Erica Ogg on January 29th, 2009

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First pics of the new Philips TVs unveiled Thursday.

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We already knew this was coming, but now we have actual pics that give a better sense of its scale.

Philips introduced its new Cinema 21:9 TV with a wider-than-widescreen display at a press event in London. …

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Erica Ogg on January 28th, 2009

Acer smartphone MWC(Credit: Pocketlint.co.uk)

Less than a year after buying up smartphone maker E-Ten, Acer will debut its first handheld, a company representative confirmed Wednesday.

The Taiwanese PC maker has just begun distributing invitations to a press event in Barcelona, Spain during the Mobile World Congress being held there next …

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Erica Ogg on January 27th, 2009

Asus stopped by to show us the touch interface of its upcoming Eee Top, the Atom-powered all-in-one desktop. Check out the video above. It will start shipping in early March.

The Eee Top is interesting for many reasons, but most certainly because, at least for now, it’s the cheapest …

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Erica Ogg on January 26th, 2009

With so much attention paid to Netbooks lately, the MID category has been largely ignored as a portable device that basically exists for accessing the Internet. But not by Acer, which looks to be readying a device for the category.

Acer MID

Drawing of a potential mobile Internet device from Acer.

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Erica Ogg on January 24th, 2009

A lot happened this week, and we don’t blame you if you were more caught up in the inauguration frenzy than keeping up with the latest gadgets. Here’s a quick way to catch up:

laser-etched Eee PC(Credit: Chris Maguire)

• Speaking of our new president, could we freak out any …

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Erica Ogg on January 23rd, 2009

Much has been made of President Barack Obama’s desire to keep his beloved BlackBerry as a communications device. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that, thanks to a “compromise,” his boss will be able to keep a security-enhanced BlackBerry and use it for e-mail.

What’…

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Erica Ogg on January 23rd, 2009

Boxee ABC content(Credit: Boxee)

Boxee is expanding its content and potential audience.

The free software that streams Web content directly to the TV has added ABC to its arsenal of content providers. Boxee already offers access to Hulu, Joost, YouTube, Netflix, and CBS (parent company of CNET publisher CBS Interactive).

The software …

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Erica Ogg on January 22nd, 2009

Boxee set-top box

A mockup of what a Boxee box could look like.

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Boxee was approached by several hardware makers at CES earlier this month about embedding the Web content streaming software directly into a dedicated set-top box, the company said today on its official blog. And it’s actually considering …

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Erica Ogg on January 21st, 2009

A colleague sent me this video Lenovo made and published to its official blog. My jaw dropped. Not because the content is particularly shocking or offensive, but because of how incredibly misplaced and lame it is as a Lenovo ad.

If anything, it makes clear one thing: Lenovo’s talents …

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Erica Ogg on January 21st, 2009
$999 White MacBook(Credit: James Martin/CNET News)

Sometime earlier this week, Apple updated its least expensive notebook.

Engadget noticed Wednesday that the white $999 MacBook was slightly–and quietly–upgraded. It now has a newer Intel processor (2.0GHz Core 2 Duo), 2GB of memory, integrated graphics (Nvidia GeForce 9400M), and a faster frontside …

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