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Format wars: the tech that should have won

Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Do you cry yourself to sleep because BeOS never hit the big time? Fret no more -- superdork Captain Tech is here to travel back in time and save the format losers that should have triumphed.

More megapixels, better photos: Fact or fiction?

Digital cameras makers continue to pack more sophisticated sensors. But some say there's a price to pay: lower image quality.

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Reviews

  • Archos Gmini 400

    Vastly portable and filled to the brim with features, the Archos Gmini 400's essential missing ingredient is its lack of MTP and Janus support.

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  • Consumers see red over dead pixels

    You've just blown $5,000 on a sexy new flat-panel TV, and it thinks there should be a little black pimple in the middle of Tom Cruise's face.

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