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Google Maps Teams with ValPak Coupons

Google Maps plans to begin offering shoppers printable discount coupons for local businesses, in a partnership with ValPak.

Need a Really Rugged Laptop?

The General Dynamics GoBook XR-1 sports real computing horsepower, major wireless capability, plus rugged security and weighs just 6.8 pounds.

Dell Recalls 4.1 Million Notebook Batteries

Dell is recalling 4.1 million batteries sold in notebook computer systems from April 1, 2004 through July 18, 2006 due to a potential fire hazard.

Logitech Wants You to Call On Them

Logitech has announced a series of new audio and telephony products designed to make VoIP calling easier and more like using a "real" phone.

Gameloft To Make Phones Lost and Desperate

Game developer Gameloft has inked an exclusive deal with Touchstone Television to bring TV series Lost and Desperate Housewives to mobile phones.

Telephia: 34.6 Mln Mobile Internet Users

According to mobile industry watcher Telephia, some 34.6 million people use mobile Internet services, with email, weather, and sports services reaching the most users.

Fox Takes Movies, TV Shows Direct2Drive

Fox makes a multi-year deal with itself to push selected movies and television series on its Direct2Drive service and other sites beginning in October.

Segway Unveils Two New Transporters

Segway has unveiled two new self-balancing human transporters with lean-to-steer technology: the street-savvy i2, and the ruggedized cross-terrain x2.

Stalemate in Blu-ray/HD DVD Format War?

A report from Screen Digest predicts neither HD DVD nor Blu-ray will gain the upper hand in the high-definition format war.

A&E Goes to iTunes, TNT Does Dramavision

Apple's iTunes Music Store has picked up shows from A&E, the Biography Channel, and the History Channel, while TNT is launching its own Dramavision online service.

Put Another Dime in the Jukebox Station?

Pacific Rim Technologies is marketing an 80-watt, light-up, wood-enclosed five-speaker iPod-compatible Jukebox Station at Target in October. Joan Jett not included.

Magellan eXplorist 500 LE GPS is AAA Savvy

Magellan's new eXplorist 500 L3 color handheld GPS device offers a choice of a rechargeable Li-Ion or ordinary AAA batteries.

Command with Bang & Olufsen’s BeoSystem 3

Create two separate high definition home theater setups, and the BeoSystem 3 will handle all your media, manage your soundstage, and even control the ambient lighting.

PlayLinc Offers Free Game Servers

Verizon wants to showcase its high-speed network to gamers through PlayLinc, and is inviting them to set up free game servers to do it.

Nvidia Releases Quad SLI Drivers

Ever had the urge to add a four-GPU, high-definition graphics to your wicked home-brew PC? Well, Nvidia has the drivers for you.

Viacom Buys Atom Entertainment for $200 Mln

Viacom's MTV Networks has announced it's buying online game and video company Atom Entertainment for $200 million.

AllTel Offers XM Radio to Mobile Users

Mobile network operator AllTel announced today it will offer XM satellite radio channels to its mobile phone customers.

Nikon D80 D-SLR Supports SD Cards

Nikon's new D80 10.2 megapixel digital SLR brings in high-end photography features at a very appealing price, and stores images to everyday SD media.

Skype To Woo Mobile Makers with iSkoot

Aiming to expand its reach to mobile phones, VoIP giant Skype is promoting the mobile application iSkoot to mobile handset makers.

Fujifilm S3 Pro UVIR Does UV and Infrared

Fujifilm's FinePix S3 Pro UVIR digital SLR camera can see the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums, aiding professionals like forensic investigators...and maybe really arty photograph

Logitech Wireless DJ’s In the House

Logitech's new Wireless DJ lets you stream music from a PC to any home stereo or speaker system and control it all with a wireless remote.

Verbatim, JVC Draw Blanks on Mini-DVD Media

Verbatim has announced it will be shipping blank dual-layer Mini DVD-R media by the end of August, while JVC pushes single layer Mini DVD-R media out the door.

Lenovo ThinkCentre A60 Embraces AMD

With all the hype over Intel's Core 2 Duo, Lenovo's ThinkCentre A60 desktop zigs towards AMD with configurations based on AMD Athlon and Sempron processors.

Bully for You!

The studio which brought you the "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" fiasco gives its critics a wedgie by announcing "Bully," a new fighting game set in a boarding school.

Sprint Picks Mobile WiMax for 4G Network

In the promise of mobile broadband being little more than sweet talk to most people, Sprint plans to deploy Mobile WiMax to most major U.S. markets by 2008.

PopCap Shoots Down Oldest Multiplayer Games

PopCap is taking down its longest-running multiplayer games Lucky Penny, Psychobabble, and Atomic Poker, claiming they just don't earn their keep.

Nokia Buys Loudeye for $60 Mln

Mobile phone maker Nokia has inked a deal to acquire Loudeye for $60 million in order to offer a complete end-to-end mobile digital music system.

Kodak Adds Four Cameras to Easyshare Line

Kodak has introduced a new ultra-wide angle dual-lens zoom camera and three more additions to its C-Series Easyshare cameras.

Sony’s mylo Combines IM, Music, and Wi-Fi

Sony has announced its mylo personal communicator, a new handheld device targeting the youth market by combining Wi-Fi, music, instant messaging, and VoIP capabilities.

Dude, You’re Getting on CNN Exchange

Last week, CNN Exchange opened up as the news network's effort to plug into citizen journalism; this week, computer maker Dell plugs in as CNN Exchange's exclusive sponsor.

All Wet with the Pentax Optio W20

Pentax has announced its Optio W20 compact digital camera, offering 7 megapixel resolution, high ISO, 3x optical zoom...and it's waterproof to 5 feet for 30 minutes.

Apple Takes Desktops and Servers to Intel

Apple has unveiled its Mac Pro desktop line, offering dual Xeon-based minitowers with oodles of configs and competitive prices.

AOL Offers Free Antivirus Software

AOL has launched its new Active Virus Shield antivirus software for Windows - and it's free.

Surprise! Record Labels Sue LimeWire

Now that Kazaa has been sued into legitimacy, guess what? The world's largest music labels have filed suit against file-sharing service LimeWire.

Google: Digital Music, No; Site Safety, Yes

Google says it doesn't plan to enter the digital music marketplace, but that will start alerting users if they click search results leading to a potentially dangerous sites.

Google to Offer Sites Ad-Supported MTV Vids

Google and Viacom are testing a new online video distribution model which lets Web publishers put ad-backed MTV Networks content on their sites.

Redeem King Midas in Talismania Puzzle Game

PopCap has popped out Talismania, a puzzle-based game in which players can redeem King Midas' past greed by rebuilding the wonders of ancient Greece.

Cellfactor: Revolution To Get Physical

Artificial Studios' first-person shooter CellFactor: Revolution plans to bring game physics to a whole new level.