No sooner did we post an item on a keyboard purse did we come across this link from Fosfor Gadgets on the top 10 "weirdest keyboards ever." It must be something in the air.
The new BlackBerry Tour, carried by Verizon and Sprint, arrives Sunday, even as RIM seems to be losing sales to exclusive devices like the iPhone and Pre.
roundup Google Chrome OS, due in 2010, underscores the Web giant's cloud-computing ambitions and opens new competition with Microsoft.
• What Chrome OS has on Windows that Linux doesn't
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The Open Road
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Beyond Binary
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Digital Media
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Geek Gestalt
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Business Tech
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Green Tech
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