Too early to claim Xbox defeat just from E3 buzz
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LOS ANGELES - Listening to the chatter at the Electronic Entertainment Expo - more commonly known as the E3 video game conference - you would think Microsoft has already lost the next generation of the console business. Take, for example, the couple sitting next to me on a shuttle bus to the conference the morning of June 11. They phoned their kids and excitedly shared the big news: Sony's ...

Jun/19/2013 03:33 PM

Gadgets: Share content wirelessly with Kingston's MobileLite
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Kingston's MobileLite Wireless gives Apple and Android devices unlimited access to any media stored on USB flash-drives or selected memory cards. After setting up a Wi-Fi (802.11g/n) connection with the device it essentially works as a wireless reader, enabling you to plug in flash-drives to the USB port or use microSD or SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. Once connected, whatever you have stored on ...

Jun/19/2013 03:31 PM

Top paid app downloads
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Top 5 new paid apps for June 19: ANDROID 1. What's the Phrase 2. Toca Hair Salon 2 3. Final Fantasy IV 4. Guncrafter Pro 5. Camera 2 - Top 5 paid apps for June 19: APPLE 1. Minecraft - Pocket Edition 2. SpongeBob Moves In 3. Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check Up! 4. Plants vs. Zombies HD 5. Man of Steel HD - Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Distributed by MCT ...

Jun/19/2013 03:18 PM

Top iTunes movie downloads
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Top 10 movies downloaded from the iTunes Store for June 19: 1. "Oz the Great and Powerful" 2. "Jack the Giant Slayer" 3. "Identity Thief" (Unrated) 4. "Killing Them Softly" 5. "Snitch" 6. "21 & Over" 7. "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" 8. "A Good Day to Die Hard" 9. "Admission" 10. "Warm Bodies" - For more information, please visit the iTunes website at www.apple.com/itunes/ . - ...

Jun/19/2013 03:13 PM

Top iTunes album downloads
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Top 10 albums on the iTunes Store for June 19: 1. "Yeezus," Kanye West 2. "Born Sinner" (Deluxe Version), J Cole 3. "Watching Movies With the Sound Off" (Deluxe Edition), Mac Miller 4. "Talk a Good Game," Kelly Rowland 5. "The Complete Season 4 Collection (The Voice Performance)," Danielle Bradbery 6. "The 20/20 Experience," Justin Timberlake 7. "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk 8. "Ultimate ...

Jun/19/2013 03:12 PM

Just Ask Gemalto: Can I encrypt my webmail?
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Q: Can I encrypt my emails with my webmail? A: It is possible to encrypt your webmail emails, depending on your provider. Look at the security settings on your webmail account. Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo mail allow you to encrypt all of your mail, but this option is turned off by default. For Gmail, you have to go into "Settings," and then "Browser connection" under the General tab. From there, ...

Jun/19/2013 03:03 PM

Tabletop PCs: The first wave
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This new category of PC can be hard to pin down. To some, these are all-in-one desktops, similar to the Apple iMac, but with the added ability to either fold down flat or detach their screens. To others, these are battery-powered megatablets, with screens measuring between 18 and 27 inches, but are otherwise similar to Windows 8 slates such as Microsoft's Surface Pro. We think they're an ...

Jun/19/2013 03:03 PM

Chromebook laptops on sale at Wal-Mart, coming to more retailers
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Google has teamed up with Wal-Mart and several other major retail partners to sell the company's Chromebook laptops at their stores. The Mountain View, Calif., tech giant said Chromebook laptops now will be sold at more than 6,600 stores, or three times as many stores as before. Wal-Mart began selling the Acer C7 $199 Chromebook at 2,800 of its stores Monday. This weekend, Google also will add ...

Jun/19/2013 03:03 PM

A guide to the best HDTVs of 2013
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Welcome to the HDTV New Year. It started in March, but the last of the 2013 models won't arrive in stores until sometime this month. So which one to buy? That's a question we've left for Gary Merson, resident watchdog at HDguru.com, a consumer site devoted to testing HDTVs, explaining HD technology and, sometimes, challenging the HD industry. Plasmas are the year's best values (again), Merson ...

Jun/19/2013 03:03 PM

What's new in Google Plus?
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If I had a dollar for every time someone referred to Google Plus as the other Facebook, I'd be writing this column on a beach. While that is something I would greatly enjoy, I'm here to tell you that you'd be wrong to describe it that way. Google Plus is its own unique platform that's not only growing in terms of users, it's growing in terms of features. But before we get to that, let's talk ...

Jun/19/2013 03:03 PM