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Kleer Offers DigiFi Opera Wireless Earbuds

Kleer is now offering its DigiFi Opera wireless earbuds in the U.S., enabling up to four people to listen to the same audio source.

Verbatim Debuts Quad-Interface Drives

Verbatim is expanding its line of desktop hard drives to include 500 GB and 1 TB models with USB, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and eSATA interfaces.

AMD Writes Down ATI…Again

A year ago - and last summer - AMD wrote down the value of its over $5 billion acquisition of ATI. Now, AMD is doing it again.

iLuv’s iHD171 Tunes in HD Radio

iLuv's new iHD171 iPod/iPhone dock and speaker system offer two alarms, tunes into HD Radio, and supports iTunes Tagging for saving song info.

Dell Sheds Two Top Execs in Restructuring

Dell is bidding farewell to its marketing chief and president of global operations as the company rebuilds its business-oriented sales around three main segments.

Lock of Ages: 30 GB Zunes Freeze Up

There's something magical about the date December 31, 2008...because all over the world, 30 GB Zune players locked up. The solution? Try again on January 1, 2009.

Kissing USB Octopi Win Design Award

Ever think you might want a USB flash drive that looks like a round little octopus? How about if they had magnets, and could kiss each others?

Report: Smartphones Need Malware Protection

A new report from Unstrung's research service finds smartphones need better malware protection...and expects everyone to get in on the act.

Worlds.com Sues NCsoft Over Virtual Worlds

Virtual world pioneer Worlds.com has sued game developer NCsoft for violating a patent on interacting with 3D spaces...who might be next?

LG Plans 480 Hz LCD TV

LG says it's planning to up the ante on screen refreshes with a new LCD TV that refreshed 480 times per second. But will anybody watch?

MSI U115 Hybrid Packs Both SSD and HDD

MSI's new U115 Hybrid netbook computer packs both a solid-state drive and a traditional hard drive - and can use them both at the same time.

Top Tech Companies Sued for Using…Icons?

A Michigan company is suing tech giants Microsoft, Google, and Apple for patent infringement for using thumbnail icons to represent files.

HP Debuts Mac-Savvy MediaSmart Servers

HP's MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487 might run Windows Home Server, but not they can manage your media, act as a central iTunes server, and back up Macs using Time Machine.

Fujitsu and Western Digital: No Deal

Fujitsu says there have been talks, but it's not planning to sell its hard drive business to Western Digital.

Digital TV Converter Coupons Running Low

Folks who've been putting off applying for a $40 voucher to put toward a digital TV converter may need to get on the stick: the government is running out.

Acer Takes Aspire 8930G Quad-Core

Acer has added Intel's Core 2 Quad Q9000 CPU to its Aspire 8930G notebook, featuring an 18.4-inch screen, Blu-ray, Nvidia graphics...and prices starting at $1,800.

Intel Says OEMs Can Use Nvidia’s Ion

Intel says computer makers are welcome to use Nvidia's Ion netbook graphics platform with its Atom CPUs.

Amazon Claims 2008 Holidays Best Ever

Recession? What recession? Online retailer Amazon.com is claiming the 2008 holiday buying season has been its best ever...but didn't offer any numbers.

Nintendo, Ad Firm Plan Wii Video Service

Japanese ad firm Dentsu says it's teaming up with Nintendo to create a video distribution service for the popular Wii gaming console.

Wal-Mart to Offer iPhones December 28

Mega-retailer Wal-Mart is set to start selling Apple's iPhone 3G on Sunday, December 28, priced at $197 for the 8 GB model and $297 for the 16 GB edition.

U.S. Still Biggest Source of Malware

Sophos' Security Threat Report for 2009 still flags the United States as the world's largest source of malware and spam.

VHS Rides Off Into The Sunset

The venerable VHS tape is finally vanishing in the rear-view mirror as the last major supplier stop distribution.

Adaptix Sues Sprint, Clearwire over WiMax

WiMax base station maker Adaptix has filed suit against Sprint and Clearwire, claiming the companies are violating six WiMax patents.

RIM’s Takeover of Certicom Gets Awkward

Research in Motion has been trying to take over security firm Certicom for almost two years...and now Certicom says RIM's bid is too low.

Intel Launches 160 GB SSDs

Intel is adding a 160 GB drive to its X-25M and X18-M lines of 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch solid-state drives.

Free Ecofont Looks to Save Ink

It might not be your first choice for an ad campaign, but for printing email and every documents, the free Ecofont can cut ink consumption by up to 20 percent.

Windows XP Lives to Fight Another Day

Microsoft has extended the deadline for computer makers to get Windows XP licenses out to May 30, 2009.

Repairs Underway on Mediterranean Cables

Repairs are underway on three Mediterranean undersea telecom cables that were damaged - although the suspect is a ship's anchor this time, not sabotage.

Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Packs Second Screen

Lenovo is amping up the high end of its ThinkPad lin with a new version of the 17-inch W700...that packs an additional slide-out 10.6-inch display.

Warner Pulls Music Videos from YouTube

Warner Music has demanded YouTube take down all music videos from its artists after talks on a distribution deal break down.

Music Sales: Downloads Up, CDs Down

Surprise surprise: new market figures from the NPD Group find U.S. consumers are downloading more music and buying fewer CDs.

Foxit To Offer Lighter, Cheaper e-Reader

Foxit Software has announced it will start selling its eSlick portable reader in January, taking on (and undercutting) the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader.

Spore De-Authorization Tool from EA

Electronic Arts has released a tool that enables users to "de-authorize" a computer that's had Spore installed...but it doesn't do away with DRM.

iLuv Announces iSP200 Soundbar

iLuv has announced its new 32-watt iSP200 soundbar for desktop and laptop computers, featuring three USB inputs. But it won't ship until June 2009.

Google Street View Privacy Protest in Japan

A group of Japanese lawyers and professors say Google's Street View violates basic privacy rights, and wants the service shut down.

RIAA To Stop Mass Lawsuits, Work with ISPs

The RIAA is getting set to stop filing mountains of lawsuits against people it believes download music illegally via P2P networks, and instead work with ISPs to shut them down.

Joost Pulls Plug on Client Software

Video streaming service Joost is killing off its client software in favor of being a purely browser-based streaming video service.

Nvidia Brings GeForce 9400 to Netbooks

Nvidia has broken its GeForce 9400 graphics system out of the Apple MacBook and is offering it to so-called netbook systems based on Intel's Atom platform.