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Panasonic's latest D-SLR camera alternative has completely sold out, with back orders lasting for weeks.

Just in time for the maddest shopping season of the year, Google has added a couple features that could help take some of the stress out of the process: Google Product Galleries for clothing and accessories, and summary quotes from reviews for all products.

President Obama on Monday unveiled a campaign intended to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education among children – an effort that includes about $260 million in financial support from companies like Time Warner Cable, Discovery Communications, Sony, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Microsoft's need to beat Google and Rupert Murdoch's desire to help newspapers survive could lead to an online news ice age.

Security companies identified another variant of a hack of jailbroken iPhones this past weekend. Early reports classified the variant as an actual worm, with a command-and-control server behind it.

A new Facebook worm appeared over the weekend, pairing malware with a sexy come-on. NSFW warning: racy image inside.

Freed from its oppressive Time Warner overlords, AOL is understandably undergoing something of an identity crisis. Gone is "AOL," in is "Aol," plus some interesting new logos.

Not surprisingly, developers have already snapped up the code to Google's open-source Chrome OS, known as Chromium, then compiled it and put it on the Web for users to download.

The micro-blogging platform's new prompt, "What's happening?", is also a redefinition.

On Thursday, I was able to spend some time with the Casio G'zOne Rock, a rugged feature phone that could appeal to adventurers or simply people who break their phones often. A suite of outdoorsy tools also adds to the appeal.

I had a chance to test out Sony Ericsson's new Xperia X10 (codenamed "Rachael") for a few minutes at last night's Pepcom in NYC. It's a beautiful phone, and a uniquely Sony product.

Several New York City Council members are considering a resolution urging the Federal Communications Commission to adopt net neutrality rules, but AT&T met with agency officials this week to voice concerns about the proposal.

The new version of the PogoPlug, announced Friday, improves on the design of the original (assuming you like purple) and adds options to share a lot more data from a lot more drives.

A world-wide gang of criminals stole money from over 2,100 ATMs one year ago according to information released by the FBI. The machines were in at least 280 cities in the US, Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere.

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, one of the more user-friendly versions of Linux around, has agreed to assist Google with its Chrome OS.

Hoping for an e-reader in your stocking this year? You might be out of luck. Barnes & Noble has announced that pre-orders for its Nook e-reader will not ship until January 4.

While the tech world has been waiting for Apple, Microsoft, and even TechCrunch to introduce their tablets, a company called Camangi has gone ahead and released its own device, the WebStation.

Google fired another shell at Microsoft's fundamental business model on Thursday, when it released the code behind its Google Chrome OS. What happens when you turn the operating system into just another advertising medium? Quite a number of things.

Late on Wednesday, Asus announced its update to the Eee Box line of nettop PCs. Like recent entries in the category, it can be used either as a Home Theater PC or as a slim netttop, hiding behind a monitor with the included VESA mounting kit.

The world's number one search provider has opened its operating system project up to the world. Here's what it's all about.

Google on Thursday released the code for its upcoming Chrome OS, and plans to have a netbook running the operating system available for sale before the 2010 holiday season.

It's time for yet another application store, but this time it's not for a phone or an MP3 player. Instead, Livescribe is introducing a beta edition of its App Store for its Pulse SmartPen.

News editor Mark Hachman is on-site at the Google Chrome OS technical preview, and will be live-blogging the event for PCMag's Gearlog blog.

The Verizon ads that take aim at AT&T's 3G network will stay on the air – for now.

Jim Lynch sounds off on companies that ban telecommuting for their employees.

Think you're getting a cell phone for free? No way.

The Asus 1201 is the first Ion-based netbook that bundles a dual-core Intel Atom processor.

Netflix on Wednesday officially expanded its streaming capabilities to Sony Bravia TVs and Blu-ray DVD players.