Travel Website Lets You Book Flights Featuring Wi-Fi, Live TV

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Travel is so much easier when you’re prepared and know what to expect. Airfare shopping website CheapAir.com now lets you find out which flights offer Wi-Fi, live TV and movies before you book.

Onboard technology can make flying a much more pleasurable and productive experience. But unless you book with a particular airline that offers Wi-Fi...

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Bioware’s Mass Effect 3 demo includes Xbox Live Gold trial

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If you download the Mass Effect 3 demo for Xbox 360 on its Valentine’s Day launch day, you’ll get a free month of Xbox Live Gold. That isn’t because Microsoft and Bioware are feeling generous; it’s because of the somewhat ridiculous restriction that prevents non-Gold members from playing online games. And as anyone who...

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Are composite pickup trucks in our future?

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13″ MacBook Pro: Time to say goodbye?

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So argues CNET’s Scott Stein. I beg to differ on the point of hustling the 13″ Pro out the door, although I expect that Stein will soon get his wish.

Concededly, the original 13″ aluminum unibody form factor, which debuted as a plain MacBook in October 2008, is getting a bit long in the tooth. As Stein observes, that was before...

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Nokia reveals NFC-powered “Hello” communication platform

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You can say a lot of things about Nokia, but you can’t really say that it ever runs out of ceative ideas. Enter Nokia Hello, which strives to make it easier if you’re trying to talk to someone who speaks a different language than you. Powered by Near Field Communication (NFC), Nokia Hello lets one user type a message in one language,...

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Ford Edge Ecoboost a harbinger of the new efficiency

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Facebook IPO: Test Your Knowledge [QUIZ]

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News of Facebook‘s IPO swamped the Internet earlier this week, when the company’s 213-page S-1 document went up on the SEC’s website, promptly crashing it.

In addition to confirming previous reports that the filing was imminent, the document contained numerous interesting facts that many have long been wondering, such as the...

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Windows 7 Themes: Valentines for your desktop!

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Ah, February. The favorite month of florists the world over… at least anywhere Valentine’s Day is customarily celebrated with gifts of flowers. And of all flowers throughout history, the rose is the most enduring symbol of love. Sadly, although the symbol endures, a real fresh-cut rose doesn’t stay lovely for long. But the roses in our new Windows...

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Smartphone Sales Overtake PCs for the First Time [STUDY]

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If you bought a smartphone in 2011 — and didn’t buy a PC — you were part of a history-making trend.

For the first year ever, total PC sales around the world were outpaced by total smartphone sales, in units at least, according to data released Friday by market analyst firm Canalsys. Nearly 488 million smartphones were shipped,...

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ComScore: Android and iOS gallop ahead, US smartphone usage approaches 100 million

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The latest report is in from ComScore, and as you might expect, the news is sunshine and roses for the crews at Google and Apple. Both companies platforms charted some worthwhile month-over-month gains, as Android is estimated to account for 47.3 percent of smartphones in the US, while iOS runs a strong second with 26.9 percent. Meanwhile, former B... Add a comment

Apple cleans App Store of high-profile lookalike apps

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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 3, 2012

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Another week has come to a close, but not before we had a chance to catch up on the big news of the day, like this one – the Android@Home prototype as an entertainment device for the home. In addition, the Windows Phone Marketplace has just launched in five new countries.

Featured: Check out our review of the ms01 Monitor Series to see what...

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A hydrogen fueling station powered by the wind

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Android CDMA support changed slightly, Nexus may stopper updates

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Today there’s been a bit of a scare out there in the Android world as Google changed its official support pages to stop support for some CDMA features on devices. This seemed to include the Verizon Galaxy Nexus at first along with all CDMA devices in all ways. In fact the situation is simply this: CDMA devices have been removed from some...

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Gingerbread still tops OS distribution across Android devices

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Just a quick note on the latest Android distribution data published by the Google Android Developers for the last 14 day period ending February 1. As expected, Android Gingerbread still tops the Android OS distribution, getting 58.6% share for all of its flavors – 2.3-2.3.2 and 2.3.3-2.3.7. Following at a distance is Android Froyo with 27.8%...

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Forums: Jailbreak terms A-Z, Replacement Parts

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We’ve blown through a ton of content this week so if you happened to miss out on anything, make sure you jump back a page or six and get yourself caught up. If you’re looking to talk more, head on into the iMore forums and hang out! You can register now to get started today and while you’re at it, check out some of the threads...

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Why are there ZFS references in the latest iOS 5.1 beta?

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Apple may have begun testing what appears to be ZFS (Zettabyte File System) support in the latest iOS 5.1 beta. If the information received by iMore is accurate. references to ZFS, including the mounting tools, are contained deep inside the system files. This raises a lot of questions about where Apple may be taking iOS storage in the future.

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Watch 2012 Super Bowl Commercials Now With Facebook + USA Today’s Ad Meter

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Want to watch the big budget Super Bowl commercials, but can’t wait till Sunday or don’t care about football? Facebook and USA Today have just launched Ad Meter, a Facebook app where you can watch many of the TV spots right now. Then from kickoff until Tuesday night you can vote for your favorites. Traditionally an offline poll done ...

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Verizon Galaxy Nexus loses Google support?

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