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Motorola Xoom: To Buy or Not to Buy?

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February 23, 2011
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Motorola Xoom: To Buy or Not to Buy? Should you spring for Motorola's Xoom tablet now or wait till more competitors arrive? Here are some things to consider if you're still on the fence.
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is Ready for Download Microsoft has released its first Service Pack for the Windows 7 operating system addressing minor OS nips and tucks.
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Legend of Zelda: 25 Years of Oddities A 25th-anniversary look back at a dozen strange sidelights of Nintendo's classic fantasy game.
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Amazon Prime vs. Netflix: Video Streaming Feature Showdown How does Amazon's unlimited streaming service stack up against Netflix's all-you-can-watch video buffet? Let's take a look
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iPad 2 Could Be Unveiled March 2 The tech world has one week left to rev up even more speculation surrounding the iPad 2 feature set, as well as keep a watchful eye on other Android competitors.
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Dumbest Tech Marketing Stunts Ever Two Dell employees last week put the maxim "There's no such thing as bad publicity" to the test after a hostage-themed marketing stunt focused on the Dell Streak tablet went about as badly as you'd expect.
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Nintendo Confirms 18 3DS Games at Launch Nintendo makes its 3DS launch list official, adding several titles and subtracting one.
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MacBook Pros May Debut Light Peak, Intel's USB Slayer Rumors say Intel's optical technology will be rebranded as "Thunderbolt." Intel views the technology as the successor to USB 3.0.
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Timeline: Cellphone Games from Snake to Angry Birds Cellphone games have evolved through the years, going from the simple games like Snake and Tetris to complex ones like Angry Birds. Here's a look back at the transformation.
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Motorola Atrix 4G Gets the Teardown Treatment iFixit got its hands on Motorola's new Atrix 4G Android smartphone to peek under the hood see what makes it tick
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After Glitch, Microsoft Pulls Phone 7 Update for Samsung Microsoft has pulled a software update for Samsung phones running its Windows Phone 7 OS after it caused problems with those devices, according to the company.
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Cellphone Stirs Brain Cells, Study Finds But it's unclear whether the effect of holding a cellphone to your ear for a sustained period of time is negative, positive or neutral.
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Apple iPad 2 Launch Coming March 2, Report Says It looks like Apple's iPad 2 will finally become reality on March 2
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What's Still Missing in the HTML5 Spec Multimedia capabilities and WebSocket support are among the missing pieces -- and don't expect a standard video codec
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Planning a Break Up? Don't Do it on Facebook Breakup Notifier alerts you when friends change relationship status. Dating -- and data mining -- will never be the same again.
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MacBook Pro: What Future Features Might Mean for OS X Among other things the new professional Macs will offer are larger trackpads and support for Intel's LightPeak technology
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CBS Programming Heads to Netflix The content will begin appearing in April and include current shows such as Medium and Flashpoint, as well as hits from the classic library like Family Ties, Cheers, and Star Trek.
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Memory Scraping Malware Goes After Encrypted Private Information What's "pervasive memory scraping" and why is it considered by SANS Institute security researchers to be among the most dangerous attack techniques likely to be used in coming the coming year?
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Nintendo 3DS Hands-On: Does It Live Up to the Hype? Spend some quality time with Nintendo's glasses-free 3D bid to reenergize the portable gaming market and see for yourself if it lives up to the hype.
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How HP Could Create the WebOS PC Creating PCs that run Windows and WebOS is a tricky affair, but here's how it could be made to work
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