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So, the season of giving has just come and gone, and you’ve received a Linux-based netbook—the popular new class of ultra-cheap, ultra-portable computer. By definition, netbooks are very limited in what they can do; they’re primary meant for accessing the web as well as some moderate office and multimedia use. Their low-speed processor and minimal

Am I the only one who has seemed to notice the TechCrunch redesign? I don’t mean to be rude to the tech leader, but I wouldn’t quite settle calling them a “blog” anymore...

From iPhone to iMac, we look back over the innovations Apple has announced at previous Macworlds.

Renowned Asian designers now helm two of the U.S.'s traditionally Eurocentric architecture schools. Here's what they're teaching the new generation of American architects.

Available only for Mac OS X at first, the new version will add screen-sharing capabilities to the app's voice, video, and chat communications features.

Check out this great piece of satire by the talented folks over at JoyOfTech which gives us a sneak peek at what’s going on behind the scenes in preparation for Phil Schiller’s upcoming keynote. You gotta love Jobs sitting on a thrown below the mainstage as lions circle around.

It's probably not an exaggeration to say that Windows 7 is Microsoft's most important release of its operating system in a decade. That's not necessarily because of its advances, or what it does for Windows users, but rather because of what it means for Microsoft as a company.

OMG, pwned!

The developers behind the Debian Linux distribution have voted to proceed with the release of the next major version despite ongoing controversy over the inclusion of binary firmware in the kernel.

The phishing site that was set up to hoodwink Twitter's users has a second front door that looks exactly like Facebook. The address of the fake Twitter site was twitter.access-login.com/login, but take out the "/login" part and you arrive at the dead-ringer for the Facebook homepage.

17" MBP!?

It all seems to point back to one person that goes by “Gmz” on a hacker site called Digital Gangster (this site was also where Miley Cyrus photos were posted after they were taken from her hacked Gmail account). Gmz obtained the account credentials and then posted them on DigitalGanster.

While Phil hasn't mentioned it in the keynote just yet, it looks like iTunes might be getting a big catalog overhaul, with most major labels finally offering up DRM free tunes. Previously purchased songs are now upgradable for the same old price of $0.30 a song.

From the beginning, newspapers sought to invent the Web in their own image by repurposing the copy, values, and temperament found in their ink-and-paper editions. Every newspaper Web site is instantly identifiable as a newspaper Web site. By succeeding, they failed to invent the Web.

Yesterday, I was with my wife in the L'Occitane store. The shelves were filled with fragrances, soaps, lotions: all sorts of handcrafted beauty products. It occured to ...

Sure, by its nature sci fi will include some fantastical elements, particularly with tech. But sometimes that tech crosses the line between plausible coolness and sheer fantasy. When far-fetched "technology" with no basis in reality at all shows up in a movie, our disbelief crashes down all around us

If you’re interested in honing your Photoshop skills to create spectacular compositions, this is for you. In this article, you’ll find 35 basic Photoshop tutorials for getting started with Photoshop.

The BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway, with more users discovering that it’s the fastest way to transfer large files online. One of the most frequently visited torrent sites, Mininova, has seen the number of torrent downloads double from 3.5 billion to 7 billion during 2008, and this download rate is still increasing.

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SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone isn't ready yet, Sling said on Tuesday, but it is on its way.