Yahoo's free phone offer snubs RIM's BlackBerry
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Research In Motion is getting no respect from Marissa Mayer.
Yahoo's new CEO informed employees yesterday that they would be getting the new smartphone of their choice from Apple, Samsung, Nokia, or HTC. Through the program, Yahoos will have access to the industry's newest and hottest phones, including the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC Evo 4G LTE, and Nokia Lumia 920.
In addition to purchasing the phones, Yahoo will also pay employees' voice and data bills.
But what they won't pay for is a BlackBerry. Once the de rigueur instrument of business communications, RIM's smartphone was left off the list.
Logitech comes clean with $40 washable keyboard
Logitech's new offering could help mitigate the age-old problem of spilling drinks while staring at the screen.
/ LogitechWe all know food, drink and technology don't mix, yet dusty and crumb-filled keyboards are rampant in households and offices across the world. To help out on the housekeeping front, Logitech today unveiled a new PC keyboard -- the Logitech Washable Keyboard K310 -- that could spell the end of the dirty QWERTY.
The K310, which Logitech says can tolerate anything from "a light dusting to a rinse in the kitchen sink," can be washed multiple times and can be submerged in up to 11 inches of water, and then left out to dry.
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Apple's original iPad found on eBay
Apple's original iPad.
/ James Martin/CNET(CNET) A mythical first-generation iPad surfaced on eBay this past week confirming rumors that the device may have originally intended to have two dock connectors, according to MacRumors.
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Apple to buy Anobit, a flash memory startup?
Anobit
(CNET) - Apple is reportedly looking to pay $400 million to $500 million for Anobit, an Israeli startup focused on flash memory and digital signal processing technologies.
The deal, reported in Israel's Calcalist, may indicate that Apple is looking to boost the memory on a device and to improve reliability. Here's the Google Translate version of the Calcalist report.
Continue »HP TouchPad won't topple Apple iPad
HP TouchPad
/ Josh MillerHP intorduced its TouchPad tablet competitor to Apple's iPad and the collection of Android devices. According to CNET, the TouchPad uses Palm's unique WebOS interface, offers Adobe Flash-enabled Web browsing and impressive compatibility with third-party calendar, messaging, and e-mail services.
CNET's Donald Bell says it doesn't quite hold up to the iPad, hampered by the lack of HD video capture, limited apps, and a thick, smudge-prone design.
See also:
CNET:HP: Number of apps don't matter
TechRepublic: HP TouchPad leapfrogs rivals in productivity
TechRepublic: HP TouchPad: Unboxing, screenshots, and comparison photos
TechRepublic: Three areas where HP TouchPad trumps the iPad
TechRepublic: Cracking Open the HP TouchPad
TechRepublic: Teardown of HP TouchPad: Made like a PC and straightforward to repair
TechRepublic:HP TouchPad: Teardown and hardware analysis
Mossberg: TouchPad Needs More Apps, Reboot To Rival iPad
Japan quake may lead to gadget delays, higher prices
Toshiba is attempting to gauge the impact of the earthquake on production
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