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Dan Appleman is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in hardware, software and gadgets of all kinds. Author of How Computer Programming Works and numerous other technical books and articles, he stubbornly insists that technology be judged by its real value, and not just by how new or cool it is. Reach Dan at GadgetExaminer@gmail.com.

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Ultimate Buzz Lightyear – too much fun for kids?

Monday, November 30th, 2009

In Toy Story II, part of the joke was that an adult Toy Collector was more interested in toys that the kids they were supposedly made for. Of course...
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Toys of the year announced - which of these have you heard of?

The Toy Industry Association selected the following toys as the “Toys of the year” at the 2009 American International Toy Fair.Activity...
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Rubik's Cube goes high tech

There's electronic BattleShip and an electronic Monopoly. So an electronic Rubik's cube was probably inevitable. Today one was introduced at the...
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SimAnimals ships for the Nintendo Wii

Mom… can I keep it? Don’t panic, these animals cost nothing to feed and won’t make a mess. But the 30 different species of North...
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Put a GPS tracking device in your kid's watch

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Fear of child abduction has reached the point that as many as a third of children 8-15 have never been allowed to play outside the home without adult...
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The ultimate guide to the geek gift guides

Every gadgeteer has their own idea of the best holiday gifts for geeks. It seems only fitting to wrap up my own series of unusual gift guides with...
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Top 5 toys for future inventors

Where do gadgets come from? Someone has to invent them, and odds are most inventors start out as kids by building things, often using toys or kits....
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Top five gifts for kids that might change their lives

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Sure IPods, Cell phones and video games are what most kids want. But some gifts have the power to inspire and educate as well. And in tough economic...
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Three great Thanksgiving gags

Add some extra fun to your Thanksgiving celebration with these inexpensive gadgets. Imagine how relieved your guests will be in these tough economic...
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The great video game console hunt of 2008 has begun!

We're on year 3 of head to head competition between the three ultimate entertainment gadgets - Nintendo's Wii, Sony's Playstation 3, and Microsoft's...
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