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Palm Pre

A look at the Palm Pre cell phone

Nintendo Fitness Walking

Nintendo links a pedometer to its DS gaming platform

iPhone Class

College kids learn how to program apps for the Apple iPhone.

Gender Differences

Do women know more about gadgets than men?

X-Men Wolverine

Laurence Scott reviews the latest Wolverine video game.

Pure Digital vs Creative

We compare two of the latest inexpensive HD video cameras.

Posterous

A great new way to send content to your blog, Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Home Theater Hard Drive

Move video from your computer to your TV via hard drive.

Pinball Simulator

A "pinball" machine that's actually a video game

What DTV Is, What it Isn't

What is DTV?  Can I get HBO?

Did Google Car Hit Bridge?

Bloggers claim Google Maps show a camera equipped car hitting a bridge.

Slacker's Guide

The White Collar Slacker's Guide

New .pdf Vulnerability

Virus writers attack a popular document format

Rethinking the Firewall

A new way of thinking about virus protection and children's internet usage.

Schmoozing the Boss

How can telecommuters impress a boss they never meet in person?

Blog Radio

What do you get when you mix a blog with a radio station?

Sega Goes Old School

Sega shouts out to old school gamers: play & remember!

Plug In To Clean Tech

Want to unplug before you drive to work?  We're getting close.

The Shape-Shifting Car

A high-tech car that changes shape as it drives.

How To Fit In

A 3-D computer program that puts you in the rider's seat.

Intel's Stimulus Plan

The Silicon Valley's own plan to stimulate the tech sector.

Teaching Facebook

We attend Stanford's "How To Facebook" class.

The Coolest Gallery Around

Inside an Andy Warhol-inspired hotspot.

Fire Simulator

Firefighters use a computer simulation (and an Xbox controller) to practice their craft.

I Found Your Camera!

Your name may not be on it, but there are ways to reunite you & your camera.

SmartPhone Your Taxi

Your smart phone can help you find -and pay for- your next cab.

Play Like an Executive

Play Billyball like a MLB executive.

This App Really Blows!

You can make beautiful music with your iPhone.

Twitter Washing

Laundry done? Check Twitter!

Google Goes Under

We dive into Google's new "Ocean."

PG&E Solar

New ways to harness the Sun

Let's Go To The Hoop

Where we give the latest NCAA Basketball videogame a shot.

Electric Biking

How to save the planet, one pedal at a time.

Sharks Player Loves Risk

A pro hockey player loves the computer version of Risk

Travel By Couch

Want to travel on a budget?  Here's a site that hooks you up on the couch.

DreamWorks Goes 3D

We go 1-1 with the head of DreamWorks, to talk 3D movie technology.

The Green Motorcycle

How to get your hog on, without harming the environment.

Posting a Prayer

Using the 'net to reach a higher power.

Bring Your Laptop to Work Day

Don't like your work-issued laptop?  One company lets you improvise.

Wii Has The Right Price

"The Price is Right" comes to the Nintendo Wii, and we have a review.

Online Safety For Girls

A Silicon Valley group of moms builds a website to give girls a safe place to surf.

Machinima

Video games plus cinema equals "machinima"

Cy Young Goes Gaming

Cy Young Award Winning Pitcher Tim Lincecum Gets the MoCap Treatment.

Guitar Hero: NFL Edition

An Oakland Raider scores with "Guitar Hero."

Tech Fights Cancer

A Silicon Valley company uses space-age machinery to fight back against cancer.

Mind Control

See mind control in action!

Buying Sports Stars Online

Buying a (virtual) sports star from oneseason.com

Basketball Showdown

EA's NBA Live vs. NBA 2K9

Internet Attacks

Bad guys use your computer to launch internet attacks

Wii Music

The latest game from Nintendo turns you into a conductor

Big Month for Games

Gears of War 2, Call of Duty: World at War, it's a gamer's paradise!

iPhone Apps Make Money

Remember when Apple didn't want third party developers?

MicroKitchens

All the free twizzlers you can eat

TiVo Loves Netflix

TiVo and Netflix is like peanut butter and chocolate

Flock

The new Flock browser keeps you connected with friends while surfing the net

Twiller!

A thriller on Twitter?  Twiller!

Minty Fresh Budgeting

Mint.com helps you watch your money

Kids in India Need Phones

Text messaging becomes the only option for communication

Data Dots

Secret agent paint for your gadgets foil thieves

Guitar Zeros Concert Clip

A clip from a recent Guitar Zero concert

Guitar Zeros Rock

Backstage with the band that turns toy guitars into rock and roll

Infected Trailer

A sample book trailer to promote the novel Infected

Book Authors Make Internet Videos

Using movie like advertisements to sell books online

Real DVD

Real DVD is great!  Too bad you can't get it!

da Vinci

A new exhibit at the Tech Museum proves Leonardo was Da Man

Eating at Yahoo

What (remaining) Yahoo employees eat

Sweet Relief

From high-tech to baking, the founder of Sprinkles bring cupcakes to the masses.

Soapbox Silliness

Clips from a recent Red Bull Soapbox Race

Handling Video on the Internet

Internet routers strain to handle video demand on the net

Predicting The Future

How do you predict the future?  First, get a whole bunch of people in a room...

LaLa's New Tune

Inside the Silicon Valley startup offering music on the web for 10 cents a song.

Using WiFi as a Road Map

Skyhook Wireless has a clever trick to turn WiFi into fake GPS

Football Stars Online

We talk with San Francisco 49ers stars about their websites

Hey There Lonely Girl

Daisy takes a look at the latest version of Lonely Girl

Inside Facebook

One on one with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Itty Bitty Laptop

The Asus EEE PC redefines small.

Geotag With Any Camera

The EyeFi chip gets even better.

Inside The Cockpit

A hot new movie on DVD takes you inside the cockpit of a jet fighter.

Madden 09

Madden '09's Got Game

Your Indies Are Showing

How To Find Indie Film Reviews Online

Playing The Force Unleashed

We play the new "Force Unleashed" video game from Lucas Arts.

Inside the Cockpit

Come aboard at the Reno Air Race

How Tesla Rolls

We visit the Silicon Valley's very own cool, green Tesla Motors Dealership.

New Strongbad Game

Strongbad says "Hello, Internets!" with a new game.

The Neo Nikons

Taking a shot with new cameras that give you pro results at instamatic prices.

Cool Technology At Your Feet

Amazing interactive technology lets you "walk" through advertisements.

Madden '09

We go one-on-one with the developer of EA's new Madden '09.

Getting Ready for Spore

The guy who brought you The Sims has a new game.

iPhone Drug Finder

Epocrates is a free app for the iPhone that helps doctors identify drugs.

RC Cars in Iraq

The First Infantry Division races remote control cars in Iraq

Ron Moore Part 1

The creator of the new Battlestar Galactica in an uncut interview.  Part 1 of 2.

Ron Moore Part 2

Moore explains whether Cylons are really Al-Qaeda.  Part 2 of 2

Mac Commercial Parody

A parody of the popular "I'm a Mac" commercials from our friends at loadingreadyrun.com

Guarantee Your Vacation

A web startup hooks up with Priceline.com to guarantee your vacation.  No More rainouts!

CEO Goes To North Pole

A Silicon Valley CEO travels to the North Pole to see the effects of global warming for himself.

High-Tech Cartoonist

We catch up with a political cartoonist who's switching from paper to the web.

Headphones Cancel Noise

We test new headphones made to make your day more peaceful.

Andrew Stanton Talks to TechNow

Wall-E Director Andrew Stanton talks to TechNow about the success of his robot, and what's next.

Real or Fake?

Daisy examines viral videos - and finds many are frauds.

EmWave Stress Monitor

Can measuring the changes in the frequency in your heartbeat reduce stress?

The rules: CD's vs. DVD's

Why is it legal to copy a music CD but not a movie DVD? 

Segway Golf

Ditch the cart, use a Segway!

Pixar's Strange Start

Did you know Pixar started as a computer company?

iPod Repair

Fix your broken iPod real quick, real cheap.

Rescue Robots

We found some Silicon Valley students making robots .. to come to your rescue.

Web TV

Daisy takes a look at what people are watching online these days.

Nano Storage

Using nanotechnology to store much more stuff, in a much smaller space.

Pulse Jets

They're loud and dangerous and we love them

Google Doodle

A schoolgirl takes over Google's homepage.

Look Ma No Hands

Motorola dials up one of many new hands-free phone options.

Legal Online Poker

Technology and politics working together to legalize online poker.

Online Celebrities

Daisy Whitney looks at the phenomenon of online celebrity.

Inside Steve's Brain

A new book takes you "inside" the brain of master inventor (and Apple CEO) Steve Jobs.

Master Filmmaker Goes High Tech

Academy Award-winning documentarian shares his high tech secrets.

Free Games

Is free the future of video games?

2009 Corvette Speed Test

GM Engineers sent us a clip as they look for the Corvette's top speed

A Computer Run By A Crank

TechNow goes old school with a computer you (really) have to crank up to run.

Trapster

Be warned of speed traps via cell phone.

Podcasters Have Audience of Millions

Podcasters Nelson and Natalie make it big

Three Trillion Dollars

A website tries to make sense of America's three trillion dollars Iraqi bill.

Agilent's Olympic Drug Tester

Agilent Technologies makes the machines that will test the Olympic athletes.  We test the machines.

Iron Man At ILM

We go inside George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic to show you the magic behind the blockbuster movie "Iron Man."

Cheap Gas On Your Cell Phone

A Silicon Valley startup that helps you find the cheapest gas around .. with your cell phone.

Topless Meetings

Meetings without (lap)tops!

DopeTracks

A new website matches vocalists with musicians to create new hip-hop sounds.

Podcast Doctor

There's a guy named Dr. Dray who podcasts. He's a real doctor, but that doesn't stop us from comparing him to the rapper.

Garage Band

Apple's GarageBand software lets you sound like a million bucks, even if your band's budget is far less.

New Jet Tour

JetBlue gets a new plane, so we check out the amenities.

Flickr

Yahoo takes on YouTube with online video from its Flickr site.

Ebay Teacher

A retired teacher helps new teachers succeed.

Chess kid

The best chess player under the age of 12.

First Sound Recording

Wait, maybe Thomas Edison DIDN'T invent the sound recording.

Voter Voter

A new website that lets you create your own political commercials.

Find Your Cell Phone Friends

A new way to use your cell phone to find your friends.

Ooyala

A startup with its roots in Google wants to change the way you see video on the web.

Digital Vs HD

The difference between digital TVs and HDTVs

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