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Conan the Barbarian may soon be facing a different type of battle than he is used. While the character is best known for crushing his enemies, seeing them driven before him and hearing the lamentation of their women, the character’s most deadly adventure yet may soon find him at the mercy of the dreaded scourge known as lawyers. And while these lawyers may not be able to turn into snakes (insert your own joke here) or lead hordes down upon… Read More

Powerhouse companies in the entertainment, computer and content industries, as well as government, are gathering together early next week to discuss and debate the hot-topic issue of digital rights. On April 23 and 24 at the tony Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Hills in Los Angeles representatives from Disney, Time Warner, Microsoft, Google and Fox among others will gather to discuss emerging practices, trends and laws regarding… Read More

In an effort to further increase its presence in the blogging arena, America Online has agreed to purchase Weblogs, Inc. for a reported $25 million. Weblogs, Inc. is a collection of approximately 80 niche interest sites, ranging from consumer electronics, technology, and video gaming to entertainment and events, including the popular site Engadget. The sites feature approximately 100 regular bloggers. In an appropriate yet ironic twist to… Read More

“Dell Inc. remains open to using computer chips from AMD as an alternative to those of its current sole supplier, Intel Corp. , but customers would have to demand it, the chief executive of the No. 1 personal computer maker said on Thursday. In what amounts to one of the PC industry's longest-running sagas of on-again, off-again courtship, Dell Chief Executive Kevin Rollins once again revived speculation that Dell could end its… Read More

“Motorola Inc. did not show upcoming phones designed to work with Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes digital music service at a recent tech show because of the pair's differing approach to launching new products, executives from Motorola said on Tuesday. In response to a question about why Motorola did not show its upcoming iTunes phone at the Cebit technology fair in Germany Motorola said it tends to display its products before… Read More

“Motorola Inc. postponed plans Thursday to unveil a cell phone that can buy and play songs from Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes download service, a sudden decision that might reflect tensions with cellular companies who also want to sell music to mobile phone users. Motorola spokeswoman Monica Rohleder said in Chicago that the company remains in discussions with a number of wireless carriers regarding the first iTunes phone and… Read More

“Digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc.  on Friday said it added 698,000 subscribers in its fiscal fourth quarter, bringing its total to over 3 million. The Alviso, California-based company said it added 447,000 customers through satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. , and 251,000 “TiVo-owned,” or stand-alone, users in the period ended on Jan. 31. ” We still have not heard whether the… Read More

The new investments, made from the $200 million Intel Digital Home Fund, include a first-time investment in Gteko Ltd., an ease-of-use networking and support software company, and follow-on financing for Synacor Inc., a provider of portals and technology for delivering bundled online services, and Zinio Systems Inc., a digital magazine distributor. Financial terms of the new investments were not disclosed. “These new investments… Read More

Honeywell has filed a lawsuit against 34 electronics companies claiming infringement of a Honeywell patent for technology that increases the brightness of images and that reduces the appearance of certain interference effects on a liquid crystal display (LCD). Honeywell's lawsuit claims the company's patented technology is being used in a variety of consumer electronics products, including notebook computers, cell phones,… Read More

The BDA supports the continued development and promotion of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format. Earlier this year, membership was opened to organizations interested in promoting the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format. The growth in membership follows the recent announcement by Sony that PlayStation 3 will support the Blu-ray Disc format and by Twentieth Century Fox that it would join the Association as a member of its Board of Directors. “We believe… Read More

SOYO Group, Inc., headquartered in Ontario, said the story is erroneous and assures its reseller partners, distributors and customers that the business operations of SOYO Group, Inc. is unchanged. The quality of SOYO products and services, and the use of “SOYO” brand name now and in the future are not affected, according to SOYO President Ming Chok. SOYO Group, Inc. became a separate company from SOYO Computer, Inc. in 2002 and… Read More

The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance, which includes America Online Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and EarthLink Inc., urged all Internet providers to police their networks more aggressively and cut off machines suspected of being launching pads for spam. By some estimates, hundreds of thousands of computers around the world have been infected with software that lets them be used without their owners' knowledge. Such machines now… Read More

The problem began about 8:45 a.m. EDT and lasted about two hours, said Jeff Young, a spokesman for Akamai Technologies Inc., whose network of servers mirror some of the Web's top destinations to improve their performance. Young called it a “large scale, international attack on Internet infrastructure.” However, there was no evidence that non-Akamai infrastructure was affected. Amit Yoran, head of the Department of… Read More

On Monday, Yahoo Inc. launched Internet radio and other new services around its messaging software. Microsoft Corp., meanwhile, is leveraging IM as a subscription gaming hub, while America Online Inc. is packaging weather. “They are becoming much more of a destination as opposed to just a communications front-end,” Rob Enderle, an independent analyst in San Jose, Calif., said of instant-messaging services. “They… Read More

No. 2 personal computer maker Dell Inc. on Monday cut the price on its digital music player 20 percent to $199 from $249 as it tries to compete with the industry leading iPod from Apple Computer Inc. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell introduced the Dell Digital Jukebox, or DJ, which plays digital music in the MP3 format, in October at $249 for the 15 gigabyte version. It has offered a 10 percent discount on the product and said… Read More