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The Dawn of USB 3.0: Market and LaCie Embrace New Interface
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Written by Chris Sutton   
In this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it world of tech trends, the winners are the ones with staying power. Hyped products (let’s name a few: the laserdisc, Windows Vista, the Segway and Nintendo Virtual Boy – Google them) titillated journalists but ultimately left consumers uninterested.

In the realm of computer peripheral interfaces, USB 2.0 is the architecture that has gone the distance where others have become bit players. In fact, more than three billion USB 2.0-ready devices shipped in...

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My Favorite Technology and Gadget Developments of 2009
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Written by Mike Mihalik   
An annual tradition for pundits is to review the past year and write about the most interesting developments of the year. I’m going to do that, but with a twist – I won’t be recommending any specific products you can purchase, but rather give you a few thumbnail ideas that will likely get you to further investigate the best products for your needs and budget. All are items that you can seriously consider purchasing, rather than simply lust after.

I’ve purchased a product in each one...

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