Jonathan Takiff writes about music and technology for the Daily News.
- AT&T sues screen makers, alleging price-fixing
- Be cautious with cell phone details
- Kids and texting: Is it OK for kids to text instead of talk while you're driving them around?
THE GIZMO: Bluetooth headsets.
LOOK OUT! Do we really need an expensive study to tell us that driving while talking on a mobile phone is dangerous to life and limb?
- Touch screen gamble: Which technology to use?
- How Microsoft plans to hook users on Windows 7
- Updated NJ Transit Web site goes online today
THE GIZMOS: Touch-screen PCs and 3-D TVs.
COOL COPY CATS: While competition is king in the consumer electronics industry, cooperation is also part of the game. Rivals often work jointly to establish standards for new technology. And, quite often , a significant slew of companies "spontaneously" jump on a bandwagon in sync.
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DEAR STEVE (BALLMER) AND BILL (GATES): Enclosed please find the Zune HD player and accessories you kindly sent for review. While there are some things I like a lot about this nifty little portable multimedia player, features that really set it apart from the competition, I'm not ready to write you a check to hold onto it.
- Gorgeous reissue ... & Dorothy's got freckles!THE GIZMO: 70th Anniversary "The Wizard of Oz" Ultimate Edition. Hollywood studios are reissuing hits by the hundreds on high-definition Blu-ray Disc, but few are likely to score as well as "The Wizard of Oz," out this week in a 70th anniversary "Ultimate Collector's Edition" on drop-dead-gorgeous Blu-ray ($84.99) and conventional DVD ($69.92), or a two-disc special DVD edition ($24.98).
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THE GIZMO: Portable digital TVs from Haier and Eviant. With the last of analog TV now behind them, viewers might be on the prowl for a new-generation, battery- (or AC-) powered portable TV that can tune in digital channels. Something you could use on the porch. Stand up on a kitchen counter. Keep around for weather emergencies and power outages. Or maybe bring to a ballgame or campground.
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GIZMO: The home theater, reimagined. In an era of no-money-down, devoting one of the many rooms in your McMansion to a home theater seemed like a cool idea. But these days, people are downsizing their residences and expectations.
- Remastered studio albums & new video game give fans ultimate ticket to rideIT'S 09/09/09 - one of those momentous dates when all the numerical elements line up in a row. What better day for a lunar-style landing that may be recalled, even centuries from now, for its magic-spreading aura and historic import!
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THE (EXTRA! EXTRA!) GIZMO: SONY'S READER DAILY EDITION. The cost to acquire an electronic book (aka e-book) reading device is $200 to $400. But might you bite if you could download lots of free stuff to its tablet-sized screen, even best-sellers, as well as paid content?
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WHEN THE LEADING electronics company Panasonic churns up enthusiasm for a new technology, the tidal waves can sweep the world.
- TV makers are making sets more Earth-friendlyTHE "CASH-for-clunkers" program has worked so well for the auto industry, some TV set producers are talking up a similar project for their industry. And after decades of delivering televisions that require lavish amounts of energy to light up and shine, makers are working hard to deliver new models that sip rather than slurp electricity - even if it means a little less brightness when you turn the set on.
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THE GIZMO: Never before has a consumer-electronics product been as hyped, analyzed and anticipated as the Apple iPhone - the first combination iPod, mobile phone and Internet communications device rolled into one sleek and tidy package.
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THE GIZMO: High-def incentives. WILL PORN TURN THE TIDE? Supporters of the rival high-definition video disc formats had new ammunition at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
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