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Microsoft Surface Finally Surfaces

Interactive shopping screen comes to AT&T

Remember Surface, the magic coffee table and massively multi-touch screen that we awarded a Best of Whats New award in December? Well it looks like its finally set to debut, as a shopping kiosk debuting at six AT&T cellular phone stores on April 17.

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iPhone Owners Spurn AT&T

Unlocked iPhones are more prevalent than many expected

iPhone Free: An unlocked iPhone connected to Canada's Fido network. Photo by Dylan Parker

A financial analyst announced yesterday that more than 25 percent of people who bought an iPhone have chosen to stay away from AT&T, and are enjoying their new gadgets through other wireless networks instead.

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Gotta Get An iPhone: The PopSci Saga

Unless your name is Pogue or Mossberg, you apparently have to wait in line like everyone else

663154431_f144b7347bAs the iPhone launch day fiasco unfolds, we thought we'd take a moment to share our own tale of getting our hands on a phone. As the world's largest consumer electronics magazine, you'd think we'd be able to get a review unit from Apple, yes? Well, no. Herr Jobs decided to seed just a handful of iPhones into the hands of high-profile journalists at daily newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.

We contacted Apple back in April to try to secure an iPhone for review, but got no response. So senior editor Mike Haney sent this email on June 11:

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