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McCartney: Beatles Download Talks "Stalled"

The Beatles are one of the last major hold-outs from the digital music revolution...and now Sir Paul says talks with EMI are "stalled."

Motorola Gives Social Users a Hint

Motorola's new Hint QA30 offers a full QWERTY keypad, 2.5-inch display, and a compact design aimed to keep constant-texters and mobile media fiends happy.

Blockbuster Gets Into Set-Top Box Rentals

Blockbuster has announced a new set-top media player that will let users on-demand video via the Internet.

Only 88 Pct of U.S. Youth Have Net Access

According to the World Internet Report from the Center for the Digital Future, just 88 percent of American youth have Internet access - a figure far behind some other countries.

PayPal Intros SMS Security Keys

Remember when PayPal introduced key fobs that provided an additional six-digit security key for account access? Now users can get keys via text messages.

Palm Lays Off More Staff

Struggling PDA and mobile phone maker Palm has laid off more staff after reporting its fifth consecutive quarterly loss.

U.S. Army Puts $50 Mln into Game Unit

The U.S. Army has decided to create its own video game unit...and will put $50 million over the next five years into games designed to prep soldiers for combat.

Microsoft Pacts on In-Game Ads, The Guild

Microsoft has announced a deal to distribute a second season of "The Guild," along with an in-game advertising deal with THQ.

Sony Bravia Internet Link Picks Up Slacker

Sony's Bravia Internet Video service has just added Slacker Personal Radio and Howcast Media.

Dell Minis Get New Case Designs

Dell has rolled out eye-catching new cases for the Mini 9 and Mini 12 notebooks, including images from urban artist Tristan Eaton.

Sony to Pay Agere $18.5 Mln in Patent Case

Sony has been ordered to pay Agere $18.5 million for "willful" infringement on patented technology used in its PSP, mylo Personal Communicator, and Network Walkmans.

Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Software

Apple's version 2.2 software for iPhone and iPod touch refines interface elements and adds new Maps features - including Google Street View.

Sony Says Blu-ray Sales Falling Short

Sony says it expects Blu-ray players to be one of the holiday season's top sellers, but that sales will still fall short of earlier forecasts.

Samsung Now Producing 256 GB SSDs

Samsung has started rolling out its 256 GB solid-state drives, meaning they should start appearing in notebook and desktop PCs soon.

Seagate FreeAgent Go Now In (More) Colors

Seagate has rolled out new color options for its FreeAgent Go external hard drives...and through the end of 2008 they come with a special media package.

Kingston Takes DataTraveler to 64 GB

Kingston has introduced a 64 GB version of its DataTraveler DT150 USB flash drive...now you have no excuse not to put HD video in your pocket.

Sonic Solutions Buys CinemaNow

Digital media software maker Sonic Solutions is buying digital movie distributor CinemaNow in a move to push burnable movies to Qflix drives.

Lich King Sells 2.8 Mln Copies On Day One

Witness the power of warcraft...and pre-sales. Blizzard reports that its latest World of Warcraft expansion sold over 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours.

Vizio Launches New LCD TVs, Full HD Monitor

Vizio has formally announced three new small-screen LCD TVs, a Full HD 26-inch multimedia monitor, and a 55-inch LCD HDTV...that won't be available until January.

Zune Pass Now Packs Ten Tracks Per Month

Microsoft has announced a new Zune Pass subscription model that, in addition to letting users listen to as much music as they want, lets them permanently keep 10 tracks per month.

T-Mobile Goes with Yahoo for Mobile Search

Yahoo might be losing a CEO and in a fight to stay afloat, but T-Mobile has inked a deal make Yahoo oneSearch the default on its new web2go service.

Psystar Suit Against Apple Dismissed

A judge has dismissed Psystar's countersuit against Apple, which claimed the company engaged in anticompetitive practices by preventing companies from selling Mac clones.

Microsoft Revs Zune Software, Drops Prices

Microsoft has released version 3.1 of its Zune application software and drops the price on flash-based Zune media players.

Nvidia Gets into SuperComputer Biz

Nvidia has introduced a GPU-based "personal supercomputer" that claims to deliver a cluster's worth of computing power at one percent of the cost.

T-Mobile Debuts MMS-Enabled Picture Frame

If you've ever wanted to use your camera phone to send photos from your wild nights on the town to your parents' coffee table...T-Mobile has a solution for you!

Mobile Users Want Ease Of Use, Not TV

New surveys find U.S. mobile users are slow to adopt online television...but they'd sure use the Internet more if it were easier.

PopCap Gets Its Bejeweled in a Twist

Say goodbye to your spare moments: PopCap's latest installment in its casual game empire, Bejeweled Twist, has landed at both brick-and-mortar and online portals.

National Geographic Plugs Into Video Games

National Geographic is partnering with Bandai and Sony to develop a series of family-friendly consoles, online, and mobile video games.

PayPal Expands Global Service

Online payment service PayPal has launched localized sites for Mexico, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and added nine languages to its Web site.

Vizio Cuts MPEG-2 License Agreement

Vizio has put and end to lawsuits accusing it of violating more than a dozen patents related to MPEG-2 video...my entering into an MPEG-2 license.

Alienware Rolls Out Core i7s

Dell's Alienware division has introduced Core i7-powered desktops - and, of course, they pack all the features and spare no expense.

TiVo Brings Customers Extra Cheese

If the coach potato in your life is starts looking even more tuberous, it might be because TiVo now lets customers order Domino's pizza right on TV.

Gateway Debuts Core i7 Gaming Rigs

Gateway is adding two Core i7-powered desktops to its FX series of gaming systems, with prices starting at just $1,249.99.

Dell Core i7 Systems Target Gamers

Dell has introduced its first Core i7 systems...and, unsurprisingly, they land in the XPS line and target gamers and multimedia fans.

OLPC Give One, Get One Program Returns

OLPC has reinvigorated its Give One Get One program for its OLPC XO notebook for the holiday 2008 season, this time partnering with Amazon for fulfillment.

Adobe Takes Up ARM for Flash

Adobe and chip-maker ARM Holdings have announced they will work together to bring Flash 10 and Adobe Air to ARM-powered phones, set-top boxes, and other devices.

Intel to Officially Unveil Core i7 CPUs

Today is the day Intel will formally roll out its new flagship CPU line dubbed Core i7, offering two to eight cores and significant performance boosts.

Google Still Extending Search Lead

Market analysis firm Hitwise reports Google is still extending its Internet search lead over competitors like Yahoo and Microsoft.