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Get ready to hit the road this summer with great gadgets for traveling. From durable cell phones to ultraportable laptops, CNET rounds up the best adventure tech.

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How to update your GPS maps: Garmin edition

CNET's editors show you how download and update to the newest maps for your Garmin Nuvi GPS device.

While rugged digital cameras aren't a new thing, models were generally only available from two vendors: Olympus and Pentax. In 2009, though, Canon, Panasonic, Casio, and Fujifilm released waterproof and/or shockproof cameras along with offerings from Olympus and Pentax.

If you're tough on your cell phone, you know that many of today's handsets place more emphasis on design than on durability.

Whether you call them Netbooks, mini-laptops, or sub-notebooks, these small, low-cost, low-power systems are the hottest thing to hit laptops since the touchpad.

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Road Trip 2010

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August 23, 2010 8:45 AM PDT

Road Trip 2010: Each year, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman gets the chance to test out Apple's latest over several thousands of miles of driving. This year, that meant the iPhone 4, the iPad 3G, and the latest 13-inch MacBook Pro.

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Road Trip 2010: After traveling 5,266 miles--through 13 states and Washington, D.C.--CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman's annual journey is over. Here's a collection of the best the Northeast has to offer.

When droids break their huddle

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Road Trip 2010: After a mass gathering of droids--R2-D2s and friends--at Celebration V, what happens when they must all go their separate ways? A lot of beeping, booping, and confusion over whose R2 is whose.

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Road Trip 2010: At Celebration V in Orlando, Fla., George Lucas said that all six live-action movies will be coming out in the high-definition format in 2011.

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