By: Brooke Crothers CNET Blog Network author The "smartbook" aspires to put the smartphone into the laptop. Will it be able to elevate an Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid-like experience to a larger device, or is it just more marketing mumbo-jumbo? Two companies are hoping that the smartbook will turn out to be more than just another … [Read more...]

Developers having trouble selling luxury condominiums the old-fashioned way are trying another tactic: auctions. “It takes the longer period it would take to sell and condenses it down to a shorter time,” says Jim Corum, president of real estate auction company Real Estate Disposition Corporation. Many of the developments—in cities like … [Read more...]