Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

iPod engineering pioneer and former Palm CEO who was the face of webOS has left HP. The official quote from Hewlett and Packard is, "Jon has fulfilled his commitment to HP. We wish him well."

It seems Rubinstein's career has come full circle. He started his career at HP as a young and talented computer science and electrical enginnering graduate right out of Colorado State University. Rubenstein found his way back in HP many years later when, as then CEO of Palm, he was brought on board once Palm was acquired for 1.2 billion.

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Nuance releases PaperPort Notes for the iPad with Dragon Dictation

The beauty of Apple's iPad is that because it has such a solid developer community, we are only now starting to scratch the surface of what we can do with the device. Take for example PaperPort Notes which is a note-taking app that allows people to combine documents, web content, audio, typed text, handwritten notes – and now dictated notes – into a single document that can be easily organized and shared with anyone.

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CrashPlan and CrashPlan PRO cloud backup apps updated

Code 42 Software Inc., developers of award-winning onsite, offsite and online backup solutions for consumers, businesses and the enterprise, announced updates and new security enhancements to the CrashPlan and CrashPlan PRO mobile apps. The latest version adds support for the two elevated security options used by many CrashPlan users.

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Special Feature: 11 Gold Plated Gadgets

By Nicholas Montgomery

With a new gadget, you aren't just cool if you have one. But, if you have one that is gold plated or gold accented, then you've got some real bragging rights. In this post we'll be going over prices for a gold plated vs. a non-gold plated version of various tech gadgets and if the gold plating is worth the outrageous price.

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Review: Cygnett Apollo Hybrid iPhone 4S case

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Cygnett is one of our favourite new accessory makers for iOS devices. We chanced upon them at CES 2012's Showstoppers and they showed us a lot of cool stuff. The Cygnett Apollo Hybrid iPhone 4/4S case offers the protection of a polycarbonate tough case with the low profile of a form fitting rubber case.

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Nokia's Lumia 710 Windows Phone to see daylight in February via Rogers

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

This is the most significant Windows Phone news in a while. Rogers will be offering the Nokia Lumia 710 next month for $254 outright with various pricing options for monthly plans, this is the first of three new Nokia smartphones running Windows Phone. The Lumia 800 and the LTE enabled Lumia 900 have not yet been earmarked for release in Canada.

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