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LaCie’s Latest Hard Disk is Golden

LaCie's new Golden Disk external hard drive sports a unique, liquid-gold look from designer Ora-Ito, with fanless operation and a 500 GB capacity.

Take-Two Launches Casual Games Label

Beleaguered game developers Take-Two Interactive has announced it is forming a casual games label, 2K Play, and will build games in partnership with TV network Nickelodeon.

Wii Zapper to Hit Stores November 19

Fans of the Nintendo Wii will be able to get their shots off with the gun-like Nintendo Zapper, which will hit retailers November 19 for $19.99.

BiTMICRO Pushes SSD Capacity to 416 GB

California's BiTMICRO has announced it has pushed the capacity of its 2.5-inch solid-state drives to a mammoth 416 GB - but they're for military and industrial clients.

Plantronics Does Mono-to-Stereo Bluetooth

Plantronics' new Voyager 855 Bluetooth converts between mono and stereo configurations, letting users immerse themselves in audio, or keep one ear free.

Fight Cancer with Belkin ‘Hope’ iPod Cases

Belkin's new "Hope" pink iPod cases direct donations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and activists.

Toshiba 1.8-inch Hard Drives Reach 160 GB

Toshiba has announced a 160 GB 1.8-inch hard drive, aimed at personal electronics and portable media players - you know, like the iPod.

Alienware m9750 Notebook Gets Dual SSDs

Formerly-boutique computer maker Alienware is now offering a 128 GB dual SSD option on its m9750 gaming notebooks - or a 64 GB SSD paired with a 20 GB hard drive.

Worm Wriggles Into Skype for Windows

Windows-based users of the popular VoIP software Skype need to watch out for the new w32/Ramex.A worm which operates on Skype's chat feature.

Apple iPhone Sales Top 1 Million

In just 74 days, Apple has managed to sell one million iPhones. And for folks who long for an unlocked version, iPhoneSIMFree is apparently for sale.

AOL Drops Netscape’s Social News Features

After a little more than a year, AOL is dropping social news-ranking features from Netscape.com in favor of a more-traditional news portal.

Maxell to Ship 8cm Blu-ray Camcorder Media

Maxell plans to begin shipping blank 8cm BD-R and BD-RE Blu-ray media for camcorders, offering 7.5 GB of storage, or one hour of 1080 resolution video.

Epson, Mitsubishi Throw 1080p Light Around

New projectors from Epson and Mitsubishi promise to bring 1080p imaging, fast response, and high contrast to home theater fans.

LG Offers LBX 1080p LCD Displays in U.S.

LG's top-of-the-line LBX LCD displays are now available at U.S. retailers, offering full 1080p resolutions and 42, 47, and 52-inch screen sizes.

Meridian F80 Puts a Ferrari On The Table

Meridian's new F-80 tabletop audio and DVD system sports video playback, full-range speakers, and a Ferrari-inspired design.

Gracenote Gets into Identifying DVDs

Gracenote's music CD database has long been indispensable to music fans; now, the company is launching a service that identifies DVDs.

HD Radios to Gain iTunes Tagging

iBiquity Digital's new service called "iTunes tagging" will enable users of select HD radios to flag songs they hear on the radio for later purchase via iTunes.

Alienware Debuts HD Media Server

Alienware is getting into the custom home theater biz, offering a HD Media Server to its lineup capable of supporting 4 TB of storage.

Pioneer Announces HDMI 1.3 Blu-ray Player

Pioneer will be shipping its Elite BDP-95FD in October, bringing HDMI 1.3 and advanced audio support to its high-definition offerings.

Early iPhone Buyers to Get $100 Credit

Apple's Steve Jobs has apologized for dropping the price of the 8 GB iPhone two months after introduction, promising $100 credits to early iPhone buyers.

Toshiba Debuts Thin-Bezel Regza LCD TVs

Toshiba says its new 40- and 46-inch Regza LCD high-definition televisions sport the world's thinnest LCD TV bezel.

Sony Intros 12.2 Megapixel A700 DSLR

Sony expands its line of Alpha digital cameras with the 12.2 megapixel DSLR-A700 with image stabilization and HDMI output.

HP Expands iPAQ Line, Intros Gaming Rig

Hewlett Packard has announced its largest launch of iPAQ products, along with mobile entertainment products and a juiced-up Blackbird 002 PC aimed just at gamers.

Apple Revamps iPod Line, Drops iPhone Price

Apple has updated its entire iPod line, adding a touchscreen-based iPod Touch, a video-capable iPod nano, a Wi-Fi version of the iTunes store...and an iPhone price drop.

NEC Rolls Out the Flat-Panel Displays

NEC is introducing three lines of flat-panel displays at this year's CEDIA Expo, including new LCD displays and three new plasma displays going out to 60 inches.

Yahoo Buys Behavioral Ad Firm BlueLithium

Yahoo has inked a deal to buy behavioral ad firm BlueLithium, helping the company's online ad efforts compete with Google and Microsoft.

LG Launching New Hybrid HD Disc Player

LG is sticking with the hybrid game, with its new BH200 disc player set to handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD at a somewhat lower price than its predecessor.

Westinghouse Shipping TX-Series LCD HDTVs

Westinghouse is now shipping its TX-series of LCD TVs in 42-, 47-, and 52-inch sizes.

Savant Offers Apple-Based Coffee Table

Remember Microsoft's Surface coffee table interface? Savant Systems is bringing the same idea to multimedia, home automation and other tech in an Apple-based solution.

Microsoft Drops Zune Price to $199

Just as Apple gets ready to announce...whatever it's going to announce, Microsoft drops the price on its little-loved Zune music player to $199.

Palm Closes The Book on the Foleo

Palm is ceasing development of its Linux-based palmtop companion product Foleo to focus its energies on its core platform.

LaCie Debuts Biggest Quadra 4-Drive RAID

Got a lot of video? Or a lot of anything? LaCie's new Biggest Quadra four-disk RAID offers four high-speed interfaces and capacities up to 4 TB.

One In Four Play Casual Games at Work

A new survey from PopCap finds almost one in four "white collar" workers play casual games while at work - and the numbers are even higher among executives.

Iogear Ships Wireless USB Hub and Adapter

Iogear's Wireless USB Hub and Adapter Kit is now available, enabling up to three computers o connect wirelessly to up to four USB devices.

iPhone Leads U.S. Smartphone Sales

Market research firm iSuppli says Apple's iPhone outsold all other smartphones in the U.S. in July, accounting for 1.8 percent of all handset sales.

Second Life Rolls Out ID Verification

In what may be a sign of things to come, virtual world Second Life is unrolling a "voluntary" identity and age verification for its members.

States Weigh In on Microsoft Antitrust Deal

Key provisions of the 2001 settlement which found Microsoft had abused monopoly power in the marketplace are set to expire in November - and not everybody is happy about it.

JVC Intros Single-sided DL DVD-RW Media

JVC is releasing single-sided, dual-layer DVD-RW media, capable of storing up to 8.5 GB and being rewritten to over and over again.