simon Aldous, Microsoft’s Partner Group Manager is asked, “Is Windows 7 really a much more agile operating system, in terms of the specific uses it can be moulded to?”

He replies:

IPhone Facebook App Developer Quits Over Apple Policies

joe-hewittIn the early days of social networking, the dominant player was MySpace. As time went by, MySpace was joined by other players like Facebook and Twitter. MySpace has since lost the top position in the social networking world to Facebook.

In October, traffic numbers for September 2009 for social networking sites came in and Facebook had over 300 million users, pushing MySpace to second place in user numbers. One of the things that Facebook users on the iPhone enjoy and that contributed to the user numbers is the Facebook iPhone app, which is the most popular app on the App Store.

How to Reset Your iPhone or iPod Touch

apple-iphoneSometimes the simplest solutions to problems are the hardest to remember or find. If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch and it has frozen up or seems locked on an app or a screen, try holding the home button for up to six seconds. This usually brings you back to the “home” screen to you can continue on.

Now, if that doesn’t work, don’t worry. Here is how you reset your iPhone or iPod Touch. Put the sledgehammer down, take a deep breath and simply hold the sleep/wake button and the home button and the same time. Press and hold until the Apple logo appears. If this is the first time you have seen the apple logo, it is probably time you reset your Touch/iPhone – it has been a while

Global Smartphone Market Grew During Third Quarter

There’s been a lot of talk and ruminating in the technology industry about what segments might prove to be “recession-proof” during the current economic downturn. Initial speculation centered on the video game market as consumers were seen to be “cocooning” at home rather than opting for more expensive forms of recreation and diversion. But it looks like the smart money may have been on the smartphone market: according to research firm IDC, worldwide shipments of smartphones actually grew 4.2 percent during the third quarter of 2009 to a total of 43.3 million units.

Nokia Maemo Smartphone

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