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Updated: September 6, 2012 - 1:54 PM

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Ready to upgrade your HDTV?

By PETER SVENSSON , AP Online January 04, 2013, 08:22 AM

At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be doing their best to convince you that HDTVs are old hat, and should make room for "Ultra HDTV."

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Love the phone; hate the phone

By KATIE HUMPHREY, StarTribune January 04, 2013, 08:17 AM

Americans' growing cellphone dependence -- which includes sleeping with the devices -- comes with a dose of angst.

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Sound Advice: You can buy a nifty turntable for $400 or less

By DON LINDICH, StarTribune January 04, 2013, 08:16 AM

Q I am looking for an inexpensive turntable for my father as a gift. He has a good receiver with built-in phono preamp and Axiom speakers. What do you recommend under $400?

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Tablet as teacher: Poor Ethiopian kids learn ABCs

By JASON STRAZIUSO , AP Online January 04, 2013, 08:15 AM

Thanks to the One Laptop Per Child project, illiterate children in Ethiopia are using tablets to learn to read in places where no schools or teachers exist.

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Short Circuits: 'Looper' on video, and more

By StarTribune January 04, 2013, 08:14 AM

New and noteworthy experiences among home video, games, gadgets and the Web.

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Download the latest in health apps

By StarTribune January 03, 2013, 06:16 PM

Several smartphone applications aim to track your behaviors, encourage better habits and generally improve well-being.

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On Twitter, the grammar police are robocops

By CAITLIN DEWEY, StarTribune January 03, 2013, 06:16 PM

Are you corrupting the English language with lazy Twitter-speak? Watch out: Tweeting vigilantes are calling people out online.

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Have you beamed into work today?

By TERENCE CHEA , AP Online December 24, 2012, 12:02 PM

Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office just like other workers at his company in Silicon Valley. But he's more than 2,300 miles away, working at home in Seymour, Indiana.

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Review: High-res music player ups the audio ante

By RON HARRIS , AP Online December 20, 2012, 09:59 PM

It's hard to make headlines with a portable music player these days, but Astell & Kern's new portable music player delivers. At $699, it's also nearly five times the price of an iPod Nano.

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Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote

By RYAN NAKASHIMA , AP Online December 19, 2012, 10:24 AM

Nintendo is switching on a television service that transforms the tablet-like controller for its new Wii U game console into a remote that changes the channel on your TV and puts programs from the Internet just a few finger taps away.

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New Xbox in the works?

By JONATHAN TAKIFF, StarTribune December 17, 2012, 10:26 AM

A third-generation Xbox game console -- maybe named 720? -- is coming by next Thanksgiving, according to sources.

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Sound Advice: Great gadget gifts for less than $100

By DON LINDICH, StarTribune December 14, 2012, 02:49 PM

The holiday season will be over soon, but great electronics buys in the $100-and-under price range are always worth talking about. Here are some of my favorites.

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Gadgets: E-card app marries words and pictures

By StarTribune December 08, 2012, 03:39 PM

From Christmas trees to Christmas cards, December is deadly for trees. There's not a lot you can do about the Christmas trees, but you can cut down on the cards.

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Sound Advice: Satellite providers win TV battle

By DON LINDICH, StarTribune December 04, 2012, 08:47 AM

Cable quality and service vary widely from company to company and region to region but satellite providers have excellent picture quality, value for money and hardware.

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New apps: Not every game is worth even 99 cents

By CHRISTINA BARRON, StarTribune December 03, 2012, 03:21 PM

A guide to the latest apps, including some entertaining free ones.

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Need extra cash for the holidays? It's in your older TVs and computers

By Point of Sale November 30, 2012, 11:37 AM

You may be eligible for hundreds of dollars if you purchased a flat screen TV, laptop or monitor from 1999 to 2006, but Dec. 6 is the deadline to apply.

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