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Adobe Flash has become the overwhelming leader for online video streaming, but Apple's recent announcement of the iPad has cast a shadow over Adobe's technology and led many to wonder whether Flash is on its last legs.
PCWorld editors Ed Albro, Jason Cross, Robert Strohmeyer, and Nick Mediati take a look at the facts surrounding Flash and HTML5.
Is HTML5 almost ready for prime time, or is this just more posturing from Apple?

Tis the season to.... buy laptops? Oh, you may not think portable computing is at the top of you shopping list, but a lot has transpired in a year -- just ask the ghosts of holidays past. These days, you have a wide variety of affordable netbooks that do a whole lot more.
Super-slim machines that can do everything from serve as bargain-basement Tablet PC's to cheap multimedia machines.
All-purpose notebooks have beefed up on power while prices continue to drop. And then there's been some seriously ambitious new ultraportable designs that don't come cheap.