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TiVo Launches Audience Measurement Effort

In an effort to prove TiVO users watch ads - at least, sometimes - TiVo is creating is own audience measurement unit to analyze TiVo viewership data.

Motorola Slips Out 9mm Phone

Among cell phones, thin is in, and Motorola's new Motofone only adds 9 mm to the emaciated handset crowd.

HP Buys Mercury Interactive for $4.5 Bln

Hewlett-Packard is buying business management software maker Mercury Interactive for $4.5 billion.

Warner Bros. Takes Its TV to iTunes

Warner Home Entertainment has taken the television content it previously released to AOL, BitTorrent, and Guba and released it to iTunes for $1.99 an episode.

Yahoo and Symantec Team for Online Security

Yahoo has launched a co-branded version of Norton Internet Security as a $50-per-year subscription service available to Yahoo users.

Google Puts Traffic Maps on Cell Phones

It might be the Holy Grail for some urban commuters: real-time, updated traffic information, accessible anytime, anywhere, from your cell phone.

Over 21 Million Nintendo DS Game Units Sold

Barely a year and a half after being introduced in November 2004, Nintendo says it has sold more than 21 million Nintendo DS handheld game units.

Midway Sets Loose Ant Bully Game

Get out your magnifying glass! The movie hasn't even hit theaters yet, but you can step into the shoes of a shrunken young boy learn to live in an ant colony.

D-Link Ships SecureSpot Network Security

D-Link's SecureSpot network security device offers protection against net-based attacks along with parental control options for outbound Internet access.

Black Diamond Phones Get Real, Stay Scarce

If you have a spare $300,000 sitting around doing nothing, maybe you need a limited edition Black Diamond quad-band smartphone running Windows Mobile 5?

AMD Buying Graphics Chip Maker ATI

Processor maker AMD has announced it is purchasing graphics-chip maker ATI in a deal worth $5.4 billion.

Google Tests Accessible Web Search

Google Labs is testing a new service aimed at making Web searching more accessible for the blind and visually impaired.

Intel and AMD Quad-Core Rhetoric Heats Up

Chipmakers AMD and Intel are engaging in a race of words, both claiming progress toward quad-core computing even as Intel engages in a serious restructuring.

Garmin zumo 550 GPS Aims At Two-Wheelers

The new Garmin zumo 550 GPS is designed for motorcycles, wth a glove-friendly design and Bluetooth-to-helmet handsfree technology.

Amnesty: Web Firms Violate Human Rights

Amnesty International is accusing U.S. Web firms like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo of violating human rights by cooperating with Chinese government censorship.

Samsung Rolls Out Two New S-series Cameras

Samsung completes its S-series Digimax Premium Camera line with the S700 and S1000, priced to make amateur and beginning photographers happy.

AT&T Homezone Touts Broadband, Satellite TV

AT&T has begun marketing Homezone, its long-anticipated service which combined broadband Internet and satellite TV in one set-top box.

Sony Announces HD and Hard Drive Camcorders

Sony has announced two new camcorder lines, one which records 1080i video to mini-DVDs or hard drive and another set of standard-definition cameras with pro-sumer features

Lowrance Announces iWay 250c Automotive GPS

Lowrance has taken the wraps offits iWay 250c automotive GPS unit with a 3.5-inch screen, MP3 and JPEG capability, NAVTEQ maps, and a low price.

Microsoft Plans to Get All Xen with Linux

Microsoft and XenSource have announced an agreement to let Windows and Linux run side-by-side on the same machine under the next version of Windows Server.

Samsung Ships 56-Inch LED DLP HDTV

After making a splash last January at CES, Samsung is finally shipping its HL-S5679W LED-based 56-inch rear-projection HDTV.

Gracenote Gets All The Words Right

Gracenote has inked deals with major music publishers to bring legal song lyrics catalog to the Internet.

AOL Launching Total Care Beta

Would you trust your machine to AOL? The company is getting ready to compete with Symantec, Microsoft and McAfee with Total Care, a security and maintenance package for Windows PCs

Cingular Launches HSDPA LG CU500 Phone

Cingular has launched the LG CU500 phone for use on its high-speed 3G network, offering mobile bandwidth comparable to EV-DO.

EA Announces Wii Game Slate

Electronic Arts has announced the first six game titles it has in development for Nintendo's forthcoming Wii console. Guess what? Madden made the cut.

CBS News Opens Its Video Archives

Getcher news here! Getcher really old news! CBS News has announced a deal with Amazon and CustomFlix to open its decades of archived news footage to the public.

Pioneer’s 50-Inch, 1080p Plasma Display

The Pioneer PRO-FDH1 50-inch plasma display offers native 1080p resolution and boasts the world's smallest pixels - along with a $10,000 price tag.

China Sentences Online Writer to Two Years

Chinese officials sentenced Chinese writer Lu Yuanlong for two years in prison for "subversive" Internet essays.

Sony, Apple Lead America’s Preferred Brands

Harris Interactive's latest survey of brand preferences finds Sony leading the pack for the seventh straight year and Apple kicking Microsoft off the list.

Firefox 2.0 Beta Ready for the Brave

Nobody's recommending it for "real people," but if you've got a need to be on the cutting edge of browsers, Firefox 2.0 beta 1 is now available.

Yahoo and MSN Messengers Get Chatty

Microsoft and Yahoo have announced a limited public test of interoperability between their competing instant messaging platforms.

Fuji FinePix Camera Gets Face Detection

Fuji has unveiled its new 6.3 megapixel FinePix F20, and the new FinePix S6000fd with face detection for "people pictures."

Plug iPods into Russound Multi-Room Audio

Russound's new iBridge Dock enables users to connect iPod to the company's multi-room audio setups, and control music from any access point.

HP Updates AMD-Powered Notebooks

HP is going after the consumer and back-to-school buyers with its V6000 and revised, Zen rock garden-inspired dv6000 and dv9000 notebook computers.

EU Hands Microsoft $357 Mln Antitrust Fine

European Union regulators have slapped Microsoft with a €280.5 million fine for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust agreement.

MySpace Takes Over Web’s Top Spot?

Maybe you've heard of this thing called MySpace? Teens "hang out" there? Well, according to Hitwise, it's now the top-ranked site on the Web, beating out Yahoo and Google.

Sony’s USB Micro-Vault Tiny Drives Ship

Sony has begun shipping its Micro-Vault Tiny USB drives, sporting capacities up to 2 GB and measuring just one inch long and half an inch high.

Microsoft Plans to Take CRM Services Online

Microsoft announced today it will introduce a "Live"-branded version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software aimed at small business.