In our second annual iPhone Stress Tests, Senior Editor Tim Moynihan applied a serious beating to the Apple iPhone 3G using keys, breakfast cereal, water, dish soap, and city sidewalks.

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Jason Snell, Editorial Director of sister publication MacWorld, takes a quick look at the iPhone 3G and talks about the newest features. And he provides tips for folks who already have one of the original iPhones, as well as for prospective first-time owners.

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Senior Editor Darren Gladstone went to the kickoff event for the release of the first module from the highly anticipated new video game Spore. The Creature Creator component of the game lets users design personalized monsters that can be shared online. Gamers can import these creatures into the full version of the game, which Maxis says will be released in September. The final version of the game will feature gameplay that involves creating a cellular creature that you can evolve into a tribe of sentient beings which can try to leave their home planet and populate the galaxy.

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Associate editor Danny Allen takes a look at the GypsyMIDI MIDI controller, a suit that uses upper body movements to operate any MIDI-compatible hardware instrument or music creation software (including Ableton Live, ProTools, Cubase, Logic Audio, Traktor DJ Studio, VST plug-ins and more!)

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Does your Web browser seems to be acting up? Does surfing the Internet seem to take forever? If so, follow these simple tips and tricks to get Internet Explorer or Firefox back on track.

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Senior Editor Tim Moynihan finally gets what he's been waiting for: A digital pen! The Mobile Digital Scribe from IOGEAR is a stylus setup that consists of a pen and a receiver that captures handwriting and translates it via OCR software into text documents.

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Assistant Editor Greg Adler takes a look at some unusual gadgets created for budding entomologists, including a remote control tarantula and a motion-sensor activated Venus Fly Trap.

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Assistant Editor Greg Adler takes a look at some unusual tech gadgets for the bathroom, including a device that whitens your teeth with music and an iPod dock/toilet paper holder.

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Assistant Editor Greg Adler takes a look at Samsung's 2263DX 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor that features a secondary 7-index screen. While a little pricey, this dual-monitor setup might be perfect if your desk space is severely constrained.

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One Small Problem With the MacBook Air . . . After you plunk down $1,800 for that MacBook Air, you may want to fork over some more dough for an external USB optical drive. This video shows the best reason why.

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If you're tired of Windows Vista's sluggish performance, follow these tips and techniques to speed up your operating system's responsiveness.

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Does your PC start up too slowly? Check out our tips and quick fixes to help get your machine up and running faster.

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PC World is giving away a $30,000 Dream PC! see the full Dream PC prize description and get instructions to enter at: www.pcworld.com/article/id,141628/article.html No purchase necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited. The Dream PC Giveaway is open to residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are at least 13 years of age and are registered members of PCWorld.com at the time of entry. The Giveaway opened 1/22/08 and ends 3/31/08. One entry per person. The Giveaway is subject to the Official Rules. Read the official Dream PC rules at: www.pcworld.com/resource/dreampcrules.html Parts for the Dream PC provided by Tiger Direct www.tigerdirect.com

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Senior writer Darren Gladstone takes a tour of the show floor at the Game Developers Conference 20008 and finds a force-feedback helmet, a $3000 flight simulator, a brainwave-based input device, and a home-theater light show.

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The Slacker Portable Internet Radio is an MP3 player with free ad-supported or paid music service is a brilliant concept, but buggy hardware marred the experience. Watch this video to learn out more about the device and about senior editor Tim Moynihan's surprising taste in music.

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Sure, you could join the mob that masses outside the Moscone Center every January for a chance at a seat inside for Steve Jobs' annual Macworld Expo keynote. Heck, you can even go to Apple's Web site and watch the keynote in its entirety. But who has the time to do all that? Instead, in this Macworld Video, I've boiled down last week's keynote to its essential bullet points. And I'm assisted in this dramatic re-enactment by Sophie Schultz, the daughter of Macworld art director Rob Schultz.

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Are you tired of clicking relentlessly to get your PC to shut down? Follow these keyboard shortcuts and power options tips for both Windows XP and Vista and get your machine to power down much faster.

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Assistant Editor Greg Adler takes a look at some of the unusual robotic toys from WowWee. They include a panda, a snake, and a quadruped that looks like a spider and acts like a security guard.

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At the 2008 Macworld Expo, Steve Jobs announced an array of new products and services--including the MacBook Air laptop, an updated Apple TV media player, iTunes Movie Rentals, a wireless backup device called Time Capsule, and software updates for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Don't let the old-school exterior of Technosonic's nostalgic audio devices fool you. These antique-looking players can convert audio from vinyl, cassette, and other sources into digital files.

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