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Switched's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Those well-worn holiday tunes are filling the radio waves and stores again, even though Thanksgiving isn't even here yet. Get a jump on your holiday shopping (and retaining your sanity) with our handy Holiday Gift Guide for 2009. We've got you ... Read more →
Hilton Hotel iPhone Apps, Aerosmith Declares Breakup on Twitter?
12 days ago on SwitchedHighlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Conrad Hilton revolutionized the hotel business in the early 20th century, and his namesake chain is aiming to do the same in the '00s with promises of technological evolution. ...
The Daily Engadget: Google's Free Airport Wi-Fi, T-Mobile Ditches myFaves
12 days ago on SwitchedOur friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click ...
Best of the Rest: Photoshop Comes to Android, Elderly Shred on 'Guitar Hero'
13 days ago on SwitchedThere's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. New DROID photo ...
What's the Best iMac for Basic Creative Tasks?
13 days ago on SwitchedQuestion: I'm finally ready to move to Mac, especially with Apple's latest iMacs. I really like the design and simplicity. But which one should I get? I was thinking I should get the base model for $1199, but the big 27-incher is pretty tempting, ...
Israel Developing SMS Rocket Alert System, Firefox Turns Five
13 days ago on SwitchedHighlights from the morning's other big tech headlines.... Israel is currently developing a missile alert system that would identify the destinations of incoming rockets and notify residents in the impact zones via cell phone. University ...
The Daily Engadget: Nokia Recalls 14M Chargers, First iPhone Worm
13 days ago on SwitchedOur friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click ...
Best of the Week: Evil Baguettes, Mickey Mouse, and Baby Monitors
14 days ago on SwitchedLike pet-of-the-week Pinky the Cat, even the most adorable and innocent of critters can turn into vicious terrors when hiding behind the anonymous wall of technology. Once peaceful people can suddenly turn violent when sheltered by the Net, a cell ...
Best of the Rest: Black Friday iPhone App, Rethinking Facebook
16 days ago on SwitchedThere's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. If you've got our ...
'What Is Flickr?' Question Flummoxes Folks on the Street
16 days ago on Switchedbrightcove.createExperiences(); We'll admit that, as tech journalists, we live in a bit of a self-imposed bubble when it comes to Internet goings-on. ("What do you mean, 'You've never heard of a meme?' ") So we decided to take our cameras to ...
9 Banned Apps You'll Never See on the iPhone
16 days ago on Switcheddigg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/11/06/9-banned-apps-youll-never-see-on-the-iphone/'; There's no denying the runaway success of Apple's App Store: to date, iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded some 2 billion applications from its ...
Steve Jobs Named 'CEO of the Decade,' China Stops Beating Web Addicts
16 days ago on SwitchedHighlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Fortune magazine has named Apple's Steve Jobs its 'CEO of the Decade,' due to the company's overwhelming success with iTunes, OS X, Pixar, and, of course, the iPhone. Jobs even ...
The Daily Engadget: Windows 7 Far Outselling Vista, DROID Launches
16 days ago on SwitchedOur friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click ...
Best of the Rest: World's Creepiest Robots, Apple Opens Louvre Store
17 days ago on SwitchedThere's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. There's an ...
Motorola DROID: The Reviews Are In
17 days ago on SwitchedMotorola's DROID may be the largest threat to Apple's stranglehold on the smartphone market to date, and for good reason. Available starting tomorrow for $199 (with a minimum $70 voice and data monthly plan), the DROID offers lots to like: a ...
Firefox Races Past Aging IE6, Is the Universe Beige?
17 days ago on SwitchedHighlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Whippersnapper Firefox recently eclipsed the 1 billion download mark, and that monumental success seems to have helped the browser surpass the crotchety old Internet Explorer 6. ...


