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Sharp Sues Samsung Over Korean LCDs Patents

Electronics giant Sharp has file a patent infringement suit against Samsung, claiming the company is violating three of its South Korean LCD patents.

AMD To Write Down ATI Assets

Chipmaker ATI is expected to write off a substantial portion of the money it spend to buy graphics developer ATI - and it could be billions.

YouTube Sinks Into The Helio Ocean

Helio's new YouTube application for its Ocean smartphone enables users to log into YouTube, geo-tag videos, enter ratings and comments, and - of course - watch videos.

Amazon: Don’t Worry, We’ll Bill You Later

Online retailer Amazon.com has inked a deal with Bill Me later, enabling customers to shop online without revealing a credit card or bank account information.

Digital TV Converters Coming to Retailers

Beginning in February, consumers will be able to begin buying converter boxes so they can view digital TV on their analog sets, once analog TV is shut off ion February 17, 2009.

Cowon Officially Launches A3 Media Player

Cowon has officially launched it's long-anticipated A3 portable media player in the U.S., offering a 4-inch screen, video recording, and capacities up to 60 GB.

Nvidia Shoots Out GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB

It's only been about a month since Nvidia rolled out the GeForce 8800 GT, but now the company is upping the ante for gamers with the 512 MB GeForce 8800 GTS video card.

Wii Unwraps Gifting

Just in time for the holidays, Nintendo has unveiled its "gifting" feature for the Wii, letting users buy and send classic games to other users via the Wii Shop Channel.

Ask.com Invites Users to Erase History

Internet search engine Ask.com's new AskEraser tool lets users delete cookie information from Ask.com servers and prevent Ask.com from storing future queries.

LinkedIn Launches Redesign, Opens Platform

Professional social networking site LinkedIn has launched a significant "Web 2.0" revamp of its site, and opened its platform to application developers.

EchoSTAR Now Officially Dish Network

Satellite TV operator EchoStar has officially changed its name to Dish Network, and will spin its hardware business to a separate company.

Universal Music to Stream with Imeem

Universal Music Group has entered a deal with social networking site Imeem to offer free, on-demand streaming of ad-supported digital music and videos.

Toshiba Plans to Offer SSD Drives

Electronics giant Toshiba has announced it plans to get into the solid-state drive (SSD) market, planning 1.8- and 2.5-inch drives up to 128 GB.

CompUSA Shutting Down After Holidays

Computer and electronics retailer CompUSA will be shutting down its remaining retail locations in early 2008 as the company is carved up and sold off.

IBM Files ITC Complaint Against Asus

IBM has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission, alleging Asus products infringe on three IBM patents.

Verizon Hit With GPL License Suit

The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon Communications, alleging the company illegally distributes BusyBox to FiOS customers.

SmugMug Adds Larger Image Sizes, HD Video

Got bandwidth? Photo and video sharing site SmugMug recently added support for new extra-large image sizes, along with HD video hosting.

Netflix Faces the Post Office’s Ire

Mail-order DVD service Netflix is facing the ire of the U.S. Postal Service: redesign your mailer or pay $0.17 more per envelope.

Second Life Piping Phone Calls to Residents

Online virtual world Second Life is looking to roll out technology to let in-world residents receive phone calls from the "real world."

Seagate Buys MetaLINCS

Storage vendor Seagate is looking to beef up its services business by acquiring MetaLINCS, whose E-Discovery technology helps companies search vast amounts of data.

Dell Moving into Best Buy…in January

In a major move, Dell computers will be available in more than 900 Best Buy stores in the United States. The catch: it'll happen after the holiday season.

BenQ Intros Four New Gaming Monitors

Taiwan's BenQ has announced four new LCD monitors ranging from 19- to 22-inches aimed at gamers, featuring fast response times, HDMI, and high contrast ratios.

F-Secure: Malware Doubled in 2007

Computer security firm F-Secure was tracking about 250,000 malware signatures at the beginning of 2007: now, they're tracking about 500,000.

Seiko Epson Drops Rear-Projection TVs

Seiko Epson - better known to U.S. consumers as Epson - has stopped production of rear-projection TVs, becoming the latest firm to drop or scale back the technology.

Facebook Lets Users Opt-Out of Beacon

Facebook has decided to let users opt-out of its controversial Beacon ad platform technology...as word comes it collects data even on non-Facebook users.

Group Warns of Growing Video Game Violence

The National Institute on Media and the Family has issued its 2007 report card on the video game industry...including the top 10 games the group says should be kept away from kids.

TomTom Teams with Google Maps

Owners of TomTom GPS systems can now use Google Maps' "Send To" feature to transfer business addresses to their navigation systems.

Flickr Gets Photo Editing

Yahoo's Flickr photo sharing site has announced a partnership with Picnik.com to integrate Picnik's online photo editing tools into Flickr.

Nielsen Gets Into Digital Watermarking

DRM is getting a new player: Nielsen and Digimarc have announced a new service to watermark digital media to prevent online piracy and enforce copyrights.

Palm Unveils Unlocked Treo 750 and Update

Palm has begun selling unlocked versions of its Treo 750 smartphone...and is offering Windows Mobile 6 updates to existing Treo 750 users.

Consumers Increasingly Eyeing Green Goods

Forrester Research says 12 percent of U.S. consumers are already oriented towards eco-friendly products..and another 41 percent are ready to get on the bandwagon.

Dell Intros Alliance and Horde XPS 1730s

Uh...WOW. Dell goes after the World of Warcraft crowd with special edition XPS 1730 notebooks with custom content and Horde or Alliance themes.

Fox Buys BeliefNet

Has Fox seen the light? Fox Entertainment Group has announced it is acquiring spirituality and faith-based Web site BeliefNet for an undisclosed amount.

Samsung Rolls Out S860, S760 Cameras

Samsung's new entry-level S760 and S860 cameras offer face detection, digital image stabilization, and an "E" button for in-camera creative image manipulation.

Cowon Q5W PMP Touts Touchscreen and Wi-Fi

Cowon's new Q5W PMP takes on the iPod touch with a 5-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows Mobile, 40 and 60 GB capacities, and $549 and $599 price tags.

Nokia to Offer Free Universal Music

Nokia has made a deal with Universal Music to offer "Comes with Music," bundling a year of free access to music from Universal artists - and users can keep the music.

AT&T Hangs Up on Pay Phones

Another sign of the times: AT&T has announced it'll be out of the pay phone business by the end of 2008.

WD’s Passport Portable Drives Hit 320 GB

WD has increased the capacity of their Passport portable hard drives to 320 GB.