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Sony rolling out new PSP, new game phone

Jan 19, 2011
Sony is apparently introducing the latest version of its handheld gaming system, the PlayStation Portable (PSP) on January 27th, according to...

MIDDAY UPDATE: Tunisian protests, Urban goat farming, Costco samples

Jan 17, 2011
Protests continue today in the Tunisian capitol, Tunis. Troops fired water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators during the second month of unrest....

Next iPad won't have that big button?

Jan 14, 2011
According to rumors that have been flowing for the past day or so, the iPad 2 (probably showing up in April by all indications) will not have that...

GM goes big on electric cars

Jan 12, 2011
GM announced that it will introduce two new electric plug-in hybrid vehicles in the next few years based on the early success of the Volt. One of...

iPad 2 in 3-4 weeks?

Jan 10, 2011
We reported last week that Apple employees were told they couldn't take vacation in late January or early February. I assumed that was for the...

iPhone 3GS drops to $49 at AT&T stores

Jan 7, 2011
The move is due in large part to AT&T just wanting to be a friendly company that saves people money. OR - another thought- and this sounds...

Lady Gaga finally earns her salary

Jan 7, 2011
We all scoffed when it was announced that pop entity Lady Gaga had been named as a creative director at Minnesota-based Polaroid. Personally, while...

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Apple blocks time off for late January, early February

Jan 6, 2011
It's a three week period where if you work at an Apple store, it's all hands on deck. Either they're preparing for the big Groundhog Day shopping...

Toward the top of the cresting (or possibly swelling) wave of tablets

Jan 6, 2011
Two tablets that are getting a lot of press coming out of CES are Motorola's Xoom and RIM's PlayBook. The Xoom runs on Android and Motorola is...

Today's edition of DON'T BUY AN IPAD YET is brought to you by this case

Jan 5, 2011
Everyone gadget related is at CES in Las Vegas, including some dudes from China who are walking around with a mocked up case for the impending iPad...