Apple picks up pace on nonexclusive iPhone deals
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Netflix tops customer satisfaction survey

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FCC takes first step toward spectrum re-auction

Gates to show off vertical Surface at CEO Summit

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Elgan: Hyperconnectivity: Friend or foe?
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Review: Buffalo's new MiniStation - a fast 500GB in the pocket
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It's a hard-knock life: 3 rugged notebooks take a beating
Rugged notebooks are designed to stand up to abuse and come back for more. We dropped, drowned and shook these fully ruggedized notebooks to see if they could hold up. Not all survived.

Review: More GPS tracking adventures
Devices let you track locations of friends through their cell phones, keep track of vehicles.

Review: RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 (T-Mobile) PDA phone
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Review: iPhone headsets
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Opinion: It's not your father's wireless anymore
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Review: Which 3G network is the best?
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Elgan: Your car — the ultimate 'mobile computer'
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Review: Shuttle KPC K4500 Compact PC
Shuttle's $199 KPC K4500 is a testament to ever-improving computer production techniques and design. The K45 manages to combine a small exterior with a roomy interior.

Specialists have retrieved about 99% of the data on a disk drive on board the crashed space shuttle Columbia. Don't miss the photographs of the recovered drive. These big ideas were supposed to revolutionize technology, but they never actually appeared. In a few cases, you'll be glad they didn't. Nearly 20 years after the first Internet worm, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes stock of the malware/anti-malware landscape and spotlights how the two sides are approaching the battle. Though some thought it was released too soon, Mac OS X 10.5 has matured into a solid operating system, says reviewer Michael DeAgonia.

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