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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.

Nicole, Bonnie and I got some great news last week when we learned that our very excellent listeners had nominated Dialed In for the Best Mobile Phone Podcast in the Podcast Awards .

The RoadMate iPhone app borrows the interface of the RoadMate line of navigation devices.

One year since its launch, online news hub The Daily Beast has named a president, Stephen Colvin .

November 19, 2009, 10:19 PM - Today brought a truly significant update to the Twitter website, and tech blogs everywhere wasted no time on reporting on the change.

Financially troubled San Francisco streaming music service imeem Inc. has been acquired by MySpace , according to numerous reports.

At CNET, we've been testing the power consumption of HDTVs since 2006, and during that time the sets have generally become more energy efficient.

Salesforce Chatter gives a social-networking angle to the company's Web-based business services.

'Someone could upload what appears to be a picture to a social-networking site but which is actually a Flash file designed to execute malicious code' NEW YORK, USA: Visitors to user-generated content sites at risk due to a lax security policy in Adobe Flash say researchers who has found a technique exploiting the way browsers handle Flash files.

Share + Comments Nov 13, 2009 3:07 pm US/Mountain SAN FRANCISCO The holidays can be exhausting, and CNET is helping viewers find gadgets that actually help them relax.

The debut of the Palm Pre got the tech world and gadget enthusiasts excited about Palm once again.

November 11, 2009: Julie Davenport is tapped as VP/GSM for CBS Interactive Music Group, based in New York and reporting to CBS Radio President/Sales Michael Weiss.

Unlike when you stand over your coworker's desk, Microsoft's Bing search engine actually works better when you hover.

Don't like something about an app? Don't just sit there--pitch a fit. Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints.