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The Aliph Jawbone 2. Is its radiation harmful?

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Q: I’m curious as to whether Bluetooth headsets also emit radiation, which could prove harmful to one’s health. What can you tell me about this?
- Craig

A: Bluetooth headsets do emit radiation, but they do it at …

Nokia scored a hat-trick today with the announcement of three new Nokia N series models: the Nokia N96 (North American Edition), the Nokia N85, and the Nokia N79. Keeping with the family, the trio of Symbian smartphones offer high-end multimedia features, such as a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, …

Is the LG LX600 coming to Sprint soon?

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This squat little device is purportedly the new LG LX600 for Sprint, set to debut some time in the near future. An intrepid user on the SprintUsers.com forum found this image online, and it sure looks convincing to me. …

These screen shots show the Android-phone interface to the Android Market. The software shows what applications can be downloaded and reviews of applications that people are browsing.

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Arguably one of the best things to come out of the iPhone 2.0 firmware update, as well as the launch …

These screen shots show the Android-phone interface to the Android Market. The software shows what applications can be downloaded and reviews of applications that people are browsing.

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Arguably one of the best things to come out of the iPhone 2.0 firmware update, as well as the launch …

"Phone Fingers may lead to increased targeting by bullies," notes CIO.com.

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You could embarrass your iPhone by loading it up with any number of the programs on our 10 absurd new iPhone apps list, or its sequel, 10 (more) absurd iPhone apps. Or you …

Sharp's 23-millimeter thick Aquos XS1 comes to the U.K. this fall.

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We had inklings that thin was in for the HDTV business this year after CES, but the sets being shown off at IFA in Berlin this week confirm it.

Panasonic showed off the 50-inch …

The Shuttle X27, which we reported on last week, is small physically. Turns out, so is the price.

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Shuttle let us know Thursday that the miniscule desktop will start at $189–sans monitor, and peripherals, like all Shuttle PCs. It will be available in mid-September.

Now, $189 isn’t …

He that standeth tallest and shouts loudest wins the game.

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There’s a certain pain to covering the massive Comex IT bazaar that takes place every August in Singapore. However, getting one’s toes stubbed by some clod in the packed halls of Suntec City is a …

The 8-inch SPF-85V: save this one for the small, cute pics.

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Digital photo frames. You love ‘em, I love ‘em. Well, actually I’ve only ever seen one in use before and that one was broken. Call me old-fashioned (or just old) but I guess I’m just not at the point financially where I can justify the price.

Actually, I don’t think I’m at the point morally. I mean come on, I don’t think I could sleep at night after spending $200 on a picture frame. Digital or not.

Apparently I’m slowly moving into the minority on this. On Wednesday, Samsung announced four new digital photo frames.

Samsung SPF-85H

• 8-inch screen
• 800×600 resolution
• 1GB internal memory
• Auto on/off function
• Auto photo resize
• SD/MMC/MS/XD card reader, USB memory slot

Samsung SPF-85V

• 8-inch screen
• Built-in wireless feature optimized for use with Windows Live
• 800×600 high resolution
• 64MB internal memory
• Auto-rotation function
• 802.11b/g wireless photo frame
• Rechargeable battery
• SD/MMC/MS/XD card reader, USB memory slot
• InfoLink free information service (news, weather, stocks, USA Today)
• Frame Channel service that gets more than 400 channels of news, sports, cartoons, and more

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If you took one of Logitech’s increasingly ubiquitous Pure-Fi desktop stereos and integrated one of its Squeezebox network-audio streamers, you’d probably come up with something like the Logitech Squeezebox Boom. Previous Squeezebox models had to be plugged into an existing stereo receiver or speaker system, but the Boom is the first model in Logitech’s network-audio line to have the speakers built-in.

The result is a full-service Wi-Fi radio that can access a wide variety of digital music straight from the Internet or from a networked PC.

We’ve been playing with an early sample of the Squeezebox Boom, and so far, it’s one of the best products in its class we’ve ever seen. That’s not surprising, given that it has the same guts as the recent Editors’ Choice Squeezebox Duet.

As far as abilities are concerned, the Boom pretty much has the identically impressive range of features as the Duet: the ability to stream everything from premium Rhapsody and Sirius content to freely available Internet radio, podcasts, Pandora, Slacker, and Last.fm music straight off the Web, as well as nearly any non-DRM digital-audio format from a networked PC (Windows, Mac, or Linux). (Editor’s note: CNET and Last.fm are both subsidiaries of CBS.) But the Boom trades the Duet’s digital and analog outputs for a pair of good-sounding stereo speakers (3-inch woofers flanked by 0.75-inch tweeters), so the entire system is self-contained.

The unit’s handsome, black housing is a mere 5 inches high by 13 inches wide and 4-inches deep. It’s got the same sort of bright, vacuum, fluorescent display found on the “classic” Squeezebox, which makes it easily viewable, even from halfway across the room. The control panel is pretty much a spread-out version of the Squeezebox Duet remote (itself strongly modeled on the iPod). Most functions are accessed from a single scrollwheel–depress the wheel to make a menu choice, use the nearby “back” button to reverse course. Six preset buttons are also on board for quick access to Internet radio stations of your choice. A small wireless remote is also included–it magnetically attaches to the Boom’s topside (or any other metal surface) for easy locating.

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Should a computer ever be described as “cute?” The Space Cube shows that’s surely open to debate.

After drooling over the tiny available-only-in-Japan Space Cube, PC Pro finally got one, and has done a rather lengthy review of the adorably twee computer. The Space Cube measures 2 square inches …

KBB's new Web site optimized for iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Kelley Blue Book (KBB), the popular Web site that rates and provides information on motor vehicles, launched on Wednesday its new version that’s optimized for iPhone’s display (both the original and …

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From the folks who brought you the creepy and simultaneously cool (depending on who’s using it) DVR flashlight, comes another 007-inspired piece of high-tech security gear. On Wednesday, Swann Communications introduced the IP-3G ConnectCam 1000.

The ConnectCam is a 802.11G wireless network camera that lets …