Personal Tech

1 Billion Apps Downloaded for iPhone/iPod Touch

Owners of Apple's popular iPhones and iPod Touch have downloaded over 1 billion applications for the must-have smartphones, Apple said Friday.


Easily Compare Mp3 Prices

Apple recently started charging different prices for songs in its iTunes music store, making this a good time to make sure you are getting the best deals on MP3 downloads. By downloading a free program called "Advantageous mp3," you can quickly see if the song you want to buy from iTunes is available for less from Amazon.


Kindle 2 Will No Doubt Find Lots of New Fans

The Kindle 2, the second version of Amazon's breakthrough electronic book reader, is cheaper ($359), thinner (0.36 inches), can hold more books (more than 1,500 compared with 200), and has a longer battery life than the original. But that's not the whole story.


Skype Ready for iPhone

Skype, owned by U.S. Internet giant eBay, is ready to launch a free application designed for iPhone owners, sources said. The program allows users to make voice-to-voice phone calls using Internet-based Wi-Fi technology.


Google Partnership Adds 500K Free Titles for Sony E-Reader Owners

More than half a million classic books by such authors as Mark Twain and Jane Austen will now be available free for digital book readers thanks to a partnership between Google and Sony announced this week.


Shortcovers: Convergence Hits the Book World

The concept of holding your entire music collection in your pocket has become a reality. It's only natural that technology would be used to make more portable another bulky collection: your books. Why not turn your smartphone into a "library in your back pocket?" Save those hundreds of dollars you'd use on a Kindle for, say, more books? That's the idea behind Shortcovers.


RIM Offering Deals on BlackBerry Storm, Other Models

There appears to be a fire sale on the BlackBerry Storm. The smartphone's manufacturer, Research in Motion, and the phone's exclusive carrier, Verizon Wireless, have teamed up to offer a BOGO sale (that's "buy one, get one" free) on the Storm, along with the seven other BlackBerry models.


SanDisk Raises the Bar for CompactFlash Storage

Today, SanDisk announced its new 32GB SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash card. Aimed at professional photographers and videographers, the company emphasized the card's large amount of storage space as well as its fast data transfer rate. The 32GB capacity is enough for 80 minutes of high-definition video, while the 30MB per second read/write speed ensures efficient, timely transfer of photos and video for upload and editing.


Casio Exilim EX-S10: A Lot of Camera in a Tiny Package

Casio Exilim EX-S10 is a slim, streamlined, and frankly, cool device. Its combination of being tiny and taking large, 10.1 megapixel pictures make it a very desirable product -- even if some of its weaker points are a direct result of that shape. It also loaded with impressive-sounding features, most of which, in a week of testing, seem to match the hype. A full review follows.


Consumer Product Safety Commission Announces Sony VAIO Recall; About 73k Notebooks Affected

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced this morning that Sony is recalling approximately 73,000 of its VAIO TZ-series notebook computers in the United States.


250 Hours a Year Commuting: Making the Most of the Drive to Work

At five days a week, 50 weeks a year, that means I spend 250 hours each year commuting to and from work. For some of you, it is twice that. That is a lot of time that is often wasted. Learn to make the most of it by turning your car into a resource. In 250 hours, for instance, you could learn conversational Spanish or become an expert in just about any subject. Here's how you can get started.


Don't Even Think About Buying a Tie! Seven Cool Gifts For Father's Day

Father's Day is Sunday. Having a tough time figuring out what to buy the man in your house? Don't let gift buying and giving be a chore. Sure, homemade paperweights are fine gifts from the younger kids. But now that you are an adult, you have the opportunity to show your guy how much you appreciate him with something really exciting. Here are seven gift ideas that are a little out-of-the-ordinary, but will show him how much you care.


Who Needs Cable? HBO Downloadable Through Apple's iTunes

The buzz is true. HBO has agreed to sell some of its most popular shows on Apple's iTunes starting today.


Hands On Review: The SanDisk Sansa Fuze

Three weeks into testing SanDisk's Sansa Fuze, it's performed very well, certainly in line with a good experience using another product from SanDisk' stable. So the key question in reviewing the Fuze is to find out if the experience would be familiar enough to measure up . . . and the device enhanced enough to impress.


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