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Three Funky Mice Made for Laptops

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 25, 2011 at 2:23 pm PT

Katie looks at three computer mice made for laptop users. Their designs make them simple to pack in a bag, use while sitting on the couch or recharge directly from the laptop.

RunKeeper Hopes to Be Your App for That New Year's Resolution

Liz Gannes in Social on December 31, 2010 at 12:59 pm PT

The RunKeeper Pro app, usually $9.99, is free from now through the end of January. Since the promotion started yesterday, downloads of the app have been up more than 10 times the normal number for a single day.

Time Warner Cable Says It's Looking for Cord Cutters, but Can't Find Them, Either

Peter Kafka in Media on November 4, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

The company lost 155,000 video subscribers, but said it couldn’t “identify any increase in cord-cutting.” Sound familiar?

Amazon Gives the Kindle a Price Cut, Takes It Overseas

Peter Kafka in Media on October 6, 2009 at 9:33 pm PT

Had to see this one coming: Amazon is chopping the price on its plain-vanilla Kindle e-book reader and is introducing a new version that will allow users to download books when they’re outside the U.S. Your move, Sony–and every other would-be Kindle competitor.