CES 2012 Top Picks: Just the Best Gear, Gadgets, and Tech

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CES 2012 Top Picks: Just the Best Gear, Gadgets, and Tech Here is a collection of the the best of CES: The products, the themes, and some quirky meditations.
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TVs are Interesting Again Big and beautiful TVs earned the most oohs, ahhs, and accolades at CES, including super-slim OLED displays with stunning pictures and prototype wireless TVs that ditch unsightly cords.
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Worst of CES 2012: What Really Bugged Us About Tech's Largest Gathering We didn't let massive monorail lines, overly slick PR pitches, gigantic crowds, and lack of sleep prevent us from pinpointing some the worst of CES 2012. In fact, it was pretty easy. Here's what we hated about this year's tech Lollapalooza.
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Gadgets for the Health-Conscious The plethora of health gadgets and platforms shown at CES include body monitors, sleep-trackers, exercise recorders, a site to determine insurance needs, and other health care helpers.
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Top Gaming Accessories From CES 2012 The best of the best new mice and keyboards, headsets and console controllers were on display in Las Vegas.
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Androids Invade CES 2012 The predictable phones and tablets running Android are joined by TVs, goggles, cameras and more. Here are some of the gadgets running Android.
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Home Networks Get New Options Most of the gadgets displayed at CES 2012 require an Internet connection. The networking industry is working on new and better ways to connect, both wired and wireless.
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Facebook on Track for One Billion (with a 'B') Users in 2012 Thanks to emerging markets like India and Brazil, Facebook is projected to surpass one billion users before the end of 2012.
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CES 2012 Trends Revisited: Why The Years Hottest Tech Doesnt Always Succeed Ultrabooks, smart TVs, and Android tablets grabbed the spotlight at this years International CES. History suggests that all three may struggle to win hearts and minds.
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Buffalo Shows Off 802.11ac Wireless Router Prototype, Your Router Cowers in Fear Built with Broadcoms brand new fifth-generation chip, the networking company prepares for a faster wireless standard.
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Qualcomm Halo: Wireless Inductive Charging for Electric Vehicles Qualcomm's Halo technology could solve the electric vehicle charging problem.
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For a Free Linux Alternative, Try FreeBSD 9.0 The latest version of this free and open source operating system offers a choice between GNOME 2.32 and KDE 4.7.
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Ultrabooks to Drive Growth in Speed-Boosting Cache Solid State Drives Expect more performance via more value-oriented drives.
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P2i Demos Liquid-Repellent Nano-Coating Water just beads up and rolls off electronic devices&and tissues.
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IBM Develops a Lithium-Air Battery With a 500-Mile Range for Electric Cars IBM researchers develop a lithium-air battery that could store 1,000 times more energy than lithium-ion batteries and push electric cars 5 times farther than current batteries can.
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Apple Loses First Round in ITC Case Against Motorola Apple is on the losing end of an initial ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission in the company’s battle with Motorola.
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Cubify 3D Printer Brings High-Precision Prototyping to You A new, relatively affordable, high-precision 3D printer lets you get in touch with your creative side. Read on for lots of photos!
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SOPA Author to Remove ISP Blocking Provision The lead sponsor of the U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act, a controversial copyright enforcement bill, will remove a much-debated provision that would require Internet...
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Windows 8 on ARM: You Can Look but You Can't Touch For a touch-based interface it was awfully hard to get hold of. Microsoft's Windows 8 OS was shown on a handful of prototype ARM-based tablets at the Consumer...
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CES 2012 Top Picks: Just the Best Gear, Gadgets, and Tech Here is a collection of the the best of CES: The products, the themes, and some quirky meditations.
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TVs are Interesting Again Big and beautiful TVs earned the most oohs, ahhs, and accolades at CES, including super-slim OLED displays with stunning pictures and prototype wireless TVs that ditch unsightly cords.
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