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Nintendo Wii Topped February Console Sales

New sales figures from NPD show the Nintendo Wii was February's best-selling game console...and the only console to outsell Sony's now-obsolete PlayStation 2.

Blu-ray, HD DVD Joust at CeBIT

Sony says Blu-ray will own the market in three years, but HD DVD says it expects nearly 600 titles in 2007 - and that's just in Europe.

Sony Announces Folding@Home for PS3

Sony plans to introduce a Folding@Home client for its PlayStation 3, letting gamers put that powerful Cell processor to use researching protein folding for medical research.

Google Working to Enhance User Privacy

In a move being embraced by privacy advocates, Internet giant Google has announced it will anonymize its server logs after 18 to 24 months.

Dell Wants Your Opinion on Linux

Dell is considering offering Linux as a factory-installed option - and wants to know how you'd use a Linux box, and what distribution you prefer.

Cisco to Acquire WebEx for $3.2 Billion

Cisco has announced it plans to acquire online meeting and collaboration company WebEx for some $3.2 billion in cash.

BenQ Executives Arrested in Taiwan

Three executives of Taiwanese electronics firm BenQ have been arrested in allegations of insider stock trading involving the now-scuttled BenQ Mobile.

Slacker Music Service Has Big Plans

New music service Slacker plans to cover all the bases: Web-based music, portable players, Wi-Fi, and even satellite radio.

Skype 3.1 Moves into Information Services

Skype 3.1 for Windows introduces SkypeFind and Skype Prime, offering new ways for Skype users to share (and buy...and sell) information. Will they fly?

One-Third of U.S. Adults Own Game Consoles?

A new report from Nielsen-Netratings finds more than one third of American adults own a game console...and traffic to Sony's PlayStation site is sinking.

Price Drops Fueling LCD TV Sales

Falling prices have prompted market research firm iSuppli to boost its sales forecast for LCD TVs this year. The new forecast calls for 75.2 million units to be sold this year.

NBC To Offer On-Demand Mobile TV Shows

NBC and MobiTV have announced a deal make full-length primetime television shows available to mobile phone users on an on-demand basis. Will you tune in?

Hitachi-LG to Show Blu-ray/HD DVD PC Drive

Hitachi-LG is planning to show the first PC drive which can handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs - but you might pay a high price to sidestep the format war.

Netgear Ships Digital Entertainer HD

Netgear's Digital Entertainer HD media receiver streams movies, YouTube, BitTorrent, Flickr, iTunes, and handles iPods..and outputs to HDMI.

Blingplayer Brings on the Ice Age

MediaReady's BlingPlayer only packs 1 to 2 GB of flash and a 1.8-inch color screen, but the jeweled-out cases are sure to appeal to...someone.

Sony Gets Ancient with God of War II

Sony Computer Entertainment's God of War II takes players back to distant past: the time of Greek myths and the PlayStation 2.

RCA Will Be There When Analog TV Goes Black

Already dreading the day in early 2009 when the government mandates analog TV transmission cease and desist? Not to worry: RCA's already prepping its DTA800 converter.

Viacom Sues Google/YouTube for $1 Billion

Viacom has filed a $1 billion suit against video sharing site YouTube and its parent company Google, seeking damages for "massive copyright infringement."

SanDisk Launches 32 GB Solid-State Drive

If the thought of spinning hard drive platters in your notebook makes you queasy, SanDisk is offering a 2.5-inch flash hard drive drop-in replacement.

Feds Unveil Digital TV Conversion Plan

The Department of Commerce has outlined its plan to subsidize conversion to digital TV in 2009, starting with $40 coupons to defray the cost of digital TV converters.

Motorola Invests in Amimon’s Wireless HD

Electronics giant Motorola has announced its putting its money behind Amimon, whose WHDI technology is vying to become the standard for wireless high definition video.

Intel to Offer Solid-State Flash Drives

Although it doesn't plan to make them available to consumers, Intel is getting into the flash-drive business, aiming at computing makers and embedded device manufacturers.

Samsung Starts Sampling 8 GB moviNAND MMC

Can't cram enough songs in your cell phone? Things are looking up: Samsung has starting shipping samples of its 8 GB moviNAND MMC flash memory for mobile devices.

mSpot Remix to Offer Wireless PC Music Sync

mSpot's Remix aims to eliminate the hassles of managing tunes on your music-capable cell phone by letting you wirelessly stream music from your PC.

Eisner Turns to the Internet with Vuguru

Former Disney head Michael Eisner has turned his sights on the Internet, forming independent studio Vuguru to produce and distribute original content.

Seagate Encrypted Hard Drives Go to ASI

Drive maker Seagate announced it is shipping its full-encryption-capable 2.5-inch notebook hard drives to ASI Computer Technologies.

HP Launches Energy Star 4-savvy PCs

No, they're not sexy, but HP's new Compaq-branded dc5700, dc5750, and dc7700 meet the EPA's Energy Star 4 efficiency requirements four months early.

Nintendo DS Gets Jam Sessions from Ubisoft

Ubisoft's forthcoming Jam Sessions for Nintendo DS promised to let players strum their Nintendo DS like an acoustic guitar.

Wii Wi-Fi with Pokemon Battle Revolution

Nintendo has announced "Pokemon Battle Revolution" will hit the U.S. market June 25, marking the first title to leverage the Wii's Wi-Fi capabilities.

Video Chain Movie Gallery Buys MovieBeam

Video rental company Movie Gallery has bought MovieBeam, the Disney-spawned video download service that broadcasts movies to set-top boxes over public airwaves.

General Imaging Launches Eight Cameras

General Electric has entered the digital camera market, with partner General Imaging unveiling eight camera models at the Photo Marketing Association conference.

Sony Intros DSC-G1 Wireless Cyber-shot

Sony has taken its Cyber-shot line of digital cameras wireless with the DSC-G1, offering 6 megapixels, a 3.5-inch LCD display, and 2 GB of onboard memory.

TiVo Enters Bundling Deal with Earthlink

DVR pioneer TiVo and nationwide ISP Earthlink have announced a pct to offer bundled Internet and television services with standard TiVo Series 2 DVRs.

Take-Two Investors Plan Board Coup

Investors who own nearly half of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive have announced plans to seize control of its board and oust CEO Paul Eibeler.

Kodak Expands Easyshare Camera Line

Kodak has announced four new budget-friendly Easyshare digital cameras, including two offering high ISO sensitivities and image stabilization.

Samsung Brings Vista to Q1P UMPC

The latest version of Samsung's ultra-portable Q1P sports a 1 GHz Pentium processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 60 GB hard drive, and Windows Vista Home Premium.

Alienware Offers Up to Eight Cores

If you've got the multi-core bug - and you've got the software to back it up - then Alienware's new MJ-12 8550 workstations offer up to eight processing cores.

Mad Catz Takes Control of the PS3

Mad Catz has begun shipping a new line of wired and wireless game controllers for Sony's PS3, offering four color choices and "SixSense" motion sensing...but no rumble.