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10 tech-inspired Mother's Day gifts
By Ann Bednarz
If you're looking for a gift for your mom -- or something for your kids to give their mom -- check out these nine tech-inspired options. You'll find something for all budgets and levels of effort. There's even a Tetris-inspired ice cube tray. View slideshow

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This week's 25 most-read stories

1. Death of the mouse
2. The Internet sky really is falling
3. It Takes a Village Idiot: The Jerks of Online Forums
4. Illinois programmer sues Google over "Android"
5. Why BlackBerry Still Beats iPhone For Some
6. Is it time to cut the Ethernet access cable?
7. Domain name company cries croc tears over 'censorship'
8. RIM to bind BlackBerry to Cisco phones
9. Use the Cisco restroom at your own risk
10. Juniper bolsters branch router, switch lines

11. Top 7 Reasons People Quit Linux
12. Seven things to love, hate about Windows 7
13. Citrix embraces Apple with iPhone virtualization, app store for corporate IT
14. 12 killer freebie SharePoint add-ons
15. Evolution of Ethernet
16. Why mix Bluetooth with Wi-Fi?
17. Microsoft aligning management, clouds
18. Viva La Mouse! Mouse innovations that we've loved
19. Apple iPhoneys: The 4G edition
20. Botnet probe turns up 70G bytes of personal, financial data

21. Eliminate network gear maintenance fees to save big money
22. Sun storage system delivers high performance
23. Give users passwords they don't have to remember
24. Top 10 technology skills
25. Some IT skills see pay hikes during downturn

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05/07/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. The Internet sky really is falling
  2. Utility's plan to lessen fire risk it caused?
  3. Sweden may prosecute Cisco hacker
  4. Death of the mouse
  5. Why BlackBerry still beats iPhone for some
  6. Top 7 reasons people quit Linux
  7. Increasing Internet security for average users
  8. IPv6 security guru fields questions
  9. Domain name company cries croc tears over 'censorship'
  10. Holy Grail VMware bug: jump through a Windows VM, control the host
  11. Notebook replaces trackpad with LCD panel


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