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Five things you probably don't know about Bluetooth

Posted May 6, 2013 - 4:12 pm

Danish runes, tricky terminology, and Polish marketing firms that try to pair you up in malls. Bluetooth is a hoot.
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Turn your dust-catching Wii Fit board into a smart scale with an Android app

Posted May 2, 2013 - 2:23 pm

Someone made an Android app that turns your Wii Fit board into a new-fangled, web-connected "smart scale." Awesome.
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How to turn off Android's screen lock for yourself (but keep it for everyone else)

Posted April 9, 2013 - 5:49 pm

Here's how to keep your Android phone easily unlocked whenever it's near familiar Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth devices.
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Pebble watch review, part 2: one week of '10-4'

Posted March 15, 2013 - 2:28 pm

The Pebble just tells you, quickly, that you need to respond to your spouse’s request to be picked up at work, or helps you ignore the 20th message about that Facebook event you’re not even going to.
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The true stories behind tech's strangest terms

Posted March 14, 2013 - 8:15 am

You use words like "Bluetooth," "wiki" and "Wi-Fi" all the time, but do you know how those things actually got their names? You might be surprised to find out.
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Follow the shoppers, follow the money

Posted January 31, 2013 - 6:32 pm

Your favorite stores and restaurants are using your phone's Bluetooth to watch you shop. Part III of my series on retail tracking.
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NFC: the lonely, magical, too-powerful orphan

Posted January 23, 2013 - 6:34 pm

NFC is very low-power and fairly easy to connect and extend, sometimes just with stickers. But it’s just not catching on.
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Apple rules CES 2013 from 529 miles away

Posted January 10, 2013 - 11:43 am

I spent three days covering CES 2013, and I came away with this conclusion: the biggest story involved inaction by a company that wasn’t there at all.
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The essential mobile toolkit for road warriors

Posted January 1, 2013 - 9:00 am

What you should always carry in your briefcase or backpack -- or on your mobile device itself
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TRAVEL: Gift ideas for the out-and-about

Posted November 23, 2012 - 8:35 am

It's always been difficult to figure out where to put the hands-free Bluetooth headset in the Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. Does it belong in its own category or do we combine them into something else?
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20 tools for hero hacks

Posted November 14, 2012 - 9:00 am

On the road, under duress, or out in the boonies -- save the day with these essential IT troubleshooting and repair tools
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Proximity marketing: NFC vs. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Posted October 13, 2012 - 8:41 pm

Near field communication (NFC) is being hailed in some quarters as the future of mobile marketing. NFC tags that are embedded in products or on posters and signage can open a mobile browser in an NFC-enabled device (such as a smartphone) to transmit an offer or message. To start the communication, the consumer simply taps his or her smartphone to the tag to receive the transmission wirelessly.
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Wearable technology: 10 gadgets available now

Posted September 25, 2012 - 8:00 am

you don't have to wait until next year (and probably much later, unless you happen to be a developer) to get your hands on wearable tech. Here are ten pieces of wearable technology that are available right now.
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Great tech for $25 or less: affordable-gadget roundup

Posted September 24, 2012 - 8:00 am

Go ahead and crack your piggy bank open. These 25 tech gadgets won't bust your budget.
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5 bluetooth speakers: make your music mobile

Posted August 24, 2012 - 2:00 pm

We look at a range of Bluetooth speakers that can improve your smartphone's audio at home, at work or on the go.
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Cool summer gadget guide

Posted June 22, 2012 - 8:00 am

Here are some suggestions for some great summer gadgets for work, travel, outdoors and exercise that will get you more enjoyment out of the summer season.
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Apple TV with Bluetooth 4, streaming iTunes, and ever more iPad 3 predictions

Posted February 29, 2012 - 11:41 am

It’s not the actual TV Apple is rumored to be working on. But it is a newer, faster Apple TV, supposedly offering 1080p video support, potentially voice-activated (a.k.a. Siri-style) commands from a remote or iPhone/iPad, and maybe even an FM radio tuner
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Turn that old Blackberry into a Bluetooth remote for Android and the PS3

Posted February 25, 2012 - 7:39 am

RIM just released its updated Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0, which brings native email support and BlackBerry Bridge 2.0 app that allows you to remotely control the tablet with a Blackberry smartphone.
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3 Bluetooth keyboards for Android tablets

Posted October 31, 2011 - 11:38 am

Tablets give us new possibilities when it comes to mobile computing. Unfortunately, they also give us new things to pack when it comes to carry-on luggage.
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Microsoft discovers security risk where you thought there were none

Posted July 13, 2011 - 1:00 pm

Microsoft has patched a Bluetooth flaw that could let an attacker take over a Windows 7 system even when the user thought the network and Bluetooth were both disconnected.
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Patch Tuesday fixes critical Bluetooth flaw in Windows 7

Posted July 12, 2011 - 8:27 pm

Patch Tuesday has arrived. As expected, Microsoft released a relatively small number of patches for July, but that is no reason for IT admins to let their guard down--especially when one of the patches is a Critical update for Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
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Review: Plantronics Voyager PRO UC Bluetooth headset

Posted January 26, 2011 - 10:09 pm

The scoop: Voyager Pro UC Bluetooth headset, by Plantronics, about $200.
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Time to kill Bluetooth

Posted January 10, 2011 - 3:33 pm

New WLAN protocol Wi-Fi Direct can link your phone to a headset, keyboard, disk drive or network, simpler, more securely and more easily than Bluetooth.
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CES: Silicon makes the best keyboards for tablets (Video)

Posted January 6, 2011 - 8:32 pm

Tablets are the big story at CES, but they don't have keyboards. The best options on display are flexible, easy to clean, and made of silicon.
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Christmas goodies: Python and Bluetooth

Posted December 8, 2010 - 10:25 pm

"Head First Python" provides a pretty comprehensive tour through the Python language with a lighthearted approach that includes lots of graphics, lots of asides and annotations to the text, lots of answers to "dumb questions" (questions that might be naively asked), and lots of exercises intended to give your brain a bigger picture of the subject matter.
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