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Version 3.1 of the crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app for iOS adds the ability to report traffic incidents and calculate routes using voice commands.

Here's a sobering statistic: With a 40- to 45-hour work week, many Americans spend about 25 percent of the year on the job and 2,000 hours sitting at a desk. A simple workstation tune-up can make you a lot more comfortable.

This funny education app can set you straight on commonly mangled phrases, with the help of a pleasing game mode.

Improved performance alone may provide enough motivation for Pen users to upgrade and certainly gives the E-P3 an edge over the competition, particularly in combination with its well thought out feature set.

The first iTunes Match royalties have arrived, and they're music to artists' ears. Elsewhere, one pilot's lawsuit against his airline may not have enough lift for takeoff, and an iOS-based social network apologizes for getting just a bit too social.

Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they reveal their Web activity.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google.

Tweetbot was already great on the iPhone. On the iPad, it gets even more room to shine--and shine it does.

Just as it enjoys an initial surge of popularity, a new social networking site called Pinterest is also experiencing its first bout of controversy.

On Wednesday, Tapbots expanded its Twitter client Tweetbot's reach by bringing it to the iPad, and updating Tweetbot for iPhone to version 2.0 at the same time.

Apple sold 267,000 Macs in the UK in the final quarter of 2011, increasing its share of the PC market in that country to 9.1 percent.

Sprint says it sold 1.8 million iPhones between October and December 2011, of which roughly 720,000 were new customers, but the cost of subsidizing Apple's smartphone raised the company's losses during the fourth quarter.

Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow.

WeatherMin provides an elegant display for keeping tabs on your local weather.

Apple is hosting a live performance by Paul McCartney on February 9 on iTunes and Apple TV. Could this be a harbinger of future live content from the company?

This week's roundup of accessories includes ways to use your iPhone or iPad with either your hands or your feet. Or without either, if you choose.

Olympus's new Micro Four-Thirds camera is based on a wish list from photographers in Japan, and the result is an interchangeable-lens model that shoots quickly, withstands water, and boasts outstanding maneuvers in the dark.

Apple's discipline in not releasing things until they're ready keeps the company from making crappy products like the early Windows tablets and netbooks.

After three days of working with nothing but his iPad, Dan Moren knew how to do what he needed to do for work--but he also knew what the iPad really can't do on the job.

Earlier this week, Apple published a note on its developer site warning developers not to manipulate the App Store rankings, or employ services that do so. But is such manipulation really avoidable? Or is it just a side effect of the App Store's huge volume of apps.

The Pentax Optio WG-2 GPS and WG-2 have new low-light-optimized CMOS sensors and 1080p video capabilities to go along with their front-facing LED lamps.

We've had the chance to test Apple's enhanced ebook reading and creation tools, and the authors of those reviews weigh in on both applications.

Put these apps on your iPhone or iPad to make managing your homework, class schedule, or study sessions just a little bit easier.

Corel’s new AfterShot Pro isn’t refined enough yet to seriously challenge Lightroom and Aperture, but it can augment them.

On Tuesday, Apple released three EFI firmware updates that enable Lion Internet Recovery on some 2010 iMac, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro models.

Apple continues to try and port OS X to every chip, up to and including those delicious chocolate tortilla ones, Siri keeps bugging Wolfram Alpha for information, and it looks like your used music files will clutter your iTunes library until the end of time.

Canon's new line of Pixma printers allows wireless printing from your iOS device.

As part of an ongoing effort to recover from a downward spiral, Yahoo said on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down.

Nevercenter has released CameraBag 2 for Mac, offering even more photo filters and editing controls.

Just because Cisco has discontinued the Flip camcorder doesn't mean you can't continue using it, even without Cisco's FlipShare software.

Pass the buffalo wings and the iPad.

Pioneer's X-SMC4-K supports Bluetooth, AirPlay, iPhone and iPod docking, Internet radio, FM radio, and more. But it's clunky to use and exhibits numerous flaws.

It's hard to believe that, after all this time, people still don't get Apple and how it operates. Must be something in the water.

On the first day of his iPad experiment, Dan Moren took it easy on the tablet. On day two, he was ready to really test the iPad's limits as a work machine.

The OnLive Desktop service shows just how wrong desktop virtualization can be.

The 20X-optical-zoom PowerShot SX260 HS, ruggedized PowerShot D20, and two new Wi-Fi-enabled compact cameras headline the latest round of Canon point-and-shoot announcements.

With a 36-megapixel full-frame sensor, the $3000 Nikon D800 is built for huge prints, aggressive cropping, fashion shoots, and fat wallets.

The gameplay in this frenetic food-assembly game is every bit as sharp as the knives tossed by the titular chef.

Google has failed in its latest attempt to keep a potentially damaging email out of the lawsuit Oracle filed against it over alleged Java intellectual-property violations in the Android mobile OS.