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Nikon Debuts Three New Coolpix Cameras

Nikon's new Coolpix camera offers include the slim s52, the Wi Fi-enabled S52c - 9 megapixels each - and the 10.1 megapixel P80 with a 18x zoom.

MySpace TV Inks Global Distribution Deal

MySpace TV has entered a partnership with ShineReveille to distribute Web-based shows on DVD and broadcast TV outside the United States.

ViewSonic Intros Three Photo Frames

ViewSonic has added new 7-, 8-, and 10-inch photo frames to its product line...and urges consumers to get one for Mom.

Memorex Gets in Two Digital Photo Frames

Memorex has two new entries in the digital photo frame business: inexpensive, mom-friendly designs with integrated memory card readers.

EMC Buys Iomega for $213 Million

Infrastructure and services company EMC has bought storage vendor Iomega for $213 million in an all-cash deal.

Toshiba Rolls Out Two More SLI Notebooks

Toshiba's new X205-SLi5 and X205-SLi6 add high end graphics capability and speedy processors to Toshiba's Satellite notebook line.

Microsoft Posts More Interoperability Docs

Microsoft has posted over 14,000 pages of preliminary technical documentation, following up on its promise of offering greater interoperability with Windows technologies.

Online Spending to Go Up 17 Pct in 2008?

A new study from Forrester finds online spending during 2008 will increase 17 percent, despite a lagging economy.

AMD To Cut 10 Pct of Its Workforce

Chipmaker AMD has cut its sales forecast and revealed it plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce.

Seagate Offers Data Erasure Solutions

Seagate is known for making digital storage...and now Seagate Recovery Services is offering new ways to be sure data is wiped off drives when you're done with them.

HP Offers Upline Backups and Sharing

HP is entering the online backup and sharing business with Upline, a new service that lets consumers back up, share, and remotely access their file via the Internet.

Motorola, Investor Icahn Settle Dispute

Motorola and mega-investor Carl Icahn have reached an agreement that will see two execs nominated for Motorola's board...and no proxy battle.

Social Network imeem Buys SnoCap

Social media network imeem has bought Snocap, best known for letting musicians and artists sell their music through MySpace.

EU To Unify In-Flight Calls

The European Commission has announced a plan for a pan-European approach for in-flight cell phone calls.

Mitsubishi Intros New DLP and LCD TVs

Mitsubishi has announced seven new DLP HD televisions, seven new LCD HD televisions, and says its forthcoming laser-powered TV will be called LaserVue.

Microsoft Gives Yahoo Three-Week Deadline

Microsoft has told Yahoo it either has to accept Microsoft's buyout offer, or the Redmond giant will take off the gloves and attempt a hostile takeover.

IBM to Run Its Own Second Life

IBM is getting ready to host its own Second Life servers for private in-company work and collaboration, separate from the online service's public "main grid."

Sprint, Klausner Pact on Visual Voicemail

Sprint has made a patent licensing deal with Klausner Technologies for the Visual Voicemail feature in its Samsung Instinct phone.

One in Five U.S. Adults Has No Landline

A new poll from Harris Interactive finds that one in five U.S. adults don't have landline phone service, relying instead on mobile phones and VoIP.

Verizon to Use 700 MHz Spectrum for LTE

Verizon Wireless says it will use the block of 700 Mhz spectrum it won in the recent FCC auction to deploy an LTE wireless broadband network, with service starting in 2010.

Census Ditches PDAs for Paper and Pencil

The U.S. Census has decided to abandon its plans to use handheld computers to collect population data, and will instead use the old-fashioned method: paper and pencil.

Dell, Motorola Slash Jobs

Computer maker Dell and technology giant Motorola are both looking to reign in costs by slashing jobs.

Apple Now Top U.S. Music Retailer

Market numbers from NPD Group show that iTunes has surpassed Wal-mart as the top music retailer in the United States.

MySpace Music To Carry DRM-Free Tracks

At long last, MySpace has launched its own music portal with tracks from Sony, Warner, and Universal, plus DRM-free downloads and ad-supported streaming.

Sprint Delays WiMax, Vodafone Pushes LTE

The commercial launch of Sprint's Xohm WiMax service ill be delayed until later in 2008; meanwhile, rival Vodafone is extolling carriers to back LTE instead.

LaCie Rolls Out Triple-Interface HDD

LaCie continues its tradition of designer-cased hard disk drives, with its latest hard disk offering USB 2.0, FireWire 400, and eSATA interfaces.

Comcast Introduces 50 Mbps Internet Service

Comcast is rolling out 50 Mbps Internet service in the Minneapolis/St. Paul region for $150 a month, and plans to roll out the service everywhere by 2010.

Intel Introduces New Classmate PCs

Intel has officially introduced four new Classmate PCs - now "netbooks" - for schools in developing markets, featuring better battery life and water-resistant keyboards.

Intel Intros Atom Processors

Intel has unveiled it's new "Atom" lines of low-power processors designed to drive mobile Internet devices and other net-centric gizmos.

Amazon.com Introduces Text-Message Shopping

Amazon.com has rolled out a new service - Amazon TextBuyIt - that enables users to compare prices and by products using text messages from their mobile phones.

Google CIO Leaves for Music Label EMI

Google is losing its Chief Information Officer Douglas Merill to another company - not a high-tech giant, but music label EMI.

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet Gets WiMax

Nokia has announced a new version of its N810 Internet Tablet, this one sporting high-speed WiMax wireless connectivity.

China Warned About Olympics Internet Access

The International Olympic Committee has told Chinese authorities that it expects Internet access will be open for the duration of this summer's Olympic Games.

Dolby, SIM2 Show Off HDR LCD

Dolby Labs and SIM2 Multimedia are showing off their prototype high dynamic range (HDR) LCD display with "infinite" contrast.

Ubisoft Announces Emergency Heroes for Wii

Ubisoft has announced its open-world driving game Emergency Heroes will ship for the Nintendo Wii in May.

Toshiba Refreshes Satellite Notebooks

Toshiba has refreshed part of its Satellite notebook line, adding an affordable 17-inch unit and new "Sleep and Charge" USB ports.

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX Now Available

Nvidia has launched its GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card, bringing blistering performance to gaming rigs at a surprisingly affordable price.

Brand with Biggest Consumer Impact: Apple

A survey by the UK's online magazine brandchannel.com finds the Apple brand has the biggest influence on consumers...and Microsoft is most in need of a makeover.