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Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Debuts New Scanning Features at CES
The new Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 boasts a host of new document handling features to help users get more organized with fewer hassles.News
Can Gunnar Glasses Keep Your Eyes from Stinging After Hours at the Computer?
Specially tinted, wrap around glasses are supposed to cure much of what ails eyes after staring at a computer screen.News
New SD Standard Will Allow for 2TB Cards
The SD Association released a new memory card specification that could drive storage of SD media to 2TB.News
Powermat Joins the Wireless Charger Fray
Powermat joined several companies offering products for charging portable gadgets without wires.News
The Most Reliable Tech Gear
44,000 PCWorld.com visitors reveal which companies make the sturdiest gear–and which ones won’t forget you after the deal is done.News
Canon Printers Get Top Marks in Reliability
Canon garnered high marks in eight out of nine of our measures of reliability and technical support. HP got mostly negative scores.News
Apple Laptops Extend Their Lead in Reliability
In our annual survey of the most reliable laptops, Apple leads, HP bleeds, and Lenovo significantly recedes.News
Toshiba Unveils 500GB Portable External Hard Drive
New $180 model is the company's highest-capacity model yet.News
PC World’s Most Popular Stories of 2008
From tales of Google's biggest flops to looks at gadgets you probably can't afford, these were the stories our readers loved this year.News
The 7 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time
The only thing we love more than a visionary is a visionary with really bad eyesight. Here now is a brief history of the world's most dunderheaded tech predictions.News
Windows 7 May Add Spice to CES
Microsoft's Windows 7 OS could steal the thunder away from the latest gadgets at CES 2009.News
Digital Gear: Power and Money Saving Technologies
Here's a snapshot of some of the cool gadgets and electronics that you'll be able to check out on the CES show floor.rnNews
HP Enables Photo Printing on the iPhone
Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched an iPhone application that allows users to print pictures wirelessly from an iPhone.News
Will 2009 (Finally) Be Blu-ray’s Year?
Sony won the standards war, but's still battling for our hearts and pocketbooks.News
LG Laptop Screen Promises Good Image in and Outside
LG Display has developed an LCD module that it says looks as good outdoors in sunlight ads it does indoors and plans to unveil it CES in January in Las Vegas.News
Breathalyzer FM Transmitter For Your iPod/iPhone
The new iBreath iPod/iPhone accessory is not only a fully functioning FM transmitter, ala the Griffin iTrip, it also lets users test their own blood alcohol content to make sure they are below the legal limit to drive.News
Quotes of Note From 2008
So many notable quotes, so little space to recount them — that's the annual conundrum as we think back on the year.News
Multifunction Devices Pose Tax Headache for EU Policymakers
The distinction between a printer and a copier, or a phone from a TV, in Europe could affect the duty charged.News
HP to Offer Boston-Power’s 3-year Laptop Battery
HP will offer Boston-Power's Sonata battery with laptops. The battery can last 1,000 charges without degrading and reach 80% of charge in 30 minutes.News
Intel Hopes to Bring Free Energy to Mobile Devices
Intel is researching the harvesting of free energy from the environment to run electronic devices.News
Could it be a Blue Christmas for Blu-ray?
OK, Blu-ray won the standards war, but it's still struggling in the marketplace.News
Jepsen Works to Raise Laptop Battery Life to 20-40 Hours
Mary Lou Jepsen's Pixel Qi plans to start shipping low-power screens in the second half of next year.News
Digital Gear: IPhone Clone Tries to Whip up a Storm
The iPhone has stolen the hearts of millions, but nowadays it's far from the only slick-looking touch-screen phone in town.News
Folding Screen for Mobile Phones Unveiled
ITRI revealed a bendable screen technology for mobile phone that enables 5-inch screens.News
LCD Makers Regretful Over U.S. Price-Fixing
Sharp, LG, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes charged $585 million in fines.News
Is That Ink Cartridge Really Empty?
We ran printers until they said it was time to change the cartridge–and found that some left more than 40 percent of their ink unused. Is all that waste really necessary — especially considering how much printer ink costs?News
Cheap Laptop Batteries: Good Deal or Risky?
You can save up to 50% with an aftermarket battery for your notebook — if you dare.News
Tethering Coming Soon to iPhone, AT&T Says
Could tethering your iPhone's Net connection to your laptop soon be a reality? After earlier failed efforts to do just that, now AT&T says tethering is coming soon to an iPhone near you.News
How Much Ink Is Left in That Dead Cartridge?
We ran printers until they said it was time to change the cartridge–and found that some left more than 40 percent of their ink unused.News
Recession Hits Blu-Ray Where it Counts
Blu-ray is the supposed format winner, but why isn't it setting sales records?News
Panasonic Halves Size of Prototype Laptop Fuel Cell
Panasonic has succeeded in reducing the size of a prototype methanol fuel cell so that its no larger than a laptop battery pack but can provide day-long power.News
LG to Add Keyboard to Prada Phone
LG Electronics will later this year launch an updated version of its Prada phone that sports a QWERTY keyboard.News
Toshiba’s First Fuel Cell Coming in a Few Months
Toshiba is close to launching its first commercial device based on a direct methanol fuel cell that promises fast recharging for portable electronics products.News
Sanyo Laser to Enable Faster, Higher Capacity Blu-ray Discs
Sanyo Electric has developed a laser diode that will help lay the ground towards higher capacity and faster Blu-ray Disc systems.News
HP Extends Laptop Battery Life to 24 Hours
HP will release a laptop next month whose battery will last up to 24 hours, but only if its running Microsoft Windows XP.Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Keep That Laptop in the Bag in the Security Line
The TSA says that you can keep your laptop in a bag as long as it's designed to provide a clear top and bottom image of the computer.News
Best Buy to Put Gizmo Vending Machines in Airports
Best Buy to introduce airport vending machines that let you buy consumer electronics.News
Lenovo to Push SSDs in More Laptops
Lenovo introduced solid-state in four laptops on Monday and will now offer them in more laptops to meet consumer demand.News
It’s Tough to Kill an Apple iPhone 3G
Apple's new multimedia handset is the Timex of phones. Here's how it took PC World's mauling and kept on calling (until we literally drove it into the ground).News
Apple iPhone 3G Dies Hard
Apple's new multimedia handset is the Timex of phones. Here's a blow-by-blow account of how it took PC World's mauling and kept on calling (until we literally drove it into the ground).News
Pioneer Develops 400GB Optical Disc
Pioneer has developed an optical disc that can hold up to 400GB of data easily surpassing previously announced prototypes.News