Remember Cable Card? It’s still around, quietly allowing owners of TiVos and Home Theater PCs, via devices like the HDHomeRun Prime, to get the full complement of cable TV programming without having to use the company-issued DVR or cable box. At CNET we’ve tested a few Cable Card products, including TiVos and the now-defunct Moxi …

Sleek, sexy design notwithstanding, the Toshiba Excite 10 LE’s price (and launching a day before Apple unveils its latest tablet plans) will be its biggest obstacle. Eric Franklin/CNET Earlier this year at CES, Toshiba told me to expect a first-quarter release for what is now known as the Excite 10 LE tablet, and it looks like it’s sticking to that. …

BARCELONA, Spain–Apple’s iPhone has been making the rounds at all the carriers. So why not Clearwire? Clearwire’s planned move to LTE means Apple wouldn’t have any difficulties in building an iPhone that is compatible with its network, according to Clearwire CEO Eric Prusch. In fact, it would benefit Apple to have an iPhone that ran on its kind of network …

BARCELONA, Spain–T-Mobile has a plan. The smallest and weakest of the four top U.S. wireless providers may be bruised after a breakup with would-be spouse AT&T, but it isn’t beaten. So goes the company line. It all starts with investing $4 billion to upgrade its network and roll out 4G LTE, which it expects to launch in 2013, behind Verizon, …

Samsung ruled the roost with its advertising during last Sunday’s Academy Awards broadcast, analytics firm Ace Metrix said today. According to individuals polled by the firm, two of Samsung’s advertisements came in with top honors: one for the Galaxy Note, and the other for the company’s SmartTV product line. Trailing in third place was Google for its Google+ commercial. And …

The invite to Apple’s iPad 3 announcement landed on our desk yesterday (alright, inbox), and it could reveal something interesting about the device. In the image Apple sent out, the device seems to be lacking a Home button. Seeing as Apple is keen on teasing in its invites what it’ll be unveiling — its invite to the Siri launch read: …

Vodafone today unveiled six new plans and a range of bolt-on mobile-data options for its customers, sacrificing its Infinite-branded plans in the reshuffle. (Credit: Vodafone) Describing the new plans as “more simple and straightforward”, Vodafone’s amended options include six basic plans available on both 12- and 24-month contract terms and a range of add-ons allowing customers to choose how much …

How I envy today’s parents of young kids. Not too long ago, my family trips always included bulging, back-breaking backpacks stuffed with children’s books. Now, you can pack a 1.3-pound iPad (or an even lighter iPhone or iPod Touch) with enough books to go from here to there and back again. And not just static reproductions of kids’ classics, but …

When should you buy a laptop? That’s always a very difficult question–buy too soon after new technology hits, and you miss out on refinements and price drops. On the other hand, you certainly don’t want to spend upwards of $1,000 on a device that feels outdated just months later. It’s an even more difficult decision in the wake of Microsoft’s …

BARCELONA, Spain–I don’t tend to take much stock in promises of zero shutter lag; I’ve seen too many examples of hold-ups where there shouldn’t be were all claims true. So when I got the HTC One phones in my hand for some short and sweet camera tinkering, I was pretty surprised to see the camera capture and store the shot …