• Top PC World Picks From CES 2009

  
  PC World editors checked out hundreds of products at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. Here are the ones that impressed us the most.

• CES Gadgets That Missed the Mark

  
  We wonder who's going to want bad Wii wannabes, a zillion iPhone cases, out-of-date MP3 players, e-cigarettes, and other oddities that we found at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show.
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• Obama Inauguration: Be There Without Being There
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• Most Online Music is Illegal, Study Says An estimated 95 percent of online music downloads violate copyright law, an industry report says.
• Resident Evil 5 Demo Due This Month A playable version of the Resident Evil 5 demo will be available for download on January 26 on Xbox Live and soon after on PSN.
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• Study Accused of Exaggerating Kids' Online Safety Threats to children online were downplayed by MySpace study, some experts declare.
• Obama Plans to Keep his BlackBerry The president-elect says the handheld is a tool to do his job and keep him grounded, avoiding the "bubble" of the presidency.
• Microsoft Layoffs? Not a New Concept The software giant has had eight small layoffs in the past seven years.
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  Palm's New Pre Phone and Web OS Hoping to get back on track, Palm this month announced the Pre touch phone and its Web OS.