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Microsoft Surface Pro Review: Too Much Future?

The Microsoft Surface was the biggest new tech of 2012. Its first iteration — Surface RT, a confusingly named and marketed tablet-with-a-keyboard — bombed. Pretty hard. So why believe in the full-powered Surface Pro? Simple. It’s a braver and more divergent take on the laptop-tablet convergence than anyone else has risked so far.

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Giz Explains: Why Time Flies

Time flies when you’re having fun. But you’re at work, and work sucks. So how is it 5 o’clock already?

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Giz Explains: Why Your Call Dropped

The called just died, and for no apparent reason. You were just walking down the street, for God’s sake. So, let’s talk about it: What happened?

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Kyle Eats CES

CES is tough. You have to blog a lot, walk a lot and drink a lot, usually without getting nearly enough sleep or eating your proper food pyramid portions. Kyle was hungry all the time! So he ate a lot.

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I Just Want A Dumb TV

Hey, so remember when building VCRs into TVs seemed like a good idea? And then how it turned out that is wasn’t? Yeah, connected TVs are basically just like that.

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Life’s Like A Road That You Travel On

With all the product announcements, press conferences, events and exhibits to cover at CES, we almost missed the most important item of the day. Almost. A meme has achieved perfection.

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Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card Can Use Any Phone To Upload Photos

Having an Eye-Fi wireless SD card in your camera is useful, but only if there’s a wireless network to connect to. Soon, though, anyone with an Eye-Fi X2 will be able to upload photos through their phone’s 3G connection.

Cameras

ContourGPS Uses Your Smartphone As A Viewfinder

Hey, people with ContourGPS sports cameras: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE WON A PRIZE! That camera you’ve got strapped to your helmet has been hiding a secret Bluetooth chip, which you’ll soon be able to use to stream live video to your smartphone.

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What Is Gorilla Glass?

The allure of Gorilla Glass is no mystery to anyone with a Droid, an iPhone 4, a Galaxy tab or a Dell Adamo. But for everyone else wondering about all the new Gorilla Glass gear at CES, here’s the rundown.

Gadgets

What Is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)?

HEAR THIS: 2011 will be the year of Bluetooth. Or rather the other year of Bluetooth, the first one being, like, 1995. Anyway, here’s why you should care about the ‘tooth again: It’s called BLE. It’s like Bluetooth Light.

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Project Denver: Nvidia Is Finally Making Its Own Processor

Slipped in at end of a string of small announcements from the company and its partners – some cool Tegra-powered games, and Skype HD on Android – was a telling glimpse at Nvidia’s future. Yep, they’re making a processor. A weird processor!

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