Several About.com Guides covered last week's CES in Las Vegas, delivering the inside scoop on a number of exciting stories. Here are some of their highlights...

• CES Takeaways: Smart TVs, Smart Appliances, & More (About Google)
• CES 2011: What's In Store For Us This Year (About Mobile Office Tech)
• Netgear N300 - A New Option for Hybrid Home Networking (About Wireless/Networking)
• Intel Core i5-2500K Desktop Processor: Review (About PC Hardware)
• The CES Slate PC and Future Tablet Roundup (About Portable Electronics)
• CES 2011 - Kinect Controls Coming to Netflix, Hulu Plus This Spring (About XBox)

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2011 is already heating up in browser-land, with some interesting developments coming out of last week's CES. Let's take a look across the blogosphere at the top stories from the past seven days.

• FarmVille-Maker Zynga Adds Social Browser Flock To Its... Flock (ZDNet)
• Dolphin Browser Mini Emerges From Beta (Phandroid)
• Opera Previews Browser for Tablets (PCWorld)
• Chrome Overtakes Safari In Browser Wars (PC Magazine)
• Chrome Finishes 2010 With 10 Percent Share (CNET)
• IE Zero-Day Bug Leads to Squabble Between Microsoft, Researcher (Ars Technica)
• LG Optimus 2X Whips iPhone 4 in Browser Speed Tests (Android Central)
• Apple's iOS Browser Share Grows, Still Beats Android (Touch Reviews)
• RIM Shows Off BlackBerry PlayBook Web Browser, HTML5, Flash Performance (Liliputing)
• Microsoft's Head of Internet Explorer on Privacy & Losing to Firefox (Mashable)
• Microsoft Browser Dethroned in Europe by Mozilla Firefox, StatCounter Says (Bloomberg)
• IE9 RC Coming January 28? (Tom's Hardware)

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Browsing the Web on Motorola DROIDs just got a little easier with the release of DROIDS Made Simple, a handy guide geared towards users of these popular phones. Chapter 11, in particular, concentrates on the DROID's built-in Browser app. It details how to navigate and zoom within Web pages, create and save bookmarks, view videos from within Browser, and save bookmarks as icons on your DROID's home screen. There are also rich visuals to guide you as you read.

Co-written by our own Marziah Karch, DROIDS Made Simple can help you get the most out of your Motorola device.

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Starting on January 13 the nomination period for the 2011 About.com Readers' Choice Awards will begin, giving you the ability to submit your favorites in a number of categories including the best Web browser. While we wait with bated breath for the polls to open, let's take a look back at some of the winners from last year's awards.

In the browser-related categories, Opera Software took home trophies as both the Best Major Desktop Browser (Opera 10.x) and Best Mobile Browser (Opera Mini). Meanwhile, on the somewhat lesser known side of the coin, K-Meleon won Best Indepedent Browser honors by snatching up 48% of the vote.

Adblock Plus and NoScript claimed victory in the Best Overall Add-On and Best Privacy/Security Add-On categories, respectively. Rounding out the browser winners are YouTube HD Ultimate as the Best User Script and NFL's Indianapolis Colts - Official Football Boom! as Best Browser Theme.

Some interesting winners in other categories included Sprint's HTC Hero as Best Smartphone, Bejeweled as the Best Google Gadget, Miranda IM as Best IM Client, and Salon as the Best News Site.

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