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January 2, 2012
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The Next Big Thing(s) in Tech Goodbye, desktop PCs--hello, flexible cell phone screens and living rooms with endless entertainment and gaming possibilities!
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Chrome Nears 20% Share, IE Resumes Slide After a one-month pause, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) resumed its usage share slide in December, dropping to a new low and setting the stage for a fall below 50% as early as March.
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10 Reasons to Switch to Linux in 2012 If you want to be in control of your operating environment, Linux is the way to go--and it's free.
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Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game How a little-known 1971 machine launched an industry.
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5 New Year's Resolutions to Change the World Analysis: Steve Jobs isn't the only one who can change the world. Here's a simple starter list of resolutions that could make a difference in 2012.
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CES 2012: 5 Trends To Watch From mobile handsets and ultrabooks up to huge OLED TVs, here are a few expected highlights of the Consumer Electronics Show next week.
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Sony Cuts Tablet S Pricing By $100 Post-holiday price drops come to the tablet market, as everybody tries to compete with the iPad.
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The Weirdest, Wackiest and Coolest Sci/Tech Stories of 2011 It was the year we found that horses help build the Internet, Apple has all the money in the world, and way more wackiness.
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10 Must-Have Tools for Cloud Power Users Turn your cloud power up a notch with these ten awesome add-ons for Gmail, Dropbox, and other online services.
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U-Book Dual-Screen Laptop to Launch at CES 2012 NajmTek's inaugural product supports dual screens as well as multiple keyboards, for easy switching between alphabets.
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Official Windows Phone Jailbreak Stalls Only a limited number of keys may be available under a deal with Microsoft, but unofficial jailbreak tools can still be found.
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Internet Explorer Down, But Primed for Rebound Internet Explorer as a whole continues to drop, but IE9 is steadily climbing, and as Windows 7 replaces Windows XP the fortunes of Internet Explorer will reverse.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Shatters MMO Sales Records BioWare claims The Old Republic picked up more than 1 million subscribers in a single week, making it the fastest-growing subscription-based MMO ever made.
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LG Shows Off New Pics Of That Ultra-Thin 55-Inch OLED TV LG's UK division reveals photos of their newest OLED television display, which purports itself to be "the future of TV technology."
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iPhone 5 Teasers Filled 2011 From lost prototypes to leaked details, speculation and anticipation for the next iPhone led much of the tech news last year.
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Pros Excellent in-camera GPS and mapping; Ultra-wide-angle 24mm lens with 10X optical zoom; Phenomenal battery life; Green-screen-like Dynamic Photo feature; Very good image quality in well-lit situations; 360-degree Slide Panorama mode Cons No manual controls; Mediocre macro mode; Digital zoom only in video mode; No burst mode
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Pros Excellent image quality; 1080p and superslow-motion video modes; Full manual controls and RAW shooting; Superb feature set for any level of photographer Cons Sluggish RAW shooting and flash-recycling times; Short battery life, especially when GPS is used
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Pros Excellent image quality; 1080p and superslow-motion video modes; Full manual controls and RAW shooting; Superb feature set for any level of photographer Cons Sluggish RAW shooting and flash-recycling times; Short battery life, especially when GPS is used
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The Next Big Thing(s) in Tech Goodbye, desktop PCs--hello, flexible cell phone screens and living rooms with endless entertainment and gaming possibilities!
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Chrome Nears 20% Share, IE Resumes Slide After a one-month pause, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) resumed its usage share slide in December, dropping to a new low and setting the stage for a fall below 50% as early as March.
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Camera and Camera-Phone Trends to Expect in 2012 Both smartphone cameras and stand-alone cameras will become much more versatile next year, and it should be fun to watch. Here are the major photography trends to expect in 2012.
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RIP Technology: 10 Products and Services That Died in 2011 From the Flip to Google Health, these tech losers showed promise--just not enough to keep them alive.
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Hide and Secure Data With Folder Lock Folder Lock includes as complete set of security tools as you'll find, and it's as secure as your passwords.
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Ultrabooks: Laptops as Light as Air Ultrabooks--from Acer, Asus, Lenovo, and Toshiba--promise to deliver enough power to satisfy your needs in a thinner, lighter package than previous Windows laptops could offer. We took the first Ultrabooks for a spin in the PCWorld Labs.
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PCWorld's Favorite Downloads of 2011All year long, we PCWorld reviewers immerse ourselves in desktop programs and Web software. After evaluating a program, often we uninstall itbut several of this year's finds earned places in our workflows and/or our hearts. These programs and services are the ones we reviewed for PCWorld Downloads and also kept using for our own productivity and enjoyment. Perhaps you started using them this year, too&and if not, well, a shiny new year is right around the corner.
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