Ultimate laptop buying guide: 6 types of laptops to consider

Whether you’re looking for an uber-powerful desktop replacement or a super-portable netbook, here is what you need to consider before buying a laptop.

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CNET: Android phones get Opera Mini 5 beta

All those Android smartphone owners who have been wondering when they can ditch the outmoded Opera Mini 4.2 browser in favor of the latest beta can now unfold their pouts, stop that kicking, and remove their pounding fists from the floor. Opera Mini 5 beta has arrived.

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Android Crushes the Competition, iPhone Stands Still

The latest quarterly smartphone results are in from market research firm comScore, and surprise-surprise, Google’s Android platform continues to rock the marketplace while everyone else looks on.

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12 Types of Cell Phone Users That Drive Us Nuts

Maybe you’ve seen Bluetooth Johnson, the bathroom texter or Han Solo, a.k.a, the holster master, in action. But hopefully, you don’t see any of these 12 annoying cell phone characters when you look in the mirror.

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The making of the Terminator’s laser-sighted .45 pistol

There are multiple iconic weapons in science fiction history, but few are as cool as the Terminator’s side arm: the .45 Long Slide with a laser sighting. Ars tracked down the man who created the legendary prop, and we talked about the early days of lasers on weapons.

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3-D Can Be Explained [infographic]

It’s not just a red and blue glass that makes things fly at you! Well sort of but its much cooler than that.

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The Size of the Mobile Market (Infographic)

In Taiwan, there are more cellphones than people. About 7% of all mobile data goes to movie information. And Google owns nearly 100% of the mobile search market. These, and more fun facts in this handy infographic!

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Innovation Brings New Amazing Gadgets to the Poor

A nonprofit called Kopernik hopes to connect the creators of the low-cost, innovative and life-saving inventions with the people who need them most.

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Is Google TV the Wave of the Future?

To boldly go where other companies have failed

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Nokia Files Patent for Self-Charging Phone

Kinetically powered cell phones have been relegated to futuristic concepts..or have they? Nokia files a patent that could lead to the first real piezoelectric mobile phone.

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