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Jambox Grows Up, Gets Bigger

Lauren Goode in Product News on April 30 at 9:01 pm PT

Is bigger better for the best-selling Jambox?

Sound Kick: Solid Sound, but a Shaky Speaker

Lauren Goode in Reviews on April 16 at 6:00 am PT

How does a $99 Bluetooth speaker stack up next to the popular Jambox?

DARPA: That’s Mach 20, Baby

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2011 at 6:50 am PT

The Defense Department’s secret project agency is launching an aircraft today that does 13,000 miles per hour, or 20 times the speed of sound. Sweeeet.

Children’s Book Apps Get Curiouser And Curiouser

Nick Wingfield in Personal Technology on June 16, 2010 at 2:41 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield.

Kids’ books apps are among the first to cleverly exploit the iPad’s capabilities and their rich illustrations can look great on the iPad’s color screen.

Bluetooth Headsets That Up the Chic Factor

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on September 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm PT

Review of two Bluetooth headsets that look stylish enough that you won’t mind being seen wearing them: The Plantronics Discovery 975 and Aliph’s Jawbone Prime.

Two New Devices Give Presentations Some Portability

Nick Wingfield in Personal Technology on December 10, 2008 at 6:08 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield

Digital projectors are the best way to get the biggest possible image for a PowerPoint presentation or a movie. But the projectors are often pretty big themselves, with even most “pocket projectors” too big to stuff into the typical pocket or laptop bag. That is changing.

Flip Camcorder Goes High-Def

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 11, 2008 at 5:40 pm PT

Katie reviews the Pure Digital Technologies Flip MinoHD, a handheld camcorder that is capable of capturing high-definition footage in 1280×720 pixel resolution, or 720p. (The regular Mino records at 640×480 pixels.)

iPod Phono: 10 Songs on Your Coffee Table

John Paczkowski in News on June 11, 2008 at 1:12 pm PT

Turns out the long-playing (LP) record album may not be as much of an anachronism as once thought. As CD sales slip into the mud, and digital music outlets pop up on the Web as quickly as Starbucks stores, vinyl is staging a comeback.

iPod Phono: 10 Songs on Your Coffee Table

John Paczkowski in News on June 11, 2008 at 1:12 pm PT

Turns out the long-playing (LP) record album may not be as much of an anachronism as once thought. As CD sales slip into the mud, and digital music outlets pop up on the Web as quickly as Starbucks stores, vinyl is staging a comeback.