Microsoft’s taking its annual video game victory lap, this time celebrating Xbox 360 sales for 2011, during which the 360 outsold both the PlayStation 3 and Wii (tied for second place) by over 2.7 million units.
And the …
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Meet Autom, Your Personal Weight Loss Robot
When you attend the Consumer Electronics Show, you’re going to get asked one question more than any other: “Seen anything cool?” I usually fumble a bit and then come up with a few products. But if anyone had asked me at this …
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The (Fake) Consumer Electronics Show
At its CES booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, SecurityMan has been showing some products that don’t work. I don’t mean that as a criticism. Along with its security products, it had a whole wall of dummy …
CES: 12 Unique Ultrabooks and Tablets You Should Know About
The best ultrathin laptops and touchscreen slabs from the tech industry’s biggest trade show.
Asus MeMo 370T: The 7-Inch, Quad-Core, $250 Dream Tablet
Asus is promising what seems like the impossible with the MeMo 370T, a 7-inch Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with a quad-core processor for $250. I got my hands on a prototype during CES 2012, and I’m happy to say it’s real, …
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Ultrabooks: Bringing Sexy Back to PCs
Once upon a time, the PC had no rivals. Back in the era before smart phones, tablets, Internet-savvy HDTVs and other gadgets-come-lately, it was the most important technology product in the world, and therefore inherently …
Do Security Software Companies Go Too Far in Scaring Potential Customers?
A new lawsuit accuses Symantec of fake scans that scare people into buying software they don’t need.
Samsung Series 9 Notebook Knocks the Wind Out of Apple’s MacBook Air
Something’s got to give if you’re a PC maker dead set on putting out an ultrabook that starts at less than $1,000, and the screen is the most expensive component of any laptop — ultrabook or otherwise. And plenty of potential …
The Coolest Smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show
The smartphone front was quiet at this year’s show, but a few phone makers still managed to be interesting. Here’s who impressed us the most.
Photos: Day Five of the Consumer Electronics Show
New App Helps You Crash Weddings
Wedding crashing! It’s not just for Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson anymore. Now anyone with a smartphone and some dusty old formalwear can crash a nearby wedding with Crash Corsage, an app that cruises couples’ wedding websites to …
Big Brother Is Watching: Document Reveals Surveillance of Social Media, Blogs, Image-Sharing Sites
Hope you’re not shy, because there’s a good chance you’re being watched by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. According to a government document, the DHS has been monitoring social media as well as select blogs and message …