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CES 2008: Freeze Frame
casio_485.jpg A few years ago, most digital cameras took a second or more to snap a single picture. In the same amount of time, Casio's new Exilim EX-F1 takes 60 six-megapixel photos or up to 1,200...
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The Most Realistic Video Games Yet
Smashing Looks In Fallout 3's postapocalyptic Washington, D.C., your opponents sustain unique injuries depending on where you clobber them. Bethesda Software Games are beginning to exploit the...
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You Oughta Be in Pictures
Digital Profiling A new crop of software invites you unleash your evil--or benign--electronic twin Courtesy Big Stage The Trend:Web sites and programs now let you alter videos almost as easily as you...
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Electric Car Prototypes Are Hitting the Road
Suddenly electric-car prototypes are everywhere. We're not talking about the dubious concept cars that have long been a staple of the big international auto shows. These are actual, drivable electric...
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Tech Trend: iPhone-like Laptops - from Microsoft
The Trend Multitouch screens, which can register more than one finger-press at a time, will let computers trade keyboards and mice for simple strokes and pinches. The models shown here are just the...
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Track Household Electricity Use with Web-Connected Monitors
The Trend: Internet-connected energy monitors. They grab details on electric use from your wiring and send them to a Web site where you can analyze the data—and figure out how to save both watts and...
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Tech Trend: Power Nappers
The Ultralight: Sony Z Series Courtesy Sony The Trend Efficient new laptops can run multiple programs without sucking extra wattage. That's because they pace themselves. Their processors can shut down...
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Tech Trend: Control Your Car With Your Smartphone
Ford Sync in Action Courtesy Ford THE TREND Fly cross-country and forget to lock your car back in the parking lot? Now there's an app for that scenario.WHY NOW Many cars already have built-in...
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Tech Trend: Movie Phones
The Trend Sleek, media-savvy phones cram in all the functionality of your TV: high-definition movies, surround sound and online videogames.Why Now Powerful new processors can run robust apps, handle...
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Gadgets Timeline: Mobile Augmented-Reality Systems
Mobile augmented-reality (AR) apps already enhance live video images on your phone to show you real-time info about what's around you. Upcoming systems take it a step further by actually letting you...
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New Power Tools Singlehandedly Tackle a Slew of Jobs
The Trend: Multifunction power tools that combine the mechanisms of two or more pieces of equipment into one professional-grade itemWhy Now? Contractors and ambitious DIYers want to do projects more...
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Tracking Technology Makes U.S. Bike Sharing Services More Secure
Mount Mobility B-Cycle has placed more than 400 RFID-tagged bikes throughout downtown Denver. Next year each one will get GPS, to help plan expansion beyond the city center based on riders' travels....
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Radio-Controlled Toys Trade Joysticks for Smartphones
Phone Drones WiFli Helicopter, Desk Pets Tankbot and Sphero Jeff Harris The toy department just got its game on with technology that transforms your smartphone into a remote control. This switch means...
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Big Batteries Give Electric Yard Tools the Power to Compete with Gas-Guzzlers
Li-ion Landscaping Claire Benoist While battery-powered yard tools are quiet, efficient and hassle free, they rarely pack the same power as their gas-consuming counterparts. But new electric yard...
View ArticleTech Trend: iPhone-like Laptops - from Microsoft
The Trend Multitouch screens, which can register more than one finger-press at a time, will let computers trade keyboards and mice for simple strokes and pinches. The models…
View ArticleTrack Household Electricity Use with Web-Connected Monitors
The Trend: Internet-connected energy monitors. They grab details on electric use from your wiring and send them to a Web site where you can analyze the data—and figure out…
View ArticleTech Trend: Power Nappers
The Trend Efficient new laptops can run multiple programs without sucking extra wattage. That’s because they pace themselves. Their processors can shut down partially when…
View ArticleTech Trend: Control Your Car With Your Smartphone
THE TREND Fly cross-country and forget to lock your car back in the parking lot? Now there's an app for that scenario. WHY NOW Many cars already have built-in computers with…
View ArticleTech Trend: Movie Phones
The Trend Sleek, media-savvy phones cram in all the functionality of your TV: high-definition movies, surround sound and online videogames. Why Now…
View ArticleGadgets Timeline: Mobile Augmented-Reality Systems
Mobile augmented-reality (AR) apps already enhance live video images on your phone to show you real-time info about what’s around you. Upcoming systems take it a step further by actually letting you...
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