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New Samsung TVs, Home Theater, SpeakersWorld's leading TV maker bows new LED LCD and plasma TVs, new 'smart TV' Smart Hub interface

Toy Fair Gadgets & Gizmos: Day 1Among the new toys, gadgets and gizmos at Toy Fair are fighting robots and a new way to play Tetris

Apple How To: How to Work FaceTimeHere's the set-up and how to use FaceTime to make free video calls to/from all Apple gear

Top New Gadgets: New HD GoPro Camera, Accessories4K HD GoPro Camera, 4K and 3D HDTVs, Google TV box, Wi-Fi 'ac' routers and extenders, new Slingboxes

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What Are Your Biggest Technology Complaints?

By: Stewart Wolpin

February 8, 2012

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What Are Your Biggest Technology Complaints?

We all have complaints about how things work in our over-digitalized world. Here are some of our top gripes. And please tell us what your tech complaints are.

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JVC Turns its Camcorders into Security Cameras

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 26, 2012

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JVC Turns its Camcorders into Security Cameras

JVC's upcoming Home Detection Monitoring iPad app will let you turn its new Wi-Fi camcorders into a remote-controlled stealth security camera.

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How To Turn Any HDTV Into a Video Phone

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 5, 2012

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Turn any HDTV into a giant Skype video phone with the new TelyHD set-top box and an Internet connection – no monthly fees, no per-call costs.

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2012 Top 10 Tech Trends: Part I

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 2, 2012

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Now that 2011 is history, what will be the epoch-making tech trends in the new year? Here is the first five of my predictions for 2012's Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Top Gadgets: Last-Second Gadget Gift Ideas

By: Stewart Wolpin

December 23, 2011

'Twas the night before the night before Christmas and all through the mist, procrastinators were scurrying for last-minute gifts. I've identified a half dozen gadgets to consider – even though you'll have only a picture of the gadget and a "Coming Soon" note to wrap. It IS December 23d, after all!

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Best App: Skype For iPad 2 Expands Video Calling

By: Stewart Wolpin

August 4, 2011

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Your iPad 2 is now a universal video phone thanks to the new iPad Skype app. Unlike the Apple-only FaceTime app, Skype for iPad lets you visually connect to any Skype user on any PC or smart phone.

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New Headsets Ease Home/Office Phoning

By: Stewart Wolpin

May 19, 2011

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No other gadget is appreciated more by office-bound/PC-bound/phone-bound toilers – and arguably used more – than a telephone headset. And as I mentioned Tuesday, no one makes better home/office phone headsets than Plantronics.

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The Kitchen Sink Blu-ray Player

By: Stewart Wolpin

March 3, 2011

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You have a DVD player, right? Complicated machine, isn't it (he said sarcastically)? Turn it on, hit open, drop in a disc, hit play.

Have you been shopping for a Blu-ray player lately? Scan the feature list of the latest decks and you'll come away thinking that playing a movie disc may be the least important function it performs.

But this isn't a bad thing. The Blu-ray player has morphed into a device that brings a Blockbuster and a music store to your HDTV, plus can keep you in visual touch with friends and family.

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Pssst! Hey, you – wanna buy a (used) iPad?

By: Stewart Wolpin

March 2, 2011

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Around 15 million of us are in quandary today. As you might have heard, Apple just unveiled the new iPad 2 (scroll down for details), which will be available on March 11. Like all good tech lemmings, we (or your kids) desperately want one (okay, I desperately want one). Only one thing stops us – we just bought an iPad.

Well, our dilemma is someone else's gain – such as everyone who doesn't already have an iPad and now wants to buy one cheap. Like diamonds were in Casablanca, iPad 1s are about to be a glut on the market.

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Why I Won't be Buying a Kinect for Christmas

By: Sean Gallagher

December 17, 2010

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The Kinect is this year's hot ticket for Christmas. Microsoft's new add-on device for the XBox 360 offers the promise of getting you up off the couch and engaged, using your whole body to play a variety of games. And there are other features that might get your interest—such as VideoKinect, the video chat system that uses Kinect's cameras and microphone to turn your television into a living room video conference with XBox-equipped friends or family.