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5 Best Devices for a Long Plane Flight

Got some long hauls ahead of you in the coming months? Jason Hidalgo has great suggestions about gadgets that'll be good company.

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Making Movies with MiniDV

Friday November 06, 2009
There's no question that the MiniDV camcorder format is joining VHS-C and other tape-based formats in the proverbial dust bin of history. But according to Time Magazine, some people are still using it to film feature-length movies. Some technologies that get passed over by the latest and greatest still manage to...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Not to be Sold Through Many Digital Distributors

Friday November 06, 2009
Gaming site Voodoo Extreme yesterday reported that digital game distributor Direct2Drive will not be selling Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 in protest to the bundling of Valve's Steam client with the game. Today it has been reported that two other digital video game distributors are taking the same stance....

Motorola DROID: World’s First Google Android 2.0 Phone Goes on Sale Today

Friday November 06, 2009
Motorola DROIDImage © MotorolaAs we learned last week, the Motorola DROID smartphone went on sale today exclusively at Verizon Wireless. After a $100 mail-in rebate, it's $199.99 with a two-year contract. That's the typical price of a new, high-powered smartphone when it first goes on sale. This initial price tends to...

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