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MySpace To Crack Down on Copyrighted Music

MySpace has announced it has licensed technology from GraceNote to review music uploaded by members to make sure they don't violate copyright.

Plaxo Makes Contacts with Verizon

Plaxo has rolled out Plaxo Mobile Plus, enabling users to sync contact information between mobile phones and email systems - and it's available to Verizon Wireless customers now.

Asus Brings Leather to W6 Notebooks

Earlier this year, Asus introduced its luxury leather-clad S6 notebooks: now, they're adding leather to the W6 line...and bringing back the hot pink.

Xbox 360 Update to Add 1080p Support

Microsoft's November update to its Xbox 360 game console will include support for 1080p games and movies and support for the Xbox 360 HD DVD player.

Visioneer RoadWarrior Sees Your Paper Trail

Visioneer's new RoadWarrior portable scanner helps business travelers manage receipts, business cards, and other important documents.

Hey, Girls! Only Boost Has Purple Phones!

Females and reclusive Minnesota rock stars, take note: Boost Mobile says its Motorola i835 is the "only" purple phone currently being offered in the U.S. market.

RadioShack Tunes Into MovieBeam

RadioShack is carrying MovieBeam's video-on-demand set-top box, which offers current Hollywood movies received over-the-air using a datacasting technology on PBS airwaves.

Sanyo PLV-Z5 Projector Offers High Contrast

Sanyo's new PLV-Z5 home projector offers dual HDMI and component inputs, and a whopping 10,000:1 contrast ratio.

Gateway FX530s Aim at Power Users

Gateway is going after the PC enthusiast market with its new FX530 line, offering Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors, high-end video and storage, and overclocking.

Seagate To Offer Full Disk Encryption

Seagate plans to ship hard drives integrating its DriveTrust encryption technology which could prevent any un-authenticated use of a drive or its data.

Nokia Wants to Get Into Your Car

Nokia has entered the car navigation market, taking on TomTom in Europe with its Nokia 330 Auto Navigation system.

Americans Look Online for Election Info

A new poll from the Associated Press and AOL finds just over one third of Americans are using the Internet to get election information.

IPTV to Reach 53 Million by 2009?

Research and Markets is forecasting the global market for Internet-delivered television will reach 53 million subscribers by 2009.

AT&T Launches Home Monitor Video Service

AT&T's new Remote Monitor video service streams live video from your home to your cell phone, so you can keep an eye on your kids, your stuff, and even Fido's crazy antics.

Guild Wars Nightfall Now On Store Shelves

Guild Wars Nightfall, the latest campaign in the popular game series, is available now in North America and Europe.

Wal-Mart Offers Energy Efficient Notebook

Computer maker Everex Systems, with Via Technologies, has launched the "world's most energy-efficient notebook" - and Wal-Mart plans to carry it for under $500.

North America Gets Bang & Olufsen’s Serene

Almost a year after rolling it out in the rest of the world, Bang & Olufsen is bringing its tiny Serene clamshell phone to North America.

NuVision Deep Black LED DLP TV Due Soon

NUVision announced today that production is underway on its 52-inch 1080p LED CLP television, and units should be available in October.

Consumers Pay Up to 44 Pct More Offline?

Merchant services firm Vendio claims consumers can spend up to 44 percent more for consumer electronics offline compared to shopping online. Makes ya wonder.

Zillow Frees Up Real Estate APIs

Popular real estate site Zillow is opening up its APIs - for free - enabling other sites to incorporate Zillow real estate data and functionality.

HP Now Takes PayPal

Hewlett-Packard announced today it will accept PayPal as a payment method at its online HP Home & Home Office Store.

Blizzard Delays WOW: Burning Crusade

World of Warcraft fans will have to wait until January to get their hands on the upcoming "Burning Crusade" expansion to the hugely popular online game.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Hits Retailers

Activision's new game teams Spidey, Wolverine, Captain America, and Blade against Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil - and it's in stores now.

Lik-Sang Closes, Takes Swipe at Sony

Hong Kong gaming importer Lik-Sang has announced it's going out of business due to lawsuits from Sony...but notes even Sony execs bought goods through Lik-Sang.

iLike Social Music Discovery for iTunes

GarageBand.com's founders have rolled out iLike.com, a new social music discovery add-on which integrates with Apple's iTunes and, eventually, with other music services.

North America Loves Its Broadband

A new survey from In-Stat finds North American households rate broadband as their most important wireline service.

Yahoo Shares with New Toolbar, Bookmarks

Yahoo has introduced new versions of its Toolbar and Bookmarks add-ons, enabling users to more easier save, organize, and share favorite Web sites.

Jupiter: Zune No Immediate Threat to iPod

Jupiter Research has forecast the portable music player market will reach 100 million users by 2011...and that the iPod has at least another year and a half on top.

G-Tech Slings iPod Messenger Bags

Accessory maker G-Tech wants you to share your music the old-fashioned way: through the air, using an iPod-enabled messenger bag with an integrated external speaker.

Yahoo Selects New Time Capsule Site

After learning it wouldn't be allowed to project image on Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun, Yahoo is moving its time capsule showcase to the ancient pueblo of Jemez in New Mexico.

Cingular Launches iPAQ Mobile Messenger

Cingular will be the first U.S. carrier to offer the HP iPAQ hw6920 series Mobile Messenger with (count'em!) five built-in wireless communications technologies.

Sony Debuts New nav-u Handheld GPS

Sony's new NV-U71T nav-u GPS unit offers a 3.5-inch screen, real-time traffic service, and "Gesture Commands" for common functions.

Google Enables Custom Search Portals

Google's new Custom Search Engine lets bloggers and Web publishers create custom search portals on their sites - and, of course, it helps Google sell ads.

Firefox 2.0 to Launch Today

Although it snuck out onto FTP servers yesterday, Mozilla is scheduled start giving Internet Explorer 7 a run for its money today by releasing Firefox 2.0 today.

CBS Promotes InTurn to Small Screen

CBS is moving the online series "InTurn" from its Innertube broadband channel to a one-hour slot in the network's broadcast schedule.

BenQ To Sell Off Assets

Taiwan's BenQ has lost more than $600 million this year trying to resuscitate the Siemens' cell phone business; now, the company hopes to recover by selling non-core assets.

Sony Expands Notebook Battery Recall

Sony has added 340,000 notebook battery packs - including batteries shipped by Gateway - to its U.S. recall, along with some 3 million batteries worldwide.

Apple Takes MacBook Pros to Core 2 Duo

Apple Computer has upgraded its entire line of MacBook Pro notebooks to Core 2 Duo processors, promising performance up to 39 percent faster than previous models.