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DirecTV Sat-Go Takes Satellite TV With You

DirecTV's Sat-Go portable satellite TV system puts a receiver, antenna, and 17-inch LCD television in one easy-to-carry suitcase.

Microsoft Looking to Buy Yahoo?

New reports have Microsoft talking cold hard cash with Yahoo in a deal aimed to strengthen the Redmond software giant's position against Google.

RCA Launches Gem Digital Media Players

RCA hopes to heat up competition in the low end of the digital media player market with its new Gem line of players.

Nokia Intros Barracuda, Entry-Level Phones

Nokia has introduced six new handsets aimed at emerging markets, along with the slim Nokia 2630, a.k.a. Barracuda, which the company expects to move in high volume.

Consumers Sample New Music Digitally

The latest installment of Ipsos Insight's Tempo report on the digital music industry finds music fans buy CDs from favorite artists, but sample new music digitally.

Yahoo Offers In-Browser IM Client

Yahoo has introduced a beta version of its instant messaging software that runs inside a standard Web browser, rather than as a a separate application.

Creative Debuts Tiny Zen Stone Music Player

Creative has apparently decided it doesn't live in a glass house: it's casting tiny new Zen Stone music players on the market in six colors for just $40.

T-Mobile Taking Hotspot at Home Nationwide?

The Wall Street Journal claims T-Mobile is planning a nationwide launch of dual-mode phones which place calls traditional cellular networks and Wi-Fi.

RIM Debuts BlackBerry Curve Smartphone

Research in Motion has announced its multimedia-laden BlackBerry Curve, the company's smallest and lightest full-keyboard smartphone.

Pioneer To Offer BDC-2202 Blu-ray Reader

Pioneer Electronics has announced it will offer its BDC-2202 Blu-ray drive for personal computers in the U.S. for $299.

Telephia: Movers Tend to Ditch Landlines

A new survey from Telephia finds consumers reconsider phone service when they move...and 49 percent choose something besides a traditional landline phone.

Google Rebrands Personalized Home Page

Google has finally decided to name its personalized home page service "iGoogle," and now lets users create sharable "gadgets" without programming.

NBC Buys RSS-Savvy Rmail

NBC has plunked down about $150,000 to acquire tiny little RSS-to-email service Rmail. Why are the describing the move as having "broad-reaching implications?"

Disney XD Offers Social Pages to Preteens

Disney has unveiled new feature for its Disney XD service which lets kids create their own Web pages...and spreads on a thick layer of Disney marketing and promotion.

Dell To Offer Ubuntu Linux on Consumer PCs

Dell recently announced it would offer Linux pre-installed on selected machines. Now, the company has picked its distribution: Ubuntu 7.04.

GameTap Adds Subscription, Free Offerings

GameTap's new day-and-date subscription offerings lets subscribers start playing games the same day they hit brick-and-mortar retailers.

Glu, Activision Take Call of Duty Mobile

Glu Mobile has partnered with Activision to bring the Call of Duty video game franchise to mobile phones.

Velocity Micro Buys Overdrive PC

Velocity Micro has acquired boutique PC maker Overdrive PC, gaining access to Overdrive's signature Hyperclocking technology.

Sony Apologizes for Headless Goat Stunt

Sony has apologized for using a mostly-decapitated goat as part of a marketing stunt to launch its God of War II game in Greece.

Google Responds to Viacom’s YouTube Suit

Google has responded to Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit, and claims Viacom's actions threaten the fundamental nature of the Internet.

Pure Digital Flips Video to YouTube

Pure Digital's new low-end Flip Video camcorders can send videos via email, and can now seamlessly upload video to YouTube.

Dell Mulling Move into Retail Channels?

Faced with losing its top rank among computer makers, Dell is apparently considering augmenting its direct sales strategy with retail offerings.

Google Partners with States on Public Info

Google has partnered with Arizona, California, Utah, and Virginia to improve access to public information in state government Web sites.

BBC To Launch On-Demand Media Services

The BBC Trust has approved the roll-out of the iPlayer application, which lets viewers catch up on TV programs for up to a week, and download some series for up to 30 days.

Apple to Replace Swollen MacBook Batteries

Apple has finally admitted to a problem with some batteries in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks, offering to replace batteries which have problems or "deform."

Yahoo Acquires Remainder of Right Media

Yahoo has announced it is buying the remainder of Right Media, Inc., for $680 million, in order to boost its advertising real into social networking sites.

Klipsch Thinks Small with iGroove SXT

If you've been put off by the bulk and weight of portable iPod speaker systems, Klipsch wants to you consider the iGroove SXT.

Ancestry Archives Put Slave Records Online

Ancestry.co.uk has put historical records of nearly 100,000 slaves owned by British colonists in Barbados during the 19th century online...and there's more to come.

MySpace Launches in China

MySpace has launched a beta version of a new Chinese service - and hope to avoid pitfalls of doing business in the Chinese market faced by companies like Yahoo and Google.

OLPC Laptop Price Hits $175

MIT's Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the per-unit price of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) system has climbed to $175 - but units may be offered to U.S. schools.

Net Use Soars As Nations Embrace Broadband

A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit recalculates how nations are taking advantage of the Internet - and finds Asian and African countries coming on strong.

Nintendo: Don’t Worry, Wii’ll Make More

Nintendo has acknowledged it's still hard for some customers to get their hands on their popular Wii gaming console - so the company is going to make more.

Xbox 360 Elite Landing at Retailers

Microsoft's chrome-trimmed Xbox 360 Elite goes on sale Sunday in North America, sporting a 120 GB hard drive, headset, wireless controller...and HDMI.

Harman to Be Acquired for Nearly $8 Billion

Audio equipment maker Harman International has announced it will be acquired by private equity firms KKR and Goldman Sachs for a whopping $8 billion.

PlayStation Creator Kutaragi to Retire

Ken Kutaragi, known widely as the "Father of the PlayStation," is retiring as head of Sony Computer Entertainment.

Sony To Launch YouTube Competitor in Japan

Sony announced it plans to go head-to-head with YouTube with a new video sharing service called eyeVio - at least in Japan - and it'll watch closely for copyright infringement.

Rocker Townshend Tunes Musical Portraiture

The Who's Pete Townshend has unveiled The LifeHouse Method, a new Internet-based "musical portrait" service which enables users to create their own music.

BenQ To Spin Off Brand, Keep Manufacturing

Taiwan's troubled BenQ surprised analysts by announcing it would spin off its brand, and keep its manufacturing business running under a new name: Jia Da.