Gear

Cars are getting bossy when it comes to high-tech safety

After decades of focus on "passive safety" - using better safety belts and more air bags to protect people when their cars crash - the new push is for "active safety," which is supposed to keep you from crashing in the first place.

Gear

Flat-panel TV world crowns unexpected king: Vizio

Thanks to its low prices, a little-known company named Vizio has bested Sharp, Samsung and Sony to become the No. 1 flat-panel TV maker in North America. [ More ]

Trends

Who's looking at your screen?

There are no official rules guiding laptop etiquette in the sky. According to a survey last year of 601 business travelers who use laptops, 45 percent admitted to peaking at someone else's in public places. [ More ]

Advice

Komando's Q & A: Focus on optical, not digital, zoom

Question: I am looking at digital cameras. [ More ]

Gear

New Products: i-Mep aims to be ultimate media device

You can watch TV, listen to music and tune into the radio with the i-Mep, a multimedia portable player loaded with a 7-inch LCD screen, an iPod dock, a DVD/CD player, a TV tuner, an AM/FM radio and two 3-inch speakers. [ More ]

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Camcorders have YouTube in mind

Olyphant learns to get in the game for 'Hitman'

Digital photo frames can be pleasing but costly

On-demand movies to premiere on cable

Interactive MVI discs are the CD's newest rivals

Cyberthieves stole 1.3 million names

Overseas, cell phones mostly 'unlocked'

Japanese tech fans eager to get iPhones

New Products: Cool TVs for the younger set

Komando's Q & A: No way to trace stolen iPod

Older stories

A new kind of wireless muddies the field

Dragon speech-recognition software takes getting used to

TV's digital switchover has a downside

Feds testing strobe-like 'puke-ray' to subdue suspects

Five things to ask your insurance agent about your digital goods

Have fun as a planner in 'Wedding Dash'

New Products: Alarm clock gets the picture

Komando's Q & A: Projectors may offer HDTV alternative

Game turns kids into swimming shutterbugs

Storm e-mail worm evolves as it wreaks havoc

The Internet can be nasty

Loyal cell phone users want perks

American to test in-flight broadband next year

Thieves turn simple strip into cutting-edge tool

Timex makes iPod control handier

New online maps offer more than directions

In the past few years, map sites have really taken off. You can find local businesses and view satellite images. But that’s just the beginning. Explore the Internet, and you’ll find mashups. These sites combine data with maps.

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'Jackass,' 'Dead Head Fred' offer mindless PSP fun

"Jackass: The Game" and "Dead Head Fred" are two of the latest games for players 17 and older on the Sony PlayStation Portable.

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Pump up your mind with 'Brain Age 2'

Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, the famous floating head from the original "Brain Age" is back with 15 new gray-matter flexing puzzles in "Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!" for the Nintendo DS and players of all ages.

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