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Android Phones Delayed to Fourth Quarter?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that mobile phones based on Google's Android platform won't hit the market until the fourth quarter of 2008.

ABC, ESPN Shows Landing on Veoh

Online video streaming service Veoh has landed its second big network partnership, with Disney-owned ABC offering prime-time and ESPN programming.

Text Message Ruling Upholds Privacy

A federal circuit court has ruled employers don't necessarily have rights to snoop an employee's text messages -- even on company gear.

YouTube Embraces Indie Film

As YouTube inches closers to consumers' living rooms, the site has launched Screening Room, a showcase for high-quality, independent short films.

Diamond Ships AT HD 4850 Graphics Card

Diamond Multimedia has announced the AT Radeon HD4850 video card, sported 512 MB of video memory and 480 stream processors.

Notable Yahoo Execs Hitting the Road

In the wake of Microsoft's aborted takeover attempt, a series of notable Yahoo executives are departing...and the company is considering a reorganization.

Tenori-on Music Device Reaches the U.S.

Yamaha's artsy, 21st-century musical instrument Tenori-on is finally available in the United States...for only about $1,200.

SecureMac Reports Mac OS X Trojan

SecureMac reports a trojan is out in the wild affecting Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 and enabling complete access to a user's system.

Samsung Pushes Out 500 GB Notebook Drives

Samsung has announced its 500 GB 2.50-inch notebook hard drives have gone into mass production - along with a bus-powered DVD writer.

Sprint Mobile Email Does Exchange, Domino

Sprint Mobile Email Work will enable users of consumer-friendly non-PDA phones - like Sprint's touted Instinct - to tap into Exchange and Domino email.

Sony HDR-CX12 Camcorder Detects Smiles

Sony's new HDR-CX12 high-definition camcorder touts Smile Shutter and face detection technologies so you can shoot video can capture smiles at the same time.

HP Plans to Trim Back Printer Business

Hewlett-Packard is planning to reorganize its printer business, dropping from five units to three in an effort to be more efficient.

MSN Music Tracks Get Three More Years

After announcing buyers wouldn't be able to move tracks bought from MSN Music to new PCs as of August 31...Microsoft grants a three-year reprieve.

iTunes Sells Five Billionth Song

Apple has announced that it has now sold more than five billion songs through it's iTunes Store...along with 50,000 movies a day.

Video Games a $68.3 Bln Biz by 2012?

PricewaterhouseCoopers is forecasting that video games will grow for a $41.9 billion business last year to $68.3 billion by 2012...and the U.S. won't lead the way.

NEC Rolls Out 26-Inch WUXGA LCD Display

NEC has introduced its MultiSync EA261WM display, putting WUXGA resolution (1,920 by 1,200 pixels) in a 26-inch LCD panels.

MatrixStream Bringing IPTV to Vehicles

MatrixStream wants to bring IPTV to vehicle seat-backs with its MX-Drive technology, which it claims works over very low-bandwidth connections.

Toshiba Portege R500 Packs 128 GB SSD

Toshiba has added a 128 GB solid-state drive option to its lightweight Portege R500 notebook.

MacBook Airs Go Solar with the Apple Juicz

Quicktek has announced the Apple Juicz, a foldable solar panel that can be used to power Apple's Macbook Air notebook.

Americans Turn to Phones, Net for Politics

A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that nearly half of all Americans have used the Internet or their phones for political activity.

LaCie Offers 1 TB Bus-Powered Hard Drive

LaCie's Little Big Disk Quadra offers 1 TB of capacity in a tiny, tiny package, four interfaces...and it'll even run off FireWire bus power.

Apple, Klausner Settle On Visual Voicemail

Apple has reached a settlement in a patent infringement suit brought against it by Klausner Technologies over the iPhone's Visual Voicemail feature.

Toshiba Updates Qosmio Gaming Notebooks

Toshiba has announced new editions of its Qosmio gaming notebooks, rolling in big screens and even a Cell-based co-processor.

Gears of War Movie Lines Up Director

Len Wiseman is on board to direct a movie based on the hit video game Gears of War for New Line Cinema.

Firefox 3 to Launch Today

Version 3 of the Firefox browser gets released today...and, if you're lucky, you can participate in a world record attempt for most downloads in a day.

JVC Unveils Three New Everio Camcorders

JVC has introduced three new Everio camcorders, including two new dual-format models and one that records up to 50 hours of AVCHD high-definition video.

European Carriers Touting iPhone 3G Prices

Some European mobile carriers have begun announcing their pricing for Apple's forthcoming iPhone 3G: would you believe one euro? How about free?

eBay to Open Site to Developers

eBay's new Project Echo platform will enable developers to embed their applications on ebay's site, getting their tools in front of hundreds of thousands of eBay sellers.

Samsung Handsets Sport Corn-based Plastics

Samsung's new W510 and F268 handsets for Korea and China sport new plastics made from corn and other eco-friendly features.

Nvidia Introduces GTX 260 and 280

Nvidia has ramped up the high end of its video card line with the GTX 260 and 280, featuring 3-way SLI, HD video decoding acceleration, and enhanced processor cores.

MySpace Gets Ready for a Facelift

Social networking giant MySpace has announced it plans to roll out a new site design beginning June 18, highlighting search, uncluttering pages...and aiming at adults.

When Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Z400s

Sprint has rolled out the Samsung Z400, it's first military-rugged Nextel Direct Connect-capable handset that also supports Sprint Mobile Broadband.

GTA IV, Nintendo Ruled May Game Sales

New video game sales figures from NPD find Grand Theft Auto IV in the top sales slot...but the rest of the market is dominated by Nintendo.

Xbox Marketing Chief Leaves Microsoft

Microsoft Xbox marketing chief will be departing Microsoft at the end of the summer to "pursue other opportunities."

Verizon Goes Batty with Dark Knight Phone

Looking for a Caped Crusader tie-in? Verizon Wireless is offering the Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition with a 1.3 megapixel camera and a "subtle" Dark Knight emblem.

Aiptek Offers 1080p Camcorder for $199

Now at a Wal-mart near you: Aiptek's HDV21X digital camcorder, offering 1080p resolution, SDHC storage, and a 3x optical zoom for $199.99.

Nielsen: 9 Mln Have Bought On Mobile Phones

The Nielsen Company says nine million U.S. mobile phone users have used their phones to pay for goods and services...and half of all data users expect to do so.

AMD, Nvidia Attack Intel on USB 3.0

AMD, Nvidia, Via Technologies, and other companies think Intel is holding back USB 3 specs in order to get a jump on the market...and Intel says that's not true.