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Hot New Concept Cars Are Smarter Than Your Phone

Audi, Cadillac, Ford, Kia and Mercedes-Benz all showed off brainy and green concept cars at CES

January 25, 2012

Behind the wheel, I want no distractions from the multi-ton vehicles hurtling around me at 70 MPH. But increasingly, auto makers are loading their cars with advanced (and distracting?) electronics. Here are a few examples of hot new concept cars from the recent CES.

Audi Urban Concept Car
Cadillac Cue
Ford Evos Hybrid Concept Car
Kia Optima Hybrid with UVO eServices
Mercedes-Benz mbrace2
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New Gadgets: Gifts for Geeks with Everything, Part 2

More gizmos for the hardest-to-shop-for techies on your holiday gift list

November 16, 2011

So you're asking, MORE gadget gift ideas? How can you top yesterday's batch of digital wonders? How about a digital camera you can adjust the focus on – after you snap the photo? A garage door opener controlled with your smart phone? Bob Marley-inspired earbuds? Ski goggles with a heads-up display?

Lytro Light Field Focus-Free Digital Camera
Recon MOD Live Ski Goggles Heads Up Display
House of Marley Smile Jamaica Earphones
Russound AirGo Outdoor Speaker/Wi-Fi Hotspot
LiftMaster MyQ 8360 Garage Door Opener
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Halloween Now Start of Christmas Shopping Season?

Walmart, Amazon start Black Friday electronics sales early – but what happened to Thanksgiving?

November 3, 2011
Source: Getty Images

Avoid the Walmart Black Friday crush and shop online Dec. 16 for free shipping from 2,000 retailers.

Amazon and Walmart get a jump on pre-holiday season electronics bargains. But since when did Halloween signal the beginning of the holiday shopping season? Save Thanksgiving!
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Top New Gadgets: OnStar For Everyone, Wi-Fi Camera

Add OnStar to your car, transmit photos from a new Wi-Fi camera, or shoot movies like Spielberg

September 1, 2011

If you got whacked by Irene, hopefully you had laid in some of the "12 Gadgets Every Home Should Have" I suggested earlier this year. Now that it's goodnight, Irene, may I suggest some new gadgets that may come in handy in Irene's aftermath or the next time you're visited by Mother Nature's wrath.

OnStar FMV
Sony VG20H High Definition Camcorder
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX90 Wi-Fi Digital Camera
SportsArt Fitness S770 Pinnacle Trainer
SOL Headphones/Ear Buds
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The Chevy Volt: An Efficient and Smooth Operator

GM's plug-in hybrid isn't the cheapest car, but Volt is the cheapest to run – and smooth, too!

Chevy Volt Electric Plug-In HybridSource: Stewart Wolpin

The Chevy Volt Electric Plug-In Hybrid, parked by my NYC apartment building. Yes, I actually found a parking space.

Are electric/hybrid cars the wave of the future? Or are they still too expensive? I got to drive a Chevy Volt the last few days, and here are some not-so shocking details.
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Best App: Remote Control Your GM OnStar Car

Ladies and gentlemen: start your GM car engines remotely via iPhone/Android OnStar RemoteLink app

August 25, 2011
OnStar RemoteLink iPhone appSource: OnStar

The status and remote control screens from the OnStar RemoteLink iPhone app

Check how your late-model GM car is doing and even get the heater or air conditioner heating or cooling before you get into it remotely with the OnStar RemoteLink iPhone or Android app.
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Chevy Volt Electric Hybrid Photo Tour

Take our photographic tour of the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt

August 24, 2011

 Yesterday I went over some of the basics of the hybrid plug-in Chevy Volt, using words to paint the pictures. Well, here are some pictures to match the words.

Chevy Volt Key Fob
Chevy Volt Engine
Chevy Volt Electric Extension Cord
Chevy Volt Electric Jack
Chevy Volt Cockpit
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Chevy Volt Hybrid: The Not-So Shocking Details

Is GM's electric/gas hybrid the wave of the future, better than other hybrids, or worth the money?

The hybrid plug-in Chevy VoltSource: Stewart Wolpin
Are electric/hybrid cars the wave of the future? Or are they still too expensive? I got to drive a Chevy Volt the last few days, and here are some not-so shocking details.
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Attention Inventors! Five Gadgets We Want

You can never have enough gadgets. Here are five gizmos we'd like to see invented.

Gadgets we'd like to see inventedSource: Getty Images

We're not sure we want this gadget (whatever it is), but there a few we'd like to see invented.

Can you have too many gadgets? Only if they serve no purpose. Here are five utilitarian gadgets we'd like to see invented.
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6 Technologies I Hate

Not all gadgets are good – some are annoying, obsessive, addictive and even dangerous

June 20, 2011

Just because I write about technology – and have been for more than a quarter century – doesn't mean I like all technology. As futurist Ray Kurzweil once noted, fire can heat and cook but also burns. Here are a half dozen bytes of modern digital life that inflame me.

I hate the telephone
I hate Facebook
I hate video games
I hate Bluetooth
I hate car stereo
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