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Now that electronics makers have unveiled their latest gadgets and stores are slashing prices on old inventory and TVs for the Super Bowl, there are plenty of gadgets worth buying right now. Here's our short list of gizmos and electronics you should shop for. A High-Definition Television First...

I've been watching the recent cable wars with a bemused detachment. The Time Warner threat to leave fans without their Jack Bauer and "American Idol" sent chills down some spines, but the power of the Fox brand was too strong and the cable company caved. It turned out that Time Warner needed Fox...

Thanks to the power of the Internet, it's getting harder for companies to control how we communicate and entertain ourselves. Google's new phone runs an app that enables users to make international calls far cheaper than with any wireless carrier. That's just one sign of growing consumer influence through the Net.

Boxee CEO Avner Ronen put up a slide at the NewTeeVee confab in San Francisco Thursday that showed a startling trend: There will be more Apple (AAPL) iTunes subscribers than Comcast (CMSCA) subscribers within a few years, Ronen contended. Them's fighting words for cable and programming giant...