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Kingston Takes DataTravelers to 16 GB

Kingston has added a 16 GB capacity to its DataTraveler line of flash drives, and added the new DT101 in yellow, pink, and cyan.

Gateway Abandons Direct Sales

In an unusual move, Acer subsidiary Gateway has announced it is abandoning direct online and phone sales.

Yahoo Music: Burn Your Tracks to CD

In a move reminiscent of MSN Music, Yahoo is warning folks who purchased tunes through Yahoo Music to burn them to CD by Sept. 30...or lose'em forever.

FCC Tentatively Approves Sirius/XM Merger?

The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly on the verge of approving the merger of satellite radio operators Sirius and XM.

Intel Launches Tolapai System-on-a-Chip

Intel hopes its new Tolapai "system on a chip" ushers in a new era of Internet-enabled devices.

Nokia and Qualcomm Bury Patent Hatchet

After years of litigation and bad blood, Nokia and Qualcomm have agreed to drop all suits against each other over GSM, CDMA, and wireless broadband technologies.

Sony Opens eBook Reader to Other Sellers

In a move to compete with Amazon's Kindle, Sony is opening up its e-book reader to handle the Epub format, instead of just purchases from Sony's store.

Sony Announces DC Universe Online MMO

At this week's ComicCon, Sony has taken the wraps off DCU Universe Online, a massively multiplayer online game for the PlayStation 3 and PC.

Sooloos Launches Home Media Line

Sooloos has expanded its high-end home media offerings to include a new audio server, storage devices, and a USB-enabled 25-disc CD auto-importer.

WHDI Group Working Toward New Standard

WHDI developer Amimon has assembled tech giants into a special interest group, with the goal of publishing a new standard multi-room wireless high-def media by the end of the year.

COPA Again Ruled Unconstitutional

A U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that found the Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional.

Spam King Soloway Gets Four Years

Seattle "Spam King" Robert Soloway has been sentenced to just under four years in prison.

Samsung Announces New Plasma, LCD TVs

Samsung has announced its new series 7 plasma HDTVs, along with two second-gen LED-backlit Series 9 LCD TV and four new Series 8 LCDs.

Aperion Intros 4T Tower Speakers

Aperion's new Intimus 4T Tower Speakers offer dual 4-inch drivers and a 1-inch silk dome tweeter and offer simple placement in almost any room.

Kinesis Adds Ergonomic Keyboard Accessories

Do you feel the pain when you type? Kinesis's FreeStyle V3 and Multi-Tent accessories make its ergonomic Solo keyboard adaptable to a wide range of needs.

Panasonic Lumix FX150 Touts 14.7 Megapixels

Panasonic's new Lumix DMC-FX150 compact digital camera sports a 14.7 megapixel resolution, manual controls, and RAW format support.

iPhone 3G Jailbreak Appears

The iPhone Dev Team has posted its PwnageTool 2.0.1, enabling users to jailbreak the original iPhone, iPod touch, and the iPhone 3G.

Amazon and TiVo Team on TV Ad Links

Amazon and TiVo have announced plans to let customers make purchases from Amazon directly from onscreen links in television programming.

Sprint Brings EV-DO Rev A to HTC Touch

Sprint has posted a software update for its HTC Touch and Mogul handsets that adds WIndows Mobile 6.1, and brings EV-DO Rev. A and enhanced GPS to the Touch.

Esquire to Feature Flashing E-Ink Cover

Esquire Magazine plans to announce the dawn of the 21st century with a battery-powered flashing E-Ink cover on 100,000 copies of its September issue.

zCover Announces iPhone 3G iSAGlove Cases

zCover has launched its well-received iSAglove contoured cases for Apple's new iPhone 3G.

EA Extends Take-Two Offer…Again

Remember when Electronic Arts set out a $2 billion tender offer to take over Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two? It's still trying.

Yahoo Settles With Icahn

Yahoo has announced an agreement with alienated investor Carl Icahn: Yahoo is giving Icahn three seats on the board - including one for the man himself.

More EU Antitrust Charges Against Intel

The European Commission has filed new antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel, claiming the company abused its market position to shut out AMD.

Mobile Edge Intros TSA-Friendly Cases

Mobile Edge has introduced a series of notebook cases designed to let users get through airport checkpoints without removing their computers.

SCO Ordered to Pay Novell $2.5 Million

Bankrupt SCO has been ordered to pay Novell $2.5 million to make up for for royalties it collected on a product, it turns out, it didn't own.

Ruiz Steps Down as AMD CEO

Hector Ruiz has stepped down as AMD's CEO after the company announced over $1 billion in losses. COO Dirk Meyer will now lead the struggling chipmaker.

Sony Lines Up Consortium for TransferJet

Sony has assembled a proper consortium to develop its (very) short-range high-speed wireless technology TransferJet.

Apple, Dell Benefit from PC Market Growth

New figures from Gartner show the world's PC market grew significantly in the second quarter of 2008 - and Apple and Dell certainly benefitted.

TiVo Launches YouTube Viewing

Announced way back in March, TiVo is finally rolling out the capability to tap into YouTube video from its Internet-connected DVRs.

Amazon to Unbox Video On Demand Store

Amazon is getting ready to pack up Unbox and launch a new streaming video service called Amazon Video on Demand.

Apple Sues Psystar, Admits MobileMe Mess

Apple is apologizing for the "rocky" launch of its MobileMe Internet services, and has finally gotten around to suing Mac clone vendor Psystar.

Google Nears 70 Pct Share of Search Market

While Yahoo and Microsoft have been maneuvering over searching, Google extended its share of the U.S. search market to nearly 70 percent in June.

Fujitsu Rolls Out Six Centrino 2 LifeBooks

Fujitsu has introduced six new LifeBook computers based on Intel's new Centrino 2 platform...including one with a gesture savvy touchpad.

Iomega Gets Cozy with Mozy

Now part of the EMC family, storage vendor Iomega is working to help people back up their data, offering EMC's MozyHome online backup with EMC Retrospect backup software.

Acer Brings Aspire one Netbook to U.S.

Acer has announced it's bringing its Atom-powered Aspire one subnotebook to the United States, with prices starting at $379.

AMD Eats Another $880 Million on ATI Buy

AMD bought graphics developer ATI in 2006 in a deal worth over $5 billion, wrote down $1.7 billion in late 2007, and is now writing down $880 million more.

Google To Anonymize YouTube Usage Data

Google has been ordered to hand over YouTube usage data to Viacom as part of that big copyright lawsuit...but Google has reached a deal to anonymize the information.