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by Peter Smith

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Peter Smith writes about personal technology for ITworld.

Amazon could be in the streaming set-top box game by holidays

Posted Oct 04, 2013 - 06:00 am

Push aside your Roku, Apple TV and Google TV and make room for the Amazon FireTube.
Personal Tech
Leaked new Fitbit Force activity tracker combines best of Flex and One models

Posted Oct 03, 2013 - 06:00 am

This isn't an official product yet, but signs point to a near-future release.
Personal Tech
Ebook subscription services start rolling out

Posted Oct 02, 2013 - 06:00 am

We take for granted subscription services for music and video. Now companies like Scribd, eReatah and Oyster are offering similar services for ebooks.
Personal Tech
Valve completes its trifecta of announcements with the Steam Controller

Posted Oct 01, 2013 - 06:00 am

Friday afternoon Valve let loose with a hype-filled announcement about a revolutionary new controller. Since then some game developers with hands-on experience have reported mostly positive experiences with this new gadget.
Personal Tech
AMD & Raptr partner to make your PC games look and perform their best

Posted Sep 27, 2013 - 06:00 am

Nvidia gamers have the GeForce experience, now AMD users have Gaming Evolved.
Personal Tech
Goodbye Steam Boxes, hello Steam Machines

Posted Sep 26, 2013 - 06:00 am

Valve's second announcement this week focused on the hardware that you'll be running SteamOS on.
Personal Tech
Leaked specs, image, of Archos GamePad 2 hit the web

Posted Sep 25, 2013 - 06:00 am

Apparently the Archos GamePad 1 sold well enough that the company is preparing to roll out a new version.
Personal Tech
Valve announces SteamOS, Linux-based operating system dedicated to gaming

Posted Sep 24, 2013 - 06:00 am

Valve has 3 announcements planned for this week. The first is SteamOS, the operating system that will power your Steam Box.
Personal Tech
More Playstation news from the Tokyo Game Show

Posted Sep 20, 2013 - 06:00 am

It looks like I jumped the gun a bit; here're a few Playstation news tidbits that came out following the press conference we talked about yesterday.
Personal Tech
Sony forecasts 5 million Playstation 4 sales by March 31, 2014

Posted Sep 19, 2013 - 06:00 am

At a Tokyo Game Show press conference Sony shares sales forecasts for the PS4...and not much more in the way of new info.
Personal Tech

October is...
Unified Communications Month

BY THE NUMBERS: UC&C

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TIP: Use your cell phone as a WiFi VOIP phone

TOOLBOX: Six alternative tools for small business collaboration

CASE STUDY: Enterprise social network moves ad agency into the future

Microsoft's Security Essentials isn't the best antivirus program, according to Microsoft

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AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

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Change Microsoft Office 2013's default search engine from Bing to Google

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See - and hear - what it was like to surf the web 20 years ago

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Valve completes its trifecta of announcements with the Steam Controller

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