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HuffingtonPost.com for iPhone

The Huffington Post, the left-leaning news and opinion site, is an honest-to-goodness new media powerhouse. What began in 2005 as a group blog for conservative-turned-liberal pundit Arianna Huffington's celebrity pals now attracts more than double the traffic Matt Drudge gets in any given month. More importantly, Huffington is attracting something no media company these days has: venture capital.

| Product review | Personal tech | Software | 07/03/09 at 12:51 pm |


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A Netbook Worth Buying: Samsung's N120

It's been nearly two years since the first netbook, the Asus Eee PC 4G, became available to U.S. consumers. Even so, I just bought my first netbook, the Samsung N120. Why did I wait so long? (Several reasons.) And was it worth the wait? (Absolutely.)

| Product review | Hardware | Personal tech | 07/01/09 at 10:56 am |


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Firefox 3.5 makes browsing faster, easier and more fun

Mozilla puts Firefox 3.5 ahead of the browser pack with better performance, improved tab handling and nifty new features.

| Product review | Open Source | Software | 06/30/09 at 7:43 pm |


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The better Office alternative: SoftMaker Office bests OpenOffice.org

SoftMaker Office 2008 shows superior compatibility with Microsoft Office formats, while OpenOffice.org 3.1 falls flat

| Product review | Personal tech | Software | 06/30/09 at 12:10 pm |


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