Study: More than 50 Android phones to ship in 2010
The trickle of Android-based smartphones seen this year is expected to turn into an avalanche in 2010, according to market research company CCS Insight, which forecasts that more than 50 devices will ship next year. Read more...

Apple countersues Nokia over patents

Government report blasts wireless fees

Microsoft in 2010: Four Challenges That Lie Ahead

Droid Eris software update starts from Verizon

Acer plans up to 6 new Android handsets for first half 2010

Panasonic finally wins control of Sanyo

China Unicom's iPhone sales hit 100,000

IDC: 1 billion mobile devices will go online by 2013

Apple may ship tablet as early as March, analysts say

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Mike Elgan: Hello, tablets. Good-bye, netbooks!
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25th annual Editors' Choice Awards: the complete list
Every year, we see hundreds of Mac products. On the hardware side, you've got Macs, iPhones, and iPods, of course, but also printers, hard drives, displays, cameras, camcorders, keyboards, mice, speakers, headphones, routers, scanners, and more. In software, the variety is even more staggering, from OS X itself to the Mac Gems that Dan Frakes regularly reviews. Every year, a few of those products stand out--for usefulness, value, innovation, or just overall excellence. Those are the products that are nominated for our Editors' Choice Awards.

Digital Gear: Android tablets charge ahead
As users eagerly await tablets from companies like Apple and Microsoft, Fusion Garage jumped ahead with the demonstration of JooJoo, a handheld Internet and entertainment gadget with a 12.1-inch touch screen. Tablets are a new category of handheld devices with large screens for users to surf the Web and watch videos. JooJoo is due for release in a few months but could be held if a lawsuit is filed by TechCrunch, which originally partnered with Fusion Garage to develop the device under the name Crunchpad.

Top quotes of the year
As the year draws to a close, we thought about the memorable quotes related to IT and offer, in no particular order, 15 that stuck with us.

First Look: Google Goggles tries to ID your world
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Cool stuff: Video gift guide for the gadget generation
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Get Photoshop-Caliber Image Editing from Paint.NET
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First look: Nook's slow responses hurt its appeal
The Nook e-reader from Barnes & Noble has some appealing features, but its slow navigation and two-screen approach had this reviewer eager to compare it with other e-readers before plunking down $259 to buy one.

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