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On the heels of the big 3-D television presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Sony and Samsung are joining Panasonic, LG Electronics, and others in promoting the new technology. On Tuesday, Sony said it is aiming for 10 percent of its TV sales within the next year to be 3-D models, and Samsung announced a range of HDTV sets and Blu-ray players will ship later this month.

At a press conference Tuesday in New York City, Samsung announced what it described as the "world's first available full HD 3D LED TV," as well as a variety of related 3-D home entertainment products.

Competitors in the fast-moving tablet-computer category are lining up to take on Apple's iPad. Hewlett-Packard is the latest to preview its upcoming slate product, and other companies like Lenovo, Sony, Dell and Acer are similarly positioning their products.

The HP tablet runs Windows 7, and was first previewed by Microsoft at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. HP published some details on its company blog last month and updated the information with a posting Monday that includes two promotional videos. The videos show a tablet device running Flash and responding to hand gestures.

Day 2 of TED2010 covered everything from suspended animation in humans to the need for better democratic argument in our society.  What continues to be top of mind, however, are issues of id and identity.  These were touched on in some way by 4chan founder Christopher “moot” Poole, game designer Jan McGonigal, and multiple demos from both Google and MSFT.

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The trailer (in Russian) to the film a Room and a Half, which based on the life of Joseph Brodsky, shows some of the film's amazing animation.

The trailer (in Russian) to the film a Room and a Half, which is based on the life of Joseph Brodsky, shows some of the film's amazing animation.

The tablet computer market has been heating up in recent months with rumors. Most eyes have been watching for an Apple tablet, but now there is a report that a groundbreaking tablet may be on its way from Microsoft.

The tech site Gizmodo reported Tuesday that a secret Microsoft project, code-named Courier, is working on a two-screen tablet -- essentially, a computer "booklet."

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In an era when kitchen appliances connect to the Internet and cell phones have more memory than a 10-year-old PC, artists are engaging ever more creatively with computers.

In an era when even kitchen appliances connect to the Internet, and cell phones have more memory and data processing power than a 10-year-old PC, artists are engaging ever more creatively with computers -- or maybe vice versa.