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Cable and Satellite Deals Won’t Help TiVo?

A report from The Diffusion Group posits that deals with cable and satellite providers won't boost to TiVo's bottom line enough to help the company survive.

It’s the Content. Really. At Least In June.

The Online Publishers Association's Internet Activity Index finds that its Content category gained the largest share of online time in June 2005.

Gartner: 2.6 Bln Cell Phones in Use by 2009

Survey firm Gartner Inc. says global sales of cell phones will reach 779 million in 2005 and climb to over 1 billion a year by 2009, by which time more than 2.6 billion cell phones

Blinkx Offers Free TV, Radio Searches

New service Blinkx offers to search radio and television programs for your search terms, and optionally deliver the results to you via RSS or SmartFolders.

HP Decimating Workforce

Hewlett-Packard announced today it plans to cut 14,500 jobs, or roughly ten percent of its 151,000 workers.

Sprint, Verizon to Offer EA Mobile Games

Mobile phone providers Verizon Wireless and Sprint have announced they will offer mobile phone video games from Electronic Arts.

Dude, We Don’t Want to Hear It

Popular PC maker Dell shuts down some Customer Care message boards.

Sharp Users Look Both Ways

Buy some headphones and lock up your remotes! Sharp has announced a new LCD screen which can display separate images to viewers on the left and the right.

Konica Minolta to Sell Cheaper Digital SLR

Konica Minolta has announced a new, inexpensive single lens reflex camera, finally tapping into one of the fastest growing digital photography markets.

Microsoft Nabs Marvel Multiplayer Games

Is your spider-sense tingling? Microsoft has just inked an exclusive deal with Marvel to develop and publish massively multiplayer online games featuring Marvel's superheroes.

Yahoo Offers Live Shuttle Video Stream

Yahoo announced today it will provide live online video streams of the planned 12-day flight of the NASA space shuttle Discovery.

Study: Most DVR Users Skip Commercials

A study of 4,000 British television households finds 90 percent of DVR users skip commercials. Imagine that.

Siemens & Airbus Push In-Flight Cellphones

Siemens and Airbus have joined forces to provide in-flight cell phone service by 2006: but what will the Justice Department have to say about it?

Logitech Unveils MP3 Headphone Line

Logitech announced three new headphones specifically for portable digital music players, including wireless Bluetooth headphones with adaptive frequency hopping.

Aeon Digital Announces IPTV DRV and Service

Aeon Digital announces the DV-280 Digital Video Recorder, promising video recording, rentals, music, and more via their Aeon Digital Network and your broadband connection.

TV Viewers Like Program Guides & DVRs

A study shows DVR owners happier about TV than non-DVR owners, and nearly half the subscribers with interactive program guides say they make it easy to find something to watch.

Suspended Sentence for Sasser Worm Writer

A German court has given the teenage author of the Sasser worm a suspended jail sentence following his confession.

Celebs Making Special Deliveries for Amazon

Celebrities will be making special deliveries to randomly selected Amazon customers in celebration of the online retailer's tenth anniversary.

Dell to Sell Napster Service to Campuses

Dell announces a program to sell discount Napster subscriptions, servers, and digital music players to colleges and universities.

EU Rejects Software Patents Directive

The European Parliament has rejected a proposed law for regulating software patents across the EU, leaving other patent regulation to member states.

Smith Micro Buys StuffIt Developer Allume

Smith Micro has acquired Allume Systems, Inc., developers of Mac and Windows utilities as well as StuffIt compression technology, for $12.65 million in cash and stock.

Alienware Ships Dual-Core Area-51 7500

Alienware has shipped its Area-51 7500 desktop system, featuring dual-core processing and Nvidia SLI graphics.

Mod an Xbox, Go to Jail?

A UK graduate student has been sentenced to 140 hours of community service for selling modified Xbox systems.

Don’t Blink! Gamers May See Things Faster

Think video games hone your reflexes? Researchers find that heavy video game players may spot items in a busy environments up to 100 milliseconds faster than "mundanes.

AMD Says Evidence-Preserving Motion Granted

AMD says a judge has granted its motion that about 30 third parties must preserve relevant evidence and information related to its antitrust suit against rival chipmaker Intel.

HP Gets Groovy with Apple’s iPod shuffle

HP adds Apple's Flash-based iPod shuffle music player to its product lineup.

Handmark Gets a Grip on ZAGAT To Go

Mobile app developer Handmark is taking over distribution and development of Zagat guides for handheld devices.

Vendor Strategy Critical for IPTV Providers

TDG Research issues a report stating IPTV providers must carefully select supply strategies and outsourcing to avoid rollout stumbles.