2011's Hottest Holiday Tech Gifts

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Top Story: 2011's Hottest Holiday Tech Gifts Looking for the perfect gadget for everyone on your holiday list this year? Whether your budget is big or small and whether your recipients are old or young, here's a list. Share: News $99 Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet to Debut in US The 7-inch Novo7 sports a 1GHz CPU and includes front and rear cameras, 3D capability, 1080p video decoding and an HDMI port. Share: 20 Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2012 From Apple's iPhone 5 to next-gen thermostats to OLED TVs, here are 20 tech products we're looking forward to seeing in 2012. Share: Apple to Samsung: Don't Make Thin or Rectangular Tablets or Smartphones In a court document, Apple offers suggestions as to how Samsung's electronics could look less like Apple's. The suggestions include "cluttered" and "square." Share: How-To How Do I Reinstall Windows Without a Recovery Partition? Ahmed needs to reinstall Windows, but his hard drive no longer has the necessary recovery partition Share: Solving Tech Mysteries: 3G vs. Wi-Fi, Write Access Denied Inquiring minds want to know: What's the difference between 3G and Wi-Fi, and can access be restored to a mysteriously write-protected drive? Share: Troubleshoot Bad RAM Modules with MemTest86+ Now able to run from a flash drive, this free utility can help determine if faulty memory is causing system problems. Share: Downloads Free Software Worth a Donation, Part 2 We often think of software as either commercial or free. But there is another category of software: donationware. It's given away for free, in the hope that users will donate to support the application or a cause the developer wishes to bolster. Part II of this series covers the lesser-known gems. 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