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Bloggers Key to the Future of Journalism?

An online survey from We Media and Zogby Interactive finds over half of Americans think bloggers are important to the future of journalism.

Home Network Users Want Digital Media?

A new survey finds four in ten U.S. adults have home networks, and more than a third of those consumers want to tie home computers to home entertainment.

Microsoft Puts Soapbox Into Public Beta

Microsoft has gone public with its would-be YouTube competitor Soapbox, announcing a public beta of its online user-generated video site.

LucasArts Announces The Force Unleashed

LucasArts has announced Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a new video game due in November which lets players take on the role of Darth Vader's secret apprentice.

Wii Play Now Available in the U.S.

Nintendo's latest game collection for the Wii video game console, Wii Play, is finally available in the U.S., following strong launches in Europe and Japan.

Quanta Confirms One Mln OLPC Orders

Taiwan's Quanta Computer says it has confirmed orders for one million notebook computers for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.

Take Two CEO Guilty in Stock Option Scheme

Former Take Two Interactive CEO Ryan Brant has plead guilty in a stock option backdating scheme.

Court Dismisses MySpace Negligence Suit

A federal court has dismissed a negligence lawsuit brought against MySpace by the family of a teenage girl assaulted by someone she met via the Web site.

Executives Depart Yahoo Music

Executives David Goldberg and Robert Roback have resigned from Yahoo Music to get back to their "entrepreneurial roots."

Sharp Announces Tuner-less Blu-ray Recorder

Sharp aims to undercut the prices on expensive Blu-ray recorders by leaving out the tuner and piggybacking on tuners built into owners' televisions.

Multiplayer Myst Online Game Goes Live

GameTap is getting ready to launch Myst Online: Uru Live on February 15, adding massively multiplayer features to Myst's world of mystery, exploration and puzzles.

GPS Navigation Improves Traffic Safety?

Do GPS systems improve traffic safety? A Dutch study finds that use of satellite navigation systems improves driving in unknown areas and reduces driver stress.

GE To Enter Digital Camera Market

Teaming with a former president of Olympus, mega-brand General Electric plans to enter the digital camera market with the newly-launched General Imaging.

GMail Finally Opens its Doors

It's been around for almost three years, but Google has finally thrown open the doors of its Web-based GMail service - but, yes, it's still in "beta."

Nokia, Intel Drop HSPDA for Notebooks

Remember last year when Intel and Nokia teamed up (with much fanfare) to develop HSDPA solutions for notebook computers? Sorry; the deal's off.

HTC Advantage Goes for Mini-Laptop Look

HTC has re-christened its Athena palmtop the HTC Advantage - but it still touts Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, HSDPA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Windows Mobile, a 5-inch screen and QWERTY keypad.

Canton GLE Speakers Tout Aluminum Cones

Canton Electronics' new line GLE series of home audio/home theater speakers sport aluminum bass and midrange drivers and other advances from the company's high-end lines.

Boingo Opens Up to Mobile Wi-Fi

Boingo is opening up its worldwide network of Wi-Fi hotspots to Wi-Fi enabled Pocket PCs and Windows Mobile 5 devices.

AACS Crack Widens to All High-Def Titles?

Back in December an enterprising programmer extracted volume keys from HD DVD discs; now, a processing key may break copy protection on all high-def discs issued to date.

Veoh Puts Some P2P Behind Online Video

Veoh Networks has launched its Internet-based video syndication service, promising DVD-like quality delivered with the efficiency of peer-to-peer networking.

Google News Loses In Belgian Court

A Belgian court has ruled that Google's new service may not reproduce extracts from a series of Belgian newspapers.

Nokia Pacts with YouTube, Unveils E-Series

Nokia has announced a deal with YouTube to bring Internet video to Nokia N-series mobile devices, and rolls out a new business-oriented E-series of Internet-savvy phones.

Eighty Cores Is Enough?

Intel's Tera-scale Computing Research Program has produced a single chip which can perform more than a trillion operations per second across 80 processor cores.

Omnifone Announces Mobile Music Service

Omnifone's MusicStation service will offer European and Asian subscribers all-you-can-eat mobile music across 23 mobile operators and 2.5g/3G mobile phones.

MySpace Adds Video Filtering System

MySpace is launching a trial video filtering system designed to prevent copyrighted video from being uploaded to the popular social networking site.

iTunes Adds Lionsgate Movies

Apple has added Lionsgate films to its iTunes digital media store, making titles like Terminator 2, Saw, and Basic Instinct available to iTunes, iPod, and (soon) AppleTV owners.

HP’s iPaq 500 Aims at Smartphone Market

HP has unveiled its first smartphone, the iPaq 500 Voice Messenger with Wi-Fi, email, VOIP, and Windows Mobile 6.0.

Samsung Claims World’s Thinnest Phone

Samsung has officially unwrapped its Ultra Edition II phones, including "the slimmest phone in the world" with a depth of just 5.9 millimeters.

Cellular-Book Sports Rollable Screen

A new device set to go on sale in Italy later this year offers a 5-inch, roll-out screen for reading ebooks and downloaded content, even in bright sunlight.

Atari’s Bullet Witch Coming to Xbox 360

Atari has announced its post-apocalyptic action game for the Xbox 360, Bullet Witch, will ship to North American retailers February 27.

Report: Global HDTV Homes to Triple by 2011

A new market report from Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts the number of HDTV homes worldwide will more than triple by the year 2011 to 151 million.

Mashup Your RSS Feeds with Yahoo Pipes

If you think XML feeds could be used for so much more than your feed reader allows, Yahoo invites you to tweak things out with its new beta service, Pipes.

EMI Considers Selling Unprotected MP3s?

Rumors are swirling that one of the big four record labels, EMI, is considering selling some (or all) of its music catalog in unprotected MP3 format.

Metal Gear Sneaking into Movies?

Variety reports that Sony Pictures and video game maker Konami are the verge of making a movie based on the Metal Gear stealth video game franchise.

Genius Tablet Gear Taps Notes and Design

A new digital table and mouse-pen from Genius aim to simplify the note-taking process, and help designers put the perfect stroke on their work.

Block Out Time for Jewel Quest 2

Even hardcore action gamers have probably whiled hours away with Jewel Quest, an undisputed leader of casual puzzle games. So look out: here comes Jewel Quest 2.

Handheld Device Market Continues to Shrink

New data from IDC finds the worldwide market for handheld PIMs continued to slump during 2006, down more than 25 percent from the year before.

Nokia to Offer Free Mobile Mapping Service

Nokia has announced it will begin offering a free downloadable mapping service for mobile devices, including map and routing info for over 150 countries.