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Google Zeitgeist Highlights 2006 Searches

With 2006 drawing to a close, Google has taken a look at what search terms were under the radar in 2005 but at the forefront of Internet users' minds in 2006.

Intel To Turn Over International Evidence

A judge has ruled Intel must disclose information and evidence about its international business conduct to rival AMD as part of an ongoing suit.

Companies Investigate Claim of AACS Crack

It was just a matter of time: media companies are scrambling to a programmer's claim to have broken the AACS encryption system used on high-definition DVDs.

Apple Says Options Probe Totals $84 Million

Apple says it has completed its probe of stock options grants, taking a non-cash charge of $84 million and expressing "complete confidence" in CEO Steve Jobs.

Japanese Media Still Unhappy with YouTube

Japanese media groups have called YouTube's response to copyright violations "unsatisfactory," but are still hopeful things can be worked out.

U.K. Survey Finds Gadgets Enable White Lies

A survey finds nearly three out of four Britons agreeing that technology and mobile gizmos make "techno treachery" - telling white lies - easier than ever.

Add-On Graphics Market Declined In Q3

New numbers from Job Peddie Research finds that the market for add-in graphics boards declined in the third quarter of 2006 to just under $5 billion.

Kaspersky Announces Vista Support

Kaspersky Labs has announced support for Windows Vista in beta versions of its antivirus and Internet security products.

Some Canon PowerShot A530/A540s Overheat

Canon is offering free repairs on PowerShot A530 and A540 digital cameras which may overheat because of a short circuit caused by a spring in the battery cover door.

MSB Mods iPods for Audiophiles

If you love your iPod but lament its sound quality on your home system, MSB will mod your 'pod to sport bit-perfect CD-quality digital output.

Taiwan Quake Rattles Asian Communications

The 7.1 magnitude quake which hit off Taiwan's southern coast Tuesday has disrupted telecommunications and Internet service in Asia.

Online Shopper Satisfaction Up in 2006

ForeSee Results Top 40 Online Retail Satisfaction Index shows leading online retailers work to stay on top of their game...and apparel sites have shown marked improvement.

Verizon To Push Ads to Mobile Phones

According to reports, Verizon Wireless will begin pushing banner advertisements in its mobile data services in early 2007.

Pentax Takes DSmobile Scanner to 600 dpi

Pentax's DSmobile 600 scanner offers 600dpi color scanning in a portable unit measuring just 11 inches long and 1.5 inches high, and weighing just 12 ounces.

Apple Shares Drop on Options Media Report

Shares of Apple Computer swung downward following a media report that federal prosecutors were looking at "apparently falsified" documents in an ongoing stock options probe.

Samsung Touts New Mobile Memory

Samsung says it has developed the industry's first 1 GB, 80nm DRAM chip for mobile devices.

Proof-of-Concept Security Flaw Hits Vista

A proof-of-concept flaw found in Windows is notable mainly for being the first confirmed security problem affecting Windows Vista.

Online Shopping Surges During Holidays

Online shopping proved popular this holiday season, with Amazon scoring its best year ever, and online sales surging as critical days approached.

Gran Turismo HD Concept for PS3…for Free

Gran Turismo HD Concept for the PlayStation 3 will be available for free download from the PlayStation Store beginning December 24.

Sony BMG Settles with 39 States

On the heels of settlements with Texas and California, music label Sony BMG will pay $4.25 million to settle suits over copy-protection software on its music CDs.

Police Nab Murder Suspect via YouTube Video

Canadian police posted surveillance video to YouTube in hopes of identifying a murder suspect; 30,000 views later, the suspect turned himself in.

Wii Goes to the Opera

A trial version of the Opera Web browser is now available for the Nintendo Wii game console's Internet Channel...and its free, for now.

Motorola Buys Tut Systems for $39 Million

Motorola takes another step into the IPTV market by acquiring Tut Systems for $39 million.

Vista Kernel API Opened to Security Firms

Following up on its October pledge, Microsoft has let third-party security developers in on a draft of the APIs they can use to tap the Vista kernel.

Samsung Picks Opera as Mobile Browser

A new deal will put the Opera Web browser on Samsung's advanced mobile phones - and the per-phone license fee may be a huge windfall for the Oslo software developer.

AxiomTV, VeriSign Partner on Family Videos

AxiomTV will partner with VeriSign to offer family-friendly, downloadable videos distributed via VeriSign's Kontiki P2P technology.

FCC Clears Path for Telecom Video Services

The Federal Communications Commission has approved changes to cable franchising law which will make it (much) easier for telecoms to offer video services.

Cingular Lands Jawbone Headset Exclusive

Perhaps hoping no one makes any references to Samson, Cingular has announced an exclusive deal to carry Aliph's Jawbone stylish, noise-shielded, Bluetooth mobile headset.

eBay China to Roll Into Joint Venture

eBay is repositioning itself in China, roll its Chinese operations into a minority position in a partnership with Tom Online.

VTech Phones to Offer Email, Info, Wi-Fi

VTech Communications plans to expand its cordless landline offerings with phones that offer email and instant messaging, Internet information...and even Wi-Fi.

Sony BMG Settling State Rootkit Suits

Sony BMG has agreed to settlements in Texas and California over its audio CD copy-protection/rootkit/spyware fiasco.

Face Recognition Coming to Image Searching

Swedish startup Polar Rose wants to make image searching easier by using facial recognition technology and user input to automatically identify people in photos.

Panasonic Toughbooks Get Sprint EV-DO

Come January, Panasonic's "business-rugged" Toughbook W5 and T5 notebooks will offer built-in support for Sprint's EV-DO Rev A Mobile Broadband service.

Nielsen: DVDs Have Overtaken VCRs

Nielsen Media Research finds that, for the first time, the number of U.S. households with DVD players is greater than the number with VCRs. Just barely.

Warner Bros. Pacts with SCi, CodeMasters

Warner Bros. has bought a 10 percent stake in video game developer Eidos' parent company SCi Entertainment...and entered a distribution deal with CodeMasters.

NASA and Google to Collaborate

Google and the U.S. space agency will work together on a series of projects, the first of which will put NASA data and out-of-this-world maps on computer desktops.

NEC Recalls Power Supplies in Japan

NEC is recalling nearly 15,000 Valuestar computers sold in Japan after two power supplies overheated at caught fire.

Skype Founders Confirm IPTV Service Test

Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom have confirmed they're testing "The Venice Project," a new broadband television service expected to launch in 2007.