1. HP TouchSmart IQ816 All-in-One Desktop PC
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HP TouchSmart IQ816 All-in-One Desktop PC   Stay connected to your world with the HP TouchSmart PC. Its new all-in-one design combines a 25.5" diagonal hi-def widescreen with a powerful ener

2. Gateway GT5694 Desktop PC
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... 15-in-1 media card reader, this is a desktop for multimedia mavens and great gamers - who'll love the 802.11b/g wireless. Incredibly efficient, intensely visual, in control: GT5694.   &nbsp...

3. Obama: Full-on geek or just 'nerd-adjacent?'
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...sed to collect comic books, can't part with his BlackBerry, and once flashed Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nimoy the Vulcan "Live Long and Prosper" sign. ...

4. Oldest bat has swingin’ birthday soiree
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Tanner the golden bat, the oldest of his kind in captivity, will celebrate his 23rd birthday by hanging around and chomping on a few pieces of papaya, mango and melon.

5. Video: Wal-Mart selling iPhone
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Dec. 29: Retail giant Wal-Mart started selling Apple's iPhone for two dollars less than you can buy them at the Apple store. (MSNBC)

6. Evolution demands more Facebook drunkfail
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Just as Darwin predicted, humiliating photos will continue to appear on the Internet, posted by the very people being humiliated in the photos. And human nature says this behavior will continue long a

7. Mothers against Facebook breast-feeding ban
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...sparked a massive online debate — and protests — and after removing photos that expose too much of a mother's breast. ...

8. Obama’s ‘Net-work key to pushing his agenda
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...ect Barack Obama's top asset in pushing his agenda will not be his Cabinet secretaries or aides, but rather his online network. ...

9. Site plays Cupid to plus-sized Indians
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An Indian website promises to deliver king-size romance to millions of overweight men and women in the country, where the plus-sized are often hard-pressed to find a life partner.

10. Thailand blocks over 2,000 Web sites
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The Thai government has blocked more than 2,300 Web sites over the past year, most of them for allegedly offending the country's monarchy, a senior official said Tuesday.

11. Internet resolutions to help others in 2009
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...f making vows to lose weight, save money or get fit, a U.S. charity is challenging people to log on to the Internet to make New Year resolutions to help others. And people are taking the bait. ...

12. Shhh! Gadget racket threatens pulsar research
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Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cell phone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured h

13. Israel's military takes PR battle to YouTube
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Israel's bruising war on the Islamic militants who control Gaza has moved online, where sites like YouTube and Facebook are the new battlegrounds.

14. FCC head drops filtering from broadband plan
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Before he steps down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin still hopes to win approval for his plan to auction off a slice of the airwaves for a free nationwide wireless b

15. Wikipedia meets $6 million fundraising goal
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The nonprofit foundation that runs Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia of user-contributed articles, said Friday it has met its $6 million fundraising goal for fiscal 2008.

16. Converter-box program running out of money
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The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxe

17. Microsoft says Zune players working again
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Microsoft said Wednesday that a Leap year issue caused problems with the 30-gigabyte Zunes, following a flood of online customer complaints about the digital music players freezing up.

18. Best Nintendo DS games of 2008
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...tendo DS games that have been very, very nice this year. Check it once, check it twice, and you’ll see there’s a game for just about everyone on your list (naughty or nice). ...

19. Best Xbox 360 games of 2008
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With improved reliability and a new low price of $199, there's no reason to  miss the top 10 Xbox 360 games of 2008.

20. Teen pleads guilty in 'Mortal Kombat' death
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A Colorado man has pleaded guilty in connection with the death of his girlfriend's half-sister during an apparent imitation of the "Mortal Kombat" video game.

21. Will you feel at home in PlayStation Home?
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...th a PlayStation 3 can enter. It is at once a grand, fascinating experiment in gaming ... as well as a theater of the absurd. ...

22. 'Red Ringed' Xbox 360s still dog Microsoft
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It’s been almost a year and a half since Microsoft issued a big “I’m sorry” to consumers, extending the warranty on their Xbox 360s to three years and taking a $1 billion charge against earnings.  But

23. Big video game fans crucial to the industry
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For the video game industry, core gamers are proving crucial. Their willingness to regularly, loyally buy new titles — no matter what — gives the industry a better chance of success than other busines

24. Best Wii games of 2008
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There weren't as many great releases for the console this year, but there were still plenty of engaging and fun titles to enjoy.

25. Electronic Arts to slash 1,000 jobs
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Electronic Arts Inc. plans to slash hundreds of jobs in addition to the layoffs it announced earlier this fall, with the total amounting to about 10 percent of its work force, or about 1,000 people.

26. Video games may do the aging brain good
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Older adults might want to take an interest in their grandchildren's' video games, if early research on the brain benefits of gaming is correct.

27. Boom in music video games helps original artists
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...ck Band" and "Guitar Hero," and well-known bands have started lining up to provide new music direct to the game makers. Now record labels  are looking for a bigger piece of the action. ...

28. 'GoodQuests' blends gaming with charity
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If kids are playing video games, why not do some good while they're at it?

29. Which games won me over in 2008?
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When a “winter storm event” shuttered businesses and foiled travel plans across the Pacific Northwest, I didn't turn into the Grinch. I just played a lot of games.

30. 9 comic book characters to watch in 2009
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Which comic book characters are positioned to make 2009 a breakout year for themselves?