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My Damn Channel Adds Two Shows

Hollywood writers' strike got you down? Online alternative My Damn Channel is adding two new original shows. "Itty Bitty Liddy" and "Tim after Tim."

Nokia Handsets to Get Vodafone Services

Nokia and Vodafone have announced the Nokia handsets will get an integrated set of Nokia Ovi services with Vodafone Live.

Samsung Withdraws from Japanese CE Market

Samsung has announced it has stopped selling consumer electronics like flat panel televisions and MP3 players in Japan, citing low revenues.

Sprint Ditches Clearwire, Rethinking WiMAX

Sprint and Clearwire have broken off their agreement to work together on deploying a WiMax network, leaving Spring to re-examine its WiMax plans.

Sony CEO: High-Def Format War a ‘Stalemate’

Sony CEO Howard String has describe the battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD as a "stalemate," citing Paramount's decision to back HD DVD as a significant shift.

Logitech Buys WiLife

Accessory and peripheral maker Logitech is getting into the home monitoring business buy acquiring WiLife for $24 million.

Trend Micro Offers Web Security for PS3s

Security and antivirus company Trend Micro has announced an online security product for the PlayStation 3...and it's free through April 2008.

Sony Intros Eco-Cool Vaio Notebooks

Green is the new black, and Sony want to tap into eco-friendly notions with a series of new designs for its Vaio FZ notebooks.

Vonage in Settlement Talks with AT&T

VoIP provider Vonage says it's working to put an end AT&T's patent suit against the company, with Vonage possibly paying AT&T $39 million over five years.

TiVo Power Watch Offers Viewer Data

TiVo has launched a new Power Watch consumer panel which offers advertisers demographic and viewing behavior data on TiVo users...but only if they volunteer.

Warner Bros. Buys TT Games

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is buying UK game studio TT Games, the studio behind the Lego Star Wars games, Bionicle Heroes, and other titles.

Sony Releases PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.0

Sony has unleashed firmware version 2.0 for its PlayStation 3 game console, adding remote start, a new information board, and playlists for music and photos.

Dell Launches Precision M2300 Notebook

Dell's new Precision M2300 notebook aims to put workstation power in a portable package, targeting engineers and developers with Nvidia graphics and Core 2 Duo CPUs.

TomTom Raises Tele Atlas Offer

TomTom has formally raised its buyout offer for digital mapmaker Tele Atlas, countering an offer from rival Garmin with a $4.2 billion bid of its own.

HD DVD Fire Sale Nets Banner Weekend?

Video Business is reporting that this past weekend's blowout of Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD players moved an estimated 90,000 units.

AOL Buys Another Ad Firm: Quigo

AOL has inked a deal to buy yet another online ad firm: this time, the target is Quigo, which offers advertisers and publishers content-targeted ad services.

OLPC Notebook Begins Production

Mass production of the OLPC XO laptop computer has gotten underway at Quanta Computer, five years after MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte proposed the idea.

Fujitsu’s Slim LifeBook S7211 Under $1,000

Fujitsu is getting on a roll with sub-$1,000 LifeBooks, now with the S7211 sporting a 14-inch display, 120 GB hard drive, and support for 4 GB of RAM.

Lenovo Launches ThinkStation Workstations

Lenovo has announced plans to enter the PC workstation market with the ThinkStation S10 and D10, the first "Think" brand to be introduced in five years.

H2O Audio Intros H3 Waterproof Headphones

If you absolutely feel the need to swim and take in your tunes at the same time, H2O Audio's H3 headphones are waterproof to 10 feet.

Intel Offers Home, Small Biz NAS Storage

Intel's Entry Storage System SS4200 Family aims to offer affordable NAS storage for small businesses, home offices, and home networks.

Symantec Buys Vontu for $350 Million

Symantec has announced it will be acquiring data loss prevention company Vontu for $350 million, entering the already-competitive data security market.

Manhunt 2 to Keep Mature Rating

Manhunt 2 will not be a replay of the infamous "Hot Coffee" scandal: the ESRB is going to let Rockstar keep the game on the market with a Mature rating.

RIM Targets Smaller Businesses

Long a favorite with enterprises and large corporation, BlackBerry maker RIM launches a new software package aimed at business with up to 30 wireless users.

ESPN Inks Deal with Xbox Live

The Disney-owned sports networks ESPN have signed a deal with Microsoft to bring sports programming to Microsoft's Xbox Live video download service.

Turok Returning to the PC

Touchstone has announced it is bringing an updated Turok game to Windows PCs, as well as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Nokia Faces Gaming, Music Gaffes

Nokia's Internet content business took two blows to the chin today: Warner pulled its music from Nokia's online store, and the company has delayed its N-Gage gaming service.

Comcast Faces Net Neutrality Complaint

Public advocacy groups and legal scholars have filed a complaint with the FTC's over Comcast's filtering file-sharing traffic; Comcast denies it's blocking anything.

Canadian Firm Sues 22 Companies Over Wi-Fi

Canadian firm Wi-LAN has filed suit against 22 companies claiming they infringe on its patents covering Wi-Fi and power consumption in DSL products.

Apple Bumps Up MacBook and MacBook Pro

Apple has quietly updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks, adding MacBook Pro build-to-order options and taking consumer-oriented MacBooks to the Santa Rosa architecture.

Time’s Invention of the Year: The iPhone

Seems like 2007 is still ticking along, but Time Magazine has already crowned its 2007 Invention of the Year: the Apple iPhone.

Microsoft Antitrust Expiration Delayed

Microsoft is still fighting to get out from under restrictions placed on its activities as a result of its 2002 settlement with the federal government.

AOL To Let Users Block Targeted Ads

As consumer groups advocate the creation of a federal "Do Not Track" list, AOL announces it will Web users ways to opt out of targeted Web advertising.

iPhone, iPod touch Get Marware SportsSuits

Marware has announced new versions of its SportsSuit Convertible cases for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.

Konami Delays Metal Gear Solid 4

Konami has announced the long-anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots won't ship until the second quarter of 2008.

HP Offers IQ775 Touchscreen PC

HP is chasing the kitchen- and den-PC market with its AMD-powered IQ775 touchscreen PC, offering to let families leave video messages and access needed information.

V7 Intros Budget GPS Units

If you just want to get from point A to point B without selling the shirt off your back, V7s new affordable GPS systems might be for you.

Google to Push Widgets with OpenSocial

Google is looking to get into social networking widgets with OpenSocial, a single platform to push online applications to a range of social networking sites.