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LeapFrog Device Moves Past the Tadpole Stage
LeapFrog ups the ante with a new Leapster device that has a digital camera, video recorder, a microphone and an accelerometer.Swivl, the Swiveling Smartphone Dock, Slashes Price
A new version of the crowdfunded swiveling smartphone dock will cost $50 less than the original.Here’s How Microsoft Is Adding Voice Control and Gestures to the Xbox (Video)
Michael Suraci, Xbox’s director of marketing, demonstrates the new features, which will roll out in a massive free software update, available Tuesday.Larger Mac Font
Walt answers a reader’s question on boosting the font size in a MacBook Pro.Live From Petaluma: Chief TWiT Leo Laporte Talks About Podcasting Expansion and More!
Right before the Oscars, BoomTown motored up to Petaluma, Calif., a lovely town in Northern California, to be in studio on Leo Laporte’s “This Week in Tech” online show. TWiT is just one of the more than two dozen online video shows put out by the energetic Laporte via the TWiT Netcast Network, whose expansion has been heartening to see given the programming–though decidedly geeky–is really top-notch.Atrix 4G: Faux Laptop With a Phone For Brains
Walt reviews the Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone, which acts as the brains of a small laptop device.Free Gmail Calling Is the New Landline
Because of free Gmail voice calling, I don’t need a landline to back up my crappy AT&T cell service. And Google announced today that free Gmail calls from the U.S. to anywhere in the States and Canada would be extended through all of 2011.Full D8 Tech Demo Video: Microsoft's Project Natal
Since Microsoft will be officially unveiling its Project Natal at the Electronic Entertainment Expo gaming show next week in Los Angeles, take a preview gander of it in action at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference recently. At E3, the software giant will give the innovative gesture-based controller for the Xbox a spanking new name and will likely announce other related features.Windows Phone 7 Series Even More Impressive Than Previously Thought
Microsoft added a bit more to its Windows Phone 7 Series story at its MIX10 event this morning, revealing some of the mobile operating system’s features and detailing how developers can write software for it. While it’s obviously far too early to make any big declarations about it, the OS certainly seems competitive–and compelling.Voices









