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T-Mobile Picks up Motorola’s Sporty W450

Built for users who don hiking boots as often as loafers, the W450 gets a rugged-looking rubberized shell and built-in first-aid information.

Mitsubishi’s FL6900U Blasts 4,000 Lumens

The latest addition to Mitsubishi's commercial projector line-up gets boosted brightness for venues where light will wash out weaker projectors.

Pole Position: Remix Comes to iPhone, iPod

The classic 1982 arcade game has been reborn in a mobile iteration that offers five tracks, three ways to steer, and hidden Namco games within.

Super Talent Builds 128GB SSDs for $299

The MasterDrive LX series in 64GB and 128GB capacities will some of the most affordable on the market, with drive prices significantly lower than competitors'.

SanDisk Cranks microSDHC Cards to 16GB

The fingernail-sized cards have received an enormous boost in size to 16GB, bringing any microSDHC-enabled phone to iPhone-like capacity.

SimpleTech Pushes External Drives to 3TB

The company's Duo Pro drives stack two 1.5TB drives for up to 3TB of total storage, or half in a redundant RAID array that keeps mirror images of data on both drives.

Netgear’s Green Routers Get Power Switches

Netgear's latest 802.11n routers pick up a handful of environmentally friendly features, including, oddly enough, power switches.

Webcasters, SoundExchange Near Agreement

If the Webcaster Settlement of 2008 passes the U.S. Senate, both parties will have two more months to agree on more reasonable royalty rates, potentially saving cash-strapped broadcasters.

Xerox Shows Off Erasable Paper Concept

Like disappearing ink, words printed with Xerox's erasable paper will fade completely within 24 hours, allowing the pages to be used over and over.

Google Moderator Finds the Best Questions

The latest Google App allows the masses to evaluate each others' questions and sort out the best ones to ask - be it a speaker or Google engineer.

Gaming Critic Jack Thompson Disbarred

One of the gaming industry's most vocal critics has been disbarred by the Supreme Court of Florida for his unprofessional behavior as an attorney.

Group Cooks up New Photo Metadata Standard

The Metadata Working Group has proposed a new format to standardize the way metadata, like when and where photos were taken, is stored alongside the actual photo files.

Nova Gaming Brings Peripherals Stateside

The established French company will bring its Razer-like line of gaming accessories to the U.S. in the fall, including a new high-end mouse and mouse pad.

Dell Adds New Studio Entertainment Desktops

The Studio Desktop and Studio Slimline have been designed for pumping out high-def content in home entertainment systems.

Panasonic’s Evolta Batteries Snag Record

If you're looking for "longest lasting AA alkaline battery cell," Panasonic claims they've got it - and they're bringing it stateside.

Dell Backlights All New Notebooks with LEDs

The company has promised to switch all of its new notebooks to LED backlights in one year for environmental reasons.

Motorola Adds First USB WiMax Modem

The USBw 100 plugs into any notebook and includes multiple internal antennas for boosting signals in difficult-to-connect places.

PhotoSave DVDs Store Pictures Automatically

Simplifying the backup process, Verbatim's PhotoSave DVDs will seek out pictures on your hard drive and write them to disc with only a single click.

Adobe CS4 Brings Bone Animation, 3D Tools

Adobe Creative Suite 4 makes a range of upgrades to all 13 applications it encompasses, including bone-based animation for Flash and new 3D tools for many other apps.

Canon Debuts Color Laser MFPs for Small Biz

The ImageClass MF9150c and MF9170c pull heavy-duty internals from Canon's high-end copiers, but put them in a multi-function package for small businesses and home offices.

Audio-Technica Debuts Eight New Headphones

Audio-Technica has introduced a plethora of new models, from relatively inexpensive over-the-ear headphones to ultra-premium in-ear models that use rare-earth magnets.

Office Depot Offers In-Store Photo Printing

A partnership with Kodak and LifePics will allow Office Depot to offer digital photo prints and personalized items like mouspads and t-shirts via a Web interface, with free in-store pickup.

Google Founder May Battle Parkinson’s

In a new blog dedicated to his personal life, Sergey Brin revealed that he has a rare genetic mutation that may lead to the onset of Parkinson's Disease later in life.

RCA Jet Stream Jams at the Gym, Wirelessly

Using Kleer wireless audio transmission technology, the Jet Stream cuts headphone cords without resorting to Bluetooth.

Art.Suono iPod Dock Streams Tunes for $1500

What do you get when a guy used to slapping Ferrari logos on products makes an iPod dock and streaming sound system? A $1500 block of billet aluminum.

Asus Releases First Skype Video Phone

The AirGuru SV1 uses a built-in screen, Wi-Fi radio and webcam for free videoconferencing through Skype without a computer.

Memorex Pushes Blu-ray Under $300

The MVBD-2510 Blu-ray player will debut at $269 this November, severely undercutting the price other budget players have been stalled at for years.

Creative X-Fi Notebook Card Streams Audio

When paired with Creative's wireless receiver, the X-Fi notebook card turns a home theater system into a giant pair of notebook speakers, without cables or Wi-Fi.

Kodak Shows off World’s First OLED Frame

If LCD frames didn't quite make your pictures pop the same way prints color prints do, Kodak's $999 OLED frame may be the (expensive) solution.

Lenovo Desktop LCD Displays Cut Wattage

The latest additions the the ThinkVision line use 30 to 60 percent less electricity than prior LCDs thanks to LED backlighting.

Logitech Z-5 Speakers Lack Direction

The latest desktop speakers out of Logitech throw sound in all directions for situations where listeners will be less than stationary.

Slacker’s G2 Player: Smaller, Cheaper

The G2 Internet radio player harvests free music from Slacker to play on the go, but takes on a slimmer form factor and cuts price around $50 from the old players.

Top 20 Worst Fashion Gadgets Ever Part 2: The Ugliest of the Ugly

We list the stupidest and most downright worthless fashion-themed gadgets we?ve ever run across.

WD Ships 500GB Scorpio Blue Notebook Drives

In a crowded field of new 500GB drives, Western Digital claims its Scorpio Blue is the only one that sticks to the standard 2.5-inch form factor.

Sony Introduces Cheaper Blu-ray Vaios

The Vaio NS and CS series can both be optioned with Blu-ray drives for around $1,000.

Mini-Motion Games Carry Custom Controllers

Aptus Games' Mini-Motion titles each come with their own custom controller, tailored to the gameplay.

GeForce Hybrid Notebooks Stretch Battery

Three new "hybrid" notebooks can switch off their GeForce graphics on the fly to stretch out battery life when needed.

WinZip 12 Squashes JPEGs Even Smaller

The latest version of WinZip can crush even highly compressed JPEGs down another 20 to 25 percent in file size without degrading image quality.