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C.E.S. 2013: What's New in TVs

David Pogue walks the floor of the International Consumer Electronics Show and finds humor in the excess -- mostly of it unintended by the companies.

Microsoft’s Surface Pro Tablet Changes the Game

Even if the Surface Pro is not strictly a laptop killer, it nonetheless changes the game. It’s a machine nobody’s built before, and it should get a lot of imaginations whirring. For thousands of people, it will be an ideal mobile companion.

Microsoft's Surface Pro Tablet Changes the Game

Even if the Surface Pro is not strictly a laptop killer, it nonetheless changes the game. It's a machine nobody's built before, and it should get a lot of imaginations whirring. For thousands of people, it will be an ideal mobile companion.

12 Days of Gadgets: Necomimi Brain-Powered Cat Ears

Necomimi Brain-Powered Cat Ears is a headband with fluffy white cat ears attached. They perk up, flop down and otherwise turn, cutely and catlike, in sync with your brainwaves.

Pogue’s 12 Days of Gadgets: The Touchfire iPad Keyboard

The Touchfire iPad keyboard is a transparent, flexible, squishable, silicone membrane, weighing less than an ounce. The Touchfire’s surface is molded into the shape of keys so you can type on the tablet screen with ease.

Pogue's 12 Days of Gadgets: The Touchfire iPad Keyboard

The Touchfire iPad keyboard is a transparent, flexible, squishable, silicone membrane, weighing less than an ounce. The Touchfire's surface is molded into the shape of keys so you can type on the tablet screen with ease.

Pogue's 12 Days of Gadgets: Cirago iAlert Tag and Cobra Tag

If you leave your keys somewhere, the phone beeps to alert you as you walk away. Or vice versa. That's exactly the point of the Cirago iAlert tag and the similar but more polished Cobra Tag.

The Instagram Muddle

After saying its terms of service were misunderstood, the Facebook-owned photo app leaves its intentions opaque.

Pogue's 12 Days of Gadgets: The Leash Camera Strap

An S.L.R. takes beautiful photos, but you pay the price in weight, bulk and awkwardness. The Leash is designed to help.

Pogue's 12 Days of Gadgets: Prank Packs

Fool your gift recipients into thinking they got some horrible tech gift with Prank Panks, suggests David Pogue.