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Asus Announces High-Res 19-inch LCD

Asus has announced its new VW198 19-inch LCD display, offering a 1,680 by 1,050-pixel resolution, a 3,000:1 contrast ratio, and a 5 ms response time.

Yahoo Plugs In Messenger Beta

A new beta of Yahoo Messenger 8 adds free plug-ins which enable users to share calendars, view friends' Amazon.com wishlists, compare contacts, monitor eBay listings, and more.

Yahoo Scores Bundling Deal with HP

Yahoo and HP have entered into a partnership which will install Yahoo search and services as defaults in HP desktop and notebook computers in the U.S. and Europe.

Most Searchers Give Up by Their Third Page

A survey fro Jupiter Research and iProspect finds most people expect to find what they want on the first page of search results, and usually give up after three pages of results.

Gateway Desktop Handles Blu-ray and HD DVD

Gateway's new desktops sport AMD Phenom quad-core CPUs, and the GM series desktop systems sport a Hybrid SuperMulti drive that can handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD movies.

Bezos Apologizes for Amazon’s 1984 Deletions

In a concise move, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has contritely apologized for deleting illegal copies of 1984 and other novels from customers' Kindles.

RoverTv Offers Portable TV Player/Recorder

Doghouse electronics has released its RoverTv, a hand-held video player with SD card support which can record directly from TV without a computer.

Best Buy Offers Gift Cards to HD DVD Buyers

Best Buy is offering $50 gift cards to U.S. customers who bought an HD DVD player.

Buy a Slice of Europa

It might just be a perfect geek gift: a deed to an acre - or 325,000 acres - on Jupiter's moon Europa.

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update

Apple has released an update to Mac OS X 10.5.3, offering a slew of fixes for the company's included applications, including patches for Time Machine.

Back in Court: Novell’s Unix Copyright Ruling Overturned

A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that granted copyright on Unix to Novell...is the never ending legal battle with SCO is entering a new phase?

China Postpones Green Dam Internet Filtering Software Requirement

China has announced it is postponing its controversial mandate that PC makers include the Green Dam filtering software on new PCs...but it could come back at any time.

Geek or Chic? StyleHive Buys Style Diary

Think the Web is just for technology geeks? The online fashion business is heating up, with one indicator being StyleHive's acquisition of StyleDiary.

Ruling May Curtail Software Patents

The Federal Circuit Appeals court has placed new limits on business methods that may have ramifications for the broad (and litigious) world of software patents.

TuneView iPod Remote Sports LCD Screen

Keyspan's new TuneView lets you connect an iPod to a stereo or television, and offers a remote with a 1.4-inch LCD screen to manage your iPod's contents.

Macworld Challenges Intel iMac Speed Claims

Apple says its new iMacs with Intel Core Duo processors are up to twice as fast as their G5-based predecessors, but Macworld Labs says the real-world results fall short.

Nokia Launches Four New Phones in U.S.

Nokia has launched three new CDMA handsets and one new GSM phone for the North American markets.

Dell Introduces Latitude D420 Ultraportable

Dell is trying its hand at the ultraportable game again, offering the D420 with Core Solo processing, seven hours of battery life, and 12.1-inch screen.

AOL To Offer Free Email Domains

AOL again expands its new slate of free services, now offering free personalized email domains to all Internet users.

Nations Named ‘Enemies of the Internet’

Reporters Without Borders has released a list of 13 nations it says are most guilty of suppression speech and expression on the Internet. Guess who made the list?

Dell Adds 1 TB Storage Options

Dell has announced it is offering 1 terabyte (1 TB) Hitachi hard drives as an option on Aurora, XPS, and Alienware Area 51 desktop systems.

And Now Google’s Selling TV Ads

Google has long been a major player in online advertising, but now a deal with NBC Universal has the company extending its ad platform to NBC cable networks.

Hitachi to Get Out of Home PC Business

Although never a big name in the North American market, Hitachi has announced it will withdraw from the home PC business due to low profits and stiff competition.

ICANN Edges Closer to Independence

A new agreement between the ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce may let Internet governance take its first real steps away from U.S. control.

Judge Guts SCO’s Case Against IBM

A judge has dismissed 182 of SCO's 294 claims against IBM in on of the industry's nastiest lawsuits.

Holiday Online Shopper Satisfaction Down

Foresee Results finds that online shopper satisfaction dropped 1.3 percent during the holidays compared to last year.

PodZinger Launches Video Podcast Search

Podcast search engine PodZinger has expanded its scope, now enabling users to conduct text searches of video podcasts.

Click Fraud Cost $666 Million in 2006?

Think tank Incremental Advantage estimates that click fraud cost advertisers some $666 million during 2006, much of it due to organized crime.

LaCie Cranks Up d2 Blu-ray Drive

LaCie has doubled the burn speeds on its external d2 Blu-ray drive to 4x...and updated its software bundle.

U.S. Broadband to Total 83 Pct by 2008?

A new report from Research and Markets predicts 83 percent of U.S. Internet users will have broadband by 2008.

CNN Wants to Tap Citizen Journalism

CNN's new I-Report and CNN Exchange features aim to let citizens submit stories, pictures, audio, and video on current news.

NBC To Promote Shows on YouTube

Innovation or desperation? Last-place broadcast network NBC enters a strategic partnership with video site YouTube to promote its fall shows.

Helio Launches Mobile Music Service

The youth-oriented Helio mobile phone operator has launched Helio Music, enabling users to buy tracks on their phone for $.99 a pop, or $.99 each on a PC.

Microsoft Ditching OneCare for Freebie

Microsoft has announced it will discontinue its OneCare PC protection offering in favorite of a lightweight, free anti-malware application.

User Content Driving Up-and-Coming Sites

Nielsen NetRatings finds that in July 2006, five of the ten fastest-growing sites on the Web are driven by user-generated content.

CDW: Small Businesses Adopting Vista Faster

According to computer reseller CDW, small businesses are adopting Windows Vista more quickly than medium- to large-sized businesses.

China Wants Its Own Next-Gen DVD Format

Frustrated with heavy licensing fees DVD manufacturers pay to foriegn companies, China's Xinhua News Agency says the country plans to develop its own next-generation DVD format.

Spamhaus.org Faces Demolition

The U.K. antispam group Spamhaus may have its domain banned by an U.S. Federal judge - and the case may test the limits of present-day Internet governance.