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Hard to believe, but the year is quickly coming to a close and 2010 will be here before you know it.

Hoping to get an ad on CBS.com, Gamespot, TV.com or CNET? Better call CBS. CBS is expected to announce Dec.

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On December 17, Intel will preview new processors for laptops, among other chip technologies.

Share + Dec 11, 2009 11:42 pm US/Eastern Sharon Vaknin, CNET.com SAN FRANCISCO The greening of homes and gadgets is a growing consumer trend, and many exhibitors will debut their eco-friendly products at CES 2010.

Tech Minute: Comparing eReaders Share + Comments Dec 11, 2009 5:42 pm US/Eastern Tech Minute: Comparing eReaders SAN FRANCISCO The Barnes and Noble Nook, the Sony eReader and the Amazon Kindle all work about the same way: Users buy digital books online or directly from the device and read them on a screen that looks more like paper than a laptop.

While Verizon customers have been feeling the Android love lately with updates for both the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris , Sprint users have been left to wonder when they might see an update for their Android devices.

The good: Automatic parking works incredibly well in the 2010 Lincoln MKS, as does adaptive cruise control.

This device class is inevitable - it's only a question of which vendors will achieve mainstream market momentum first, and which platforms they'll lead with.

A look at one of Square's receipts for Sightglass Coffee, a San Francisco establishment in which founder Jack Dorsey has invested.

Microsoft's new street-level imagery in Bing Maps takes advantage of Silverlight to do things Web applications can't, according to the company.

The good: The Samsung Omnia II boasts a spacious and sharp AMOLED touch screen. Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 user interface gives the Omnia II great customization options and is easy of use.

Savvy business travelers know that battery life is precious, so why waste your laptop's battery on a movie when you can whip out a portable DVD player? Some of these eye-catching little units also provide great backseat entertainment for the kids on long road trips.

Gadgets and gizmos -- what your grandmother/mother/younger sister, depending on how many times you've rocked around the Christmas tree, might refer to as "those newfangled whatchamacallits." But whether you're so hip you may as well have your own personal computer chip, or slightly behind the times, there's no denying that tech toys are still hot ...

The announcement follows the release of updated Enterprise and API versions of PrimoPDF, as well as a completely new website, marking yet another extraordinary year not only for PrimoPDF but for Nitro's entire product family.

Editors' summary: A compact but high-quality flash-based AVCHD camcorder, the HF200 makes a great choice for anyone looking to capture life's important events or who deserves to step up from a direct-to-Web budget model.

Rumors about me are just rumors. Almost as soon as the iPhone debuted on AT&T back in 2007, rumors started swirling that the popular touch-screen handset would head to Verizon Wireless as soon as AT&T's exclusivity ended.

Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season &#0x2014; even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.

Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Root Wireless scored $3.25 million in a series B round of funding that will allow the company to expand its cellular network mapping service.

Share + Nov 24, 2009 10:17 am US/Pacific Brian Cooley SAN FRANCISCO 1 of 1 This Tom Tom GO 740 Live is hot because it's connected to the internet wirelessly.