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• Hardware Tips: New Use for an Old Laptop, and More Turn a laptop into a second display, force a stubborn disc tray to open, and solve an iPhone sync problem.
• Google, Yahoo, AOL Users Search for Michael Jackson The King of Pop topped the list of 2009 online search terms on Google, AOL and Yahoo.
• Restaurants Sue Vendors After Point-of-sale Hack After being hacked, restaurants in Louisiana are suing point-of-sale computer maker Radiant.
• Samsung Omnia II: Impressive Design, Slow Performance With its eye-catching design and variety of multimedia features, the Omnia II is a solid Windows phone, but sluggish performance keeps it from being perfect.
• Nokia LCD Suit Could Lower Handset Costs Nokia has filed suit against makers of mobile device LCD displays charged with price-fixing. Cheaper LCD displays could mean cheaper smartphones, but the cost savings would not likely be passed on to consumers.
• Google's Paid YouTube TV Would be Better Than iTunes Streaming isn't a deterrent to video distribution once the Internet is everywhere -- and that's Google's plan.
• IPhone App Manages Netflix Queue TouchMatter has released ezMoviePick, an iPhone and iPod touch app aimed at Netflix users. Like the popular restaurant app UrbanSpoon, ezMoviePick lets you shake...
• Survey Says AT&T Customer Satisfaction Lowest in Industry Brace yourselves, I have some bad news. The reports are in, and well, it doesn't look good for you, AT&T. Seems while consumers are flocking to your service...
• Kodak's Easy, Attractive EasyShare D830 Frame In its warm brown wooden frame, the Kodak EasyShare D830 will easily blend in on your desk or coffee table.
• Top 10 Search Engine Lists: What They Say About Us Lists from major search sites reveal what we really wanted, what we were thinking about, and what fascinated us in 2009.
• Haier Sport Video MP3 Player Is a Great Workout Companion The Haier Sport Video Player is good for the gym, but you won't want to watch videos on its tiny screen.
• Business Center Briefs: Jumsoft Overhauls Keynote Themes Add-on maker Jumsoft has overhauled its bundle of themes for Apple's Keynote presentation software, unveiling Keynote Quartet FX '10 on Tuesday. The updated...
• Microsoft: Don't Believe the Black Screen of Death Hype The dramatic-sounding reports over a Windows 7 "black screen of death" are inaccurate, Microsoft says -- and blown way out of proportion.
• Ten Quick Calculator Tricks The lowly Calculator sits there in your Applications folder. It's so unassuming you barely notice that it has menus and little interface details that make it not...
• The 5 Best Business Technologies of a Lousy Decade The '00s weren't pretty, but they brought us broad adoption of major business technologies we can't imagine living without.
• Android Developers Disgruntled with Market A recent survey found that many Android developers are unhappy with the volume of downloads and profits generated from apps in Google's Android Market. The statistics seem troubling, but may just be a sign of Android's relative youth.
• BlackBerry Bold 9700: The Best BlackBerry of All Time Nine reasons why it's the best RIM smartphone yet -- and three issues that keep it from perfection.
• Haier's HV18A-4G Video MP3 Player Has Some Serious Battery Power The HV18A-4G has excellent battery life, but is limited by its small capacity.
• Microsoft's PDC Confession: 'Do as I Say, Not as I Do' The hypocrisy undermining the company's visual tools vision should make developers rethink their Visual Studio commitment before it's too late.
• Psystar, Apple Settle Copyright Lawsuit Mac clone maker to pay Apple unspecified damages, but it may be able to keep selling systems.
• Photoshop Tip: Vignettes Add Focus and Character to Photos Vignetting, in photographic terms, is an effect of a camera lens that results in the darkening of a photograph around its edges. It was long considered to be an...
• Cable Industry Floats Broadband Adoption Program A cable industry trade group proposes a broadband adoption program aimed at middle-school students.
• Why Chrome OS Is No Threat to Windows Google's new operating system is meant to supplement, not supplant, your current computer.
• Quicksilver Beta 57 Released, Not Dead Yet Fans of the launcher-and-do-everything utility Quicksilver have been concerned for a while that it had might have transformed into a Norwegian Blue parrot. The...
• LittleSnapper for IPhone If you use the LittleSnapper desktop application from Realmac Software--and the Ember image hosting service that accompanies it--the iPhone version of...