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• Map Wars Begin: Google Introduces GPS App for Android, More to Enter Fray Google introduces amazing GPS Navigator for Android 2.0, others coming
• Google Gets into the Turn-By-Turn GPS Business Google is getting into the turn-by-turn driving direction business with a new app for Android 2.0 handsets.
• Sneaky Fees Two bucks to get a paper statement? $15 to book airline tickets online? Wireless providers, cable companies, and other firms are increasingly nickel-and-diming us to death. Here’s how to fight back.
• TomTom iPhone Car Kit: Pros and Cons TomTom's much-anticipated GPS car kit is now available, but is the hardware worth the $120 price tag?
• Verizon's Quad-Play Bundle Verizon pushes the familiar "triple-play-bundle-for-TV" concept to the next level, adding wireless calling to its triple-play plans.
• Terrestar Satellite Phone Coming to AT&T Handset will look like a regular, old smartphone, but will be able to switch between cellular and satellite phone networks.
• 10 Cool Satellite Projects Let's take a look up and assess some of the advanced technology in orbit and the diverse tasks of those satellites.
• Mio Moov S501 GPS Device With its bright 4.7-inch display, skinny profile, simplified user interface, and desktop download options, the S501 is a solid choice, if you don't mind paying extra for real-time traffic alerts.
• Kiss Your Pricey Cable Company Goodbye Analysis: Say hello to high-tech alternatives from TiVo and Roku that avoid the frustration — and high cost — of moving to digital.
• How to Connect Your New HDTV Properly The right connections can make all the difference to your picture, but that doesn't mean you have to break the bank for really expensive cables.
• How to Get the Best Video Signal for Your HDTV Even the best TV can look lousy if it's not getting a great HD signal. These tips will help you make sure that you're getting the best possible picture, whatever your signal source or service.
• How to Install Your HDTV If you were planning to mount your new set over the fireplace, stop right now. Our tips will make sure you get the best possible view of your new set.
• Comcast's 'TV Everywhere' Gets CBS, AMC, and Others Comcast's trial to bring cable video channel content to its customers expands to include CBS, HBO, Cinemax, TBS, TNT, and Starz.
• How the Unknown Digital TV Transition Could Screw You As cable companies move toward their own digital transition, your tricked-out home theater setup could lose favorite TV channels and functionality.
• 10 Things We Hate About ISPs and Cable and Phone Companies From their automated phone-support systems to their missed service appointments to their penchant for nickel-and-diming us to death, service providers seem have an inexhaustible supply of habits that get our blood pressure up.
• World Tech Update: Comics, Mars, and Phones IBM considers buying Sun, Google updates Mars maps, comics go high-tech, and more...
• Kepler Launch: An Eyewitness Report A Kepler-watcher describes the "flawless" launch of NASA's latest mission and the cheering crowds at a Florida park.
• World Tech Update: NASA, Gmail, and More... NASA’s satellite fails, Gmail goes down, the Kindle 2 begins shipping, and more...
• US, Russian Satellites Collide An US commercial Iridium satellite and decomissioned Russian satellite both appear to have been destoyed after an...
• Picocell and Satellite Technology Takes GSM to Sea GSM coverage will be extended to cruise ships, ferries and merchant ships using picocells and satellite technology.
• World Tech Update: Obama's BlackBerry, the Pope, and More... Obama gets to keep his BlackBerry, the Pope gets a YouTube channel, and more...
• Technology Offers a Bird's Eye View of Inauguration GeoEye offers a gallery of downloadable satellite images capturing the inauguration day scene of an overflowing mall.
• AT&T To Launch In-Car Satellite TV Service AT&T Cruisecast, due this spring, will deliver 22 channels of satellite TV to screens in your car. But be prepared to pay plasma TV prices for the hardware alone.
• Toshiba Satellite A305-S6864 All-Purpose Laptop Budget minders will like this sleek laptop with good built-in speakers. But make sure that an outlet is close by.
• Comcast Speeds Up--But Keeps Download Cap in Place With speedier service, customers have the potential to reach their 250GB monthly cap much sooner.