Panasonic's DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player sports an SD memory card slot, and supports BD-Video Final Standard Profile 1.1 for picture-in-picture capabilities.
Best Buy is launched it's own "world class" video sharing service: for $6.97 a month, users can park up to 100 minutes of video, with clips up to 30 minutes each.
Yahoo has released a beta of Yahoo Messenger 9 for Windows, adding a new look, Flickr integration, a video-capable inline media player, and new language support.
Samsung is shipping its Super-WriteMaster SH-S203N internal DVD burner, claiming it's the world's fastest, with dual layer recording and LightScribe technology.
Lenovo is quietly offering its Core 2 Duo-powered Y410 notebook at U.S. retailers like Staples, Office Depot, and Micro Center - a first for the Chinese computer maker.
Toshiba looks to be making an aggressive play for the holiday market, with retailers dropping the price of its HD-A2 HD DVD player towards $200...and under.
Sony's PlayStation 2 hit North America seven years ago today - and to celebrate, Sony is offering a new limited edition Ceramic White model with SingStar 2 for $149.99.
Activision's much anticipated game. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, is set to go on sale Sunday, October 28, in a platform blitz: PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, and PS2.
The final numbers depend on an appeals court decision, but Vonage and Verizon have agreed to settle their patent battle with Vonage owing at most $120 million.
Starz Entertainment has announced version 2.0 of its Vongo broadband video applications, with service improvements and support for more portable players.
The latest installment in the Spyro saga, The Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night, has hit U.S. retailers for the PS2, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance.
Intel and Transmeta have settled their year-long patent battle, with Intel paying Transmeta $250 million and getting a license to use Transmeta patents.
Social networking service Friendster has announced its developer program will go live in November, letting social app-builders get a shot at its 50 million members.
Storage developer SanDisk has filed patent infringement lawsuits against 25 companies who make, import, and sell flash storage and portable music players.
Google's Web-based GMail service has just added IMAP capabilities, enabling serious email users to keep their messages synced across a gamut of devices.
Home Media Research reports that its Blu-ray titles outsold their HD DVD counterparts in the U.S. by a margin of nearly two-to-one in the first nine months of 2007.
Microsoft's forthcoming Mobile Device Manager software will enable IT departments to manage smartphones in ways similar to how they manage fleets of PCs.
No surprise: new numbers from the NPD Group show Microsoft's Halo 3 was the top selling video game in September, and helped the Xbox 360 beat out the Nintendo Wii.