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Microsoft Cancels Windows 7 Family Pack

Microsoft is discontinuing the Windows 7 Family Pack in the U.S.: when retailers run out, it's gone, and each copy of Windows will be full price.

Dell Vostro V13 Ultraportable Aims at Business Users

Dell has taken some of the sleek-and-slim from its Adamo notebook and put it in the new Vostro V13 ultraportable, with a 13.3-inch screen and up to 4 GB of RAM.

Nokia Brings Two Phones to U.S., Shutters London Store

Nokia is brining its 5800 Navigation Edition and business-friendly E72 to United States customers...and at the same time closing its London flagship store.

Fusion Garage’s Joo Joo Tablet Carries $499 Price Tag

Fusion Garage's Joo Joo tablet features a 12.1-inch capacitive touch screen, Wi-Fi Web browsing, and a 4 GB SSD...and, it seems, imminent litigation.

AT&T Invites iPhone Users to Flag Coverage Problems

AT&T's new Mark the Spot app for iPhone invites frustrated customers to report where they experience coverage problems.

LG eXpo Hits 1 GHz, Offers Fingerprint Recognition

AT&T is now offering the LG eXpo, the first smartphone in the U.S. to offer a 1 GHz processor...and it also sports a pico projector and fingerprint recognition.

Injunction Puts BlueBeat Out of the Beatles Business

That site that was selling Beatles tracks for $0.25? It's not coming back anytime soon.

Kodak Sells OLED Business to LG

Kodak has announced its selling its OLED business to LG Electronics, as well as entering a patent cross-licensing agreement with the South Korean electronics giant.

Friendster to be Acquired by Secret Admirer?

Reports of pioneering social networking service being snapped up for around $100 by an as-yet-unnamed Asian buyer.
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Cisco Cinches Tandberg Acquisition

Cisco says it now controls more than 90 percent of the shares of Norwegian video conferencing company Tandberg, clearing the way for a complete takeover.
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Acer: We’re Number Two!

According to iSuppli, Acer has bumped Dell from the number two spot in the worldwide PC market.

Harman Kardon GLA-55 Speakers Bring New Facets to Your Sound

Harman Kardon's new GLA-55 multimedia speakers are designed to bring outstanding audio quality to your desktop...and they look like they're carved from ice.

Samsung Shows Flat TVs & Four-Door Fridge!

Samsung hosted its annual Global Road Show, showing off huge flat-screen TVs and a new portable media player - plus a five-ways-to-heat oven and a four-door fridge!

Micron RealSSD C300s Sport 6 Gb/s SATA Interface

Micron's new RealSSD C300 solid-state drive pushes the performance envelope with a 6Gb/s SATA interface...and comes in 128 and 256 GB capacities.

Hard Candy Cases Hit the MacBook

Hard Candy's snap-on case covers have focused on netbooks...but now the company has branched out to Apple's 13-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro.
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Sprint Tries to Spin Sharing Customers’ GPS Data with Feds

Sprint is downplaying a report that it shared customers' GPS data with federal authorities more than 8 million times during a 13-month period.

Movieclips.com Launches…with Studio Support

Movie studios have hated having clips of their films on YouTube and other services...so why are they backing Movieclips.com?
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Comcast Buys Controlling Stake in NBC

It's a deal: cable operator Comcast is buying a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal - including its broadcast and cable properties - in a $13.75 billion deal.
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Microsoft Denies Security Updates Cause Black Screen of Death

Microsoft doesn't say it knows what's causing Windows so-called "Black Screen of Death"...but it's not their November security updates.
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Google Lets Publishers Restrict Free Reading

Google's new "First Click Free" lets publishers restrict non-paying subscribers to five free articles a day via Google News.

NEC MultiSync EA222Wme Brings LED Backlighting to Businesses

NEC is bringing power savings to business desktop computing with its new MultiSync EA222Wme 22-inch LCD desktop display.

FlipShare TV Brings Flip Video to the Big Screen

Cisco's new FlipShare TV enables Flip Video users to put their Flip-shot videos on their HDTVs, and easily share them with other FlipShare TV owners.

JBL’s Creature III Speakers Get Funky

Harman's new JBL Creature III speakers update its quirky pod-people speaker design with s sleeker look and soft-touch controls.

QuickerTek Apple Juicz Charges MacBooks Using Solar Power

QuickerTek's new 27 and 55-watt Apple Juicz solar chargers will fill up the batteries in Apple MacBooks while away from wall power...as long as you have sun and time.
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Apple, Psystar Reach Partial Settlement

Apple and Psystar have agreed to a partial settlement that will have Psystar paying damages - eventually - and stop preloading computers with Mac OS X.

Psystar’s Rebel EFI Offers to Put Snow Leopard on Everyday PCs

Psystar's lawyers are duking it out with Apple over Mac clones...and now the company has released Rebel EFI, enabling users to put Mac OS X Leopard on non-Apple PC hardware.
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Nintendo Sells Over 1.5 Mln Units Over Thanksgiving

Nintendo says it sold more than a million Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi handheld gaming systems over Thanksgiving week...plus half a million Wiis.
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GE, Vivendi Deal Clears Path for Comcast to Buy NBC

GE has agreed to buy out Vivendi's stake in NBC Universal...just so it can turn around and sell a controlling stake to Comcast.
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Joost Assets Snapped Up by Adconion

Audience measurement and content firm Adconion has acquired "certain assets" of crumbling video service Joost...including the Joost site and brand.
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Word of the Year: Twitter

The Global Language Monitor has named "Twitter" the top word of 2009, followed by "Obama," "H1N1," and "vampire."

Barnes and Noble Nook Coming a Week Later

Barnes and Noble says high demand is forcing it to push back the retail debut of its Nook e-reader by another week.

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Smartphones might be all the rage, but sometimes you just need a basic phone with big buttons even grampa can use.

Best Buy Rocketfish WirelessHD Adapter Unplugs HDMI

Best Buy's new Rocketfish Wireless HD adapter lets users put up to 33 feet of wire-free space between an HDMI-capable HD video source and their HDTV.
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Kindle Update Adds PDF Reader, Extends Battery Life

Amazon has updated its Kindle 2 e-Reader with an 85 percent improvement in battery life, screen rotation, and a native PDF reader.

Samsung Story Station Plus Hard Drive Adds eSATA

Samsung's new Story Station Plus external hard drive pops up to a 2 TB capacity and adds an eSATA interface for speedy transfers.

Buffalo DriveStation HD-HXU3 Hard Drive Packs USB 3.0 Interface

Buffalo's new DriveStation HD-HXU3 external hard drive packs a super-speedy USB 3.0 interface...but you can still use it with USB 2.0 systems.

TomTom XXL 540S World Traveler Packs Extra Maps, 5-inch Screen

TomTom's XXL 540S World Traveler Edition GPS boasts a 5-inch screen and maps of the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell Steps Down

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell - who oversaw the company's first-ever layoffs - will be leaving at the end of the year, to be replaced by Peter Klein.