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• How to Recycle 2011's Old Gadgets for Good Karma, Profit
  It's 2012. You just got a new laptop, smartphone, or TV for the holidays, and now your old gear is obsolete. If you don't mind putting in some effort, you can get rid of last year's gear in an eco-friendly way -- and even earn cash in the process.
  01.05.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 5
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  01.05.12

• Canadian Refutes Customs' Version of iPad Passport Story
  Earlier this morning, reports that a Canadian gentleman passed through U.S. customs using nothing but an image of his passport on his iPad 2 started circling the Internet. But, alas, according to U.S. customs, the story being circulated doesn't share the whole picture of the incident. You cannot enter the U.S. using a scanned image of your passport on a mobile device.
  01.04.12

• Rupert Murdoch Joins Twitter, But Pretend Wife Makes It Interesting
  01.04.12

• Google Deranks Chrome Download Page Due to Spam Links
  In a curious case of tail-chasing, Google violates its own webmaster guidelines and then punishes its Chrome web browser as a result.
  01.04.12

• Yahoo Tries Again: CEO Search Yields PayPal's Scott Thompson
  01.04.12

• Dork Tower Wednesday
  01.04.12

• CloudOn Brings Microsoft Office to iPad
  01.04.12

• TidyTilt, a Cable-Wrangling Smart Cover for iPhone
  01.04.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 4
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  01.04.12

• Year-End Android, iOS App Downloads Surge
  App downloads spiked during the last week of 2011, peaking at 1.2 billion combined iOS and Android app downloads, according to mobile research firm Flurry Analytics. Moreover, Flurry says, it was the biggest week for app downloads in Android and iOS history.
  01.03.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 3
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  01.03.12

• 12 Realistically Mundane New Year's Resolutions ¿ 2012 Edition
  01.03.12

• Samsung Announces Wi-Fi Enabled, Android Controlled Digicam
  01.03.12

• Rumor: Apple iBooks Event in New York This Month
  01.03.12

• Twitterfight! Group Threatens Lawsuit Over Terror Tweets
  Ever since terrorists started using the internet, amateur crusaders, lawmakers and others have tried to fight back, pressuring technology companies to shut out the militants. So it was only a matter of time before the war on terrorist media went social.
  01.02.12

• Retro iPhone Camera Case Most Impressive, Comprehensive Yet
  01.02.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 2
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  01.02.12

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 1
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  01.01.12

• Fruit Blast for iOS Is Fun But Imperfect
  12.31.11

• Moshi Monsters Make the Leap From the Desktop to iOS
  12.31.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Dec. 31
  Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
  12.31.11

• Boston D.A. Subpoenas Twitter Over Occupy Boston, Anonymous
  The Boston D.A. dropped a bizarre, and seemingly wide-ranging, subpoena on Twitter, seeking information on accounts ostensibly linked to threats to officers. But there's little more to learn after a Boston judge draped a gag order over the proceedings Thursday.
  12.30.11

• Hurd Enters Pantheon of (Alleged) Tech Pickups
  Well, the letter that ended Mark Hurd's tenure as CEO of HP has finally been published, and the seedy allegations of Hurd's relationship with former Playboy model and B Movie actress Jodie Fisher are now public. Oracle says the letter was "recanted by Ms. Fisher," who "admitted it was full of inaccuracies." But if the pickup techniques alleged in it are true, Hurd definitely gets a spot as the coiner of a few of the top tech pickup techniques of all time.
  12.30.11

• Smartphone Activations Hit Record Holiday Highs
  Smartphone activations hit record highs this Christmas, with combined Android and iOS activations topping the 6.8 million mark on Dec. 25 alone, according to mobile research firm Flurry Analytics. That's an uptick of more than four times the average number of activations during the three weeks that preceded the holiday, and a 140 percent increase from last year's Christmas Day activations.
  12.30.11

• iPad 3 Rumor Roundup: New Display Tech, Lots of Contradictions
  Next year, Apple will unveil its iPad 3. History tells us we can expect iPad 3 sometime in the first quarter -- but exactly when? And will it include a retina display? And will there be two different models? Let the rumor round-up begin!
  12.30.11

• Review: Sphero, the Remote-Controlled Ball
  12.30.11