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Seagate Revs FreeAgent External Drives

Seagate has announced a new lineup of Freeagent external hard drives, including the slimmest external hard drive on the market today.

Google Buys Korean Blogging Outfit TNC

Google has made a deal to acquire South Korean blogging outfit Tatter and Company (TNC), looking to expand its presence in the country's online market.

WOW Lich King Expansion Due November 13

Blizzard has announced its Wrath of the Lich King expansion to its World of Warcraft MMORPG will land at retailers November 13, 2008.

Hollywood Wants to Remake Content Ecosystem

A big consortium of Hollywood, hardware, and digital companies have formed the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem to make digital media a "buy once, play anywhere" experience.

EA Walks Away from Take-Two Takeover

Electronic Arts has called off its long-simmering effort to take over Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive...after Take-Two showed EA their books.

Best Buy Snags Napster for $121 Million

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has announced it is buying online music service Napster in a deal worth $121 million.

Air Canada Adds In-Flight Wi-Fi

AirCell has announced Air Canada will offer GoGo in-flight Wi-Fi on trans-border flights to the U.S. beginning in spring 2009.

Embedded SD Card Standard Announced

The SD Card Association has announced its Embedded SD Card standard, enabling phones and CE devices to use one interface for removable and embedded storage.

U.S. Video Game Sales Growth Slowed in Augu

NPD finds that sales of video games in the United States showed a 9 percent year-on-year increase...marking the smallest monthly sales growth in two years.

Yahoo Music to Point to Other Services

Yahoo says it plans to open up its online music site to feature content from partners like iTunes, Amazon, and Pandora.

Panasonic Debuts Micro Four-Thirds Camera

Panasonic's Lumix G1 is the first commercially available camera to use the Micro Four Thirds System, offering the quality of a DSLR with the size of a point-and-shoot.

RIM Expands BlackBerry with New Deals

RIM has announced new partnerships with Microsoft, MySpace, TiVo, and Slacker to bring new consumer-friendly services to BlackBerry devices.

Fight, er, Game On with NHL 2K9

2K Sports has released its NHL 2K9 hockey video game, letting players skate - and slam, elbow, and punch - their way to the Stanley Cup.

SanDisk Pumps Extreme III CF Cards to 32 GB

SanDisk is eyeing the pro video market with its new 32 GB version of its Extreme III CompactFlash cards.

Ergotron Wants to Ease Notebook Users’ Pain

Ergotron has rolled out a stand and a wireless keyboard and mouse combo to help folks user good ergonomics...even with back- and wrist-destroying notebook computers.

Altec Lansing Intros iPod Gear, PC Speakers

Altec Lansing has rolled out a new logo...and, perhaps more interestingly, a new desktop speaker set and a flurry of iPod speaker systems.

ATI Radeon 4600s Target Budget Gamers

ATI's new Radeon 4600 graphics cards offer serious gaming and high-definition performance, at prices well under $100.

Jobs, Apple Execs Settle Options Suits

It looks Apple's stock options backdating scandal might finally be over: CEO Steve Jobs and other executive have agreed to a $14 million settlement.

Sony Ericsson Mulling Music Service

With Nokia pushing ahead with Comes with Music, reports of Walkman phone maker Sony Ericsson looking to start up something similar.

Loud and Kleer with Cy-Fi Portable Speaker

If your main problem with your iPod or Bluetooth-capable music player is that you can't hear it...Kleer's Cy-Fi portable speaker may be for you.

Microsoft Says BlueTrack Mice Most Accurate

Microsoft says it's new proprietary BlueTrack mouse tracking technology is the world's most accurate - and it works on almost any surface.

AOL Adds Email Aggregation Feature

AOL has launched an email aggregation feature on AOL.com, enabling users to access multiple Web-based email services from one location.

Nokia Pacts with Microsoft on Exchange

Nokia has inked a deal with Microsoft to offer Exchange support to around 80 million S60 Nokia phones.

RIM Introduces BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8820

RIM has introduced its first clamshell BlackBerry, the Pearl Flip 8820 smartphone...and it's decidedly aimed at consumers.

Apple Rocks Out with New iPods, iTunes 8

Apple has rolled out iTunes 8, an updated iPod touch, Apple iPhone software 2.1, and super-slim new iPod nanos.

AT&T Rolls Out U-verse Total Home DVR

AT&T U-verse customers are finally getting the Total Home DVR, which users to play back up to five HD programs on separate televisions throughout a home.

Google Cuts Data Retention to Nine Months

Google is cutting the length of time it retains user IP addresses captured by its server logs from 18 months down to 9 months.

HP Claims Notebook Can Run 24 Hours

Tired of charging your notebook or carrying extra batteries? HP says a specially configured EliteBook 6930p can run up to 24 hours on one charge.

Sony Intros Alpha A900 Full-Frame DSLR

Sony has announced the Alpha A900, a 35mm full-frame DSLR camera with a 24.6 megapixel resolution and dual image processing engines.

Zunes Expand, Add Wi-Fi Buying and Tagging

Microsoft has added new 16 and 120 GB Zune models, and announced a software update that will let all Zunes tag songs on FM radio and access the Zune Marketplace via Wi-Fi.

Esquire E-Ink Cover Hits News Stands

Esquire's 75th anniversary issue has hit news stands, complete with a flashing E-Ink cover and a battery that should keep it going 90 days.

HP dc7900 PC Sports Virtual Browser

HP has launched a boring new business desktop PC...but it's security software includes a Web browser that runs in a virtualized runtime.

Dell Looking to Ditch Manufacturing Plants?

Computer maker Dell may be looking to sell off some - or all - of its manufacturing capacity in a bid to improve its bottom line.

AT&T Takes Yahoo for Default Mobile Search

As of today, Yahoo's oneSearch is driving Internet searches made from AT&T's mobile phone MEdia Net portal.

Gefen Backs Both Horses: UWB and WHDI

Folks looking for wireless high-def video solutions have been waiting for the dust to settle between UWB and WHDI...now Gefen has decided to back both technologies.

Control4’s HC-200 Controller Under $500

Control4's new HC-200 home controller packs a wealth of home automation capabilities, and carries a $499 price tag.

Comcast Appeals FCC Ruling on P2P Blocks

Comcast has sued to overturn the FCC's rebuke of the cable operator's network management practices, while promising it's working on a protocol-agnostic traffic management system.

MTS To Carry iPhone in Russia

The largest Russian mobile phone operator has announced it will offer the Apple iPhone, meaning Russia's three largest providers will all offer the iPhone.