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GM Adds Auxilary Input To Car Radios

If you have an Apple iPod or any other portable audio player, then you will be able to plug it directly into your next GM vehicle says the auto manufacturer.

New Program Breaks Apple’s DRM

BetaNews is reporting that a new program developed by hacker Jon Lech Johansen, breaks the current Apple iTunes DRM protection allowing users to download music without DRM enabled.

‘World of Warcraft’ Breaks 1.5M Subscribers

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that 'World of Warcraft,' its massively multiplayer online role-playing game, has surpassed the 1.5 million subscriber mark.

Panasonic’s New D-Snap MP3 Players

Both T3 Magazine and I4U have coverage of Panasonic's sweet looking new D-Snap MP3 Player.

The End-Table Subwoofer

M•Design, a division of Monster LLC has announced the addition of the M•Bass 1000 High Performance Subwoofer to the Centra collection of home theater products.

Wish List For Xbox 2

CNN/Money game columnist Chris Morris has published his wish list for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 2 gaming console. Backwards compatibility and follow through are key he says.

Survey: Mobile Phone Porn Sales To Spike

People spent more than $400 million on pornographic pictures and video in 2004. Now a survey sales these sales figures are set to jump as porn comes to the cell phone.

Is Samsung The New Sony?

Several news sites are reporting that Samsung is to be considered the 'New Sony' due to its success in the consumer electronics industry.

Mobile Industry To Drive Interoperable DRM

The mobile phone industry and its content partners will benefit from being first to implement interoperable digital rights management (DRM).

Apple iPod Shuffle Review

Apple's first flash based player the iPod Shuffle is a hot seller no doubt due to its low price and great looks. Check out Designtechnica's iPod Shuffle review.

Microsoft IE7.0 Details Leak Out

MicrosoftWatch and ExtremeTech are reporting that IE 7 which is due out this summer, will add new anti-phishing, anti-spyware and anti-virus safeguards.

Yahoo Does Blogs With Yahoo! 360 Service

Yahoo! 360 allows people to easily share what matters most to them and keep connected with the people they know -- all in one convenient place.

ViewSonic Unveils Their Fastest LCD’s Yet

ViewSonic's new 19-inch VX924 and 17-inch VX724 LCD monitors feature a blistering fast 4 millisecond (ms) average video response time across the entire color scale.

Sony Debuts FWD-42PV1 42-inch Plasma

The FWD-42PV1 plasma flat panel display features a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, W-VGA resolution (852x480), and memory card input.

Nikon Introduces Coolpix S1 Digital Camera

Nikon today introduced the new ultra-slim Coolpix S1- a 5.1-megapixel camera featuring a 2.5-inch LCD display.

VoodooPC Launches Shoebox Sized Workstation

The Voodoo DOLL DCC is the smallest Dual Processor professional workstation supporting dual AMD Opteron processors in a shoebox sized enclosure.

Optoma’s H79 Now Available

Designed for home theater fans, the H79 offers 4500:1 contrast ratio, power zoom, power focus, native 720p resolution and features Texas Instruments' DLP and DarkChip 3 Technologies

Fujitsu Convertible T4000 Tablet PC

A new indoor-outdoor wide-view display provides exceptional visibility at all angles and lighting conditions and an indoor high-resolution screen delivers striking clarity.

Samsung p777 Now Available At Cingular

The Samsung p777 is the first phone in Samsung's new line of high-speed, high- bandwidth, multimedia phones.

Toshiba Debuts Stylish Portege S100 Laptop

Weighing 4.38 pounds, the Portege S100 is Toshiba's lightest ultra-portable, two-spindle notebook to feature a 14.1-inch display and measures under an inch thin.

Research Says Ethernet Is Here To Stay

Although many research firms have proclaimed that wireless has eclipsed Ethernet as a home networking technology, research from The Diffusion Group suggests otherwise.

Intel Debuts MMX2 For Cell Phones

Enhanced Intel Wireless MMX2 technology promises to boost video, audio applications for mobile handsets.

DOOM3 Comes To The Macintosh

id Software's critically acclaimed blockbuster hit, DOOM 3 for Macintosh is charging onto retail shelves everywhere by March 19, 2005.

Energy Speakers Take FPS And Take TWR

Energy has expanded the Take Series with two new models - the Take FPS and TWR.

Sonic Develops Blu-ray CD Writing Software

Sonic today debuted Blu-ray Disc recording/playback solutions that will allow consumers to burn and play back discs in the new high-capacity BD digital media format.

Nokia Introduces Three New CDMA Phones

New entry-level Nokia 2115i phone, folding Nokia 3155 phone and Nokia 6155 camera phone make debut today.

Apple Upset With iPod Shuffle Copy

LuxPro, the Taiwanese maker of an iPod Shuffle clone had their look-alike digital audio player on display at this years CTIA show where Apple is also attending.

Sony Ericsson S710 Available At Cingular

Announced at CTIA, the new Sony Ericsson S710 features a 1.3 megapixel camera and a unique slider capability.

ATI Debutes New Chips For Cell Phones

ATI's new IMAGEON 2282 and IMAGEON 2182 media chips will help cell phone manufactuers to integrate digital cameras and camcorder features in their new phones.

Play WMA And WMV On Your Nokia Phone

PacketVideo announced today that it will be the first company to demonstrate a mobile media application playing Microsoft Windows Media audio and video on Nokia Series 60 phones.

TomTom Unveils New TomTom GO 300 And 700

The TomTom GO 700 navigation device is equipped with voice communication capabilities that enable it to be used as a hands-free kit for Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.

RCA Shows Off New TV’s At HDTV Summit

At this years HDTV Summit, RCA introduced seven new SDTV televisions and 23 new Scenium and HDTV televisions.

Sony’s New DVD Dream Systems

Sony's new DVD Dream Systems offer a all-in-one package with a couple of the systems featuring wireless technology.

LTB Release New 802.11 Wifi Headphones

Named 'Freezone', the new Headphone product will be able to connect via 802.11 to any enabled Laptop or PC so as to stream audio via the wireless interface.

Nintendo Describes New Gaming System

At this years game development conference, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata hinted at some of the features the new gaming console by Nintendo will feature, including built in WiFi.

Cruzer Flash Drive Has Fingerprint Scanner

SanDisks new Cruzer Profile USB 2.0 flash drive has personal security capability to safeguard data, images, presentations and other personal information.

Roxio Shows Off Easy Media Creator 7.5

Easy Media Creator 7.5 features music, data backup, and DVD playback capabilities and will be available in retail stores in April.

Apple Joins Blu-ray Disc Association

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced that Apple will become a member of the consortium's Board of Directors.