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Best Buy’s Magazine Scam

The next time you hit Best Buy, a clerk might ask you if you want a free 8-week magazine subscription. The catch is that it will renew automatically, billing your credit card.

File Sharing Hits Supreme Court (again)

According to CNN, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster P2P case will go to the Supreme Court on March 29th. The industry will be watching the outcome closely.

Canon Introduces New Mini-DV Camcorders

At this years PMA 2005 show, February 20th, Canon will introduce the Optura 50 and Optura 60 and the 1.33 megapixel ZR400 camcorders.

Microsoft To Replace Xbox Power Cords

As a precautionary measure and out of concern for consumer safety, Microsoft will voluntarily replace the power cords on 14.1 million Xbox consoles worldwide.

Concord Introduces New Digital Cameras

Concord's 8 megapixel & 5 megapixel digital cameras offer key features, such as one-touch ImageEnhance, extra-large 2.5-Inch LCD & direct print capabilities.

Samsung’s New 16X DVD Writer

Designed for the consumer market, the TS-H552U offers an amazing 5X dual layer speed recording -- one of the fastest in the industry today, and will have a price of only $75 dollars

VKB Enables Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard

VKB just announced that they enable the first Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard. It projects a keyboard image on your desk - and actually works.

Samsung Develops DDR3 Memory Prototype

Samsungs new 512Mb DDR3 DRAM memory can process data at the extraordinary rate of 1,066Mbps and will be available early 2006.

Nikon Announces New Coolpix Cameras

Nikon has introduced five new Coolpix cameras, the 5900, 7900, 4600, 5600 and 7600 models.

Mitsubishi’s Tiny DLP Pocket Projector

With an estimated price of $699, Mitsubishi's PocketProjector weighs just 14-ounces and fits in the palm of your hand.

Circuit City Will Close 19 Stores

Circuit City will close 19 stores, five regional offices and a distribution center by the end of the month.

INHD Working On Three New HD Programs

The new programs, being developed as part of INHD’s commitment to continue bringing consumers the most and best native HD programming, are scheduled to debut this year.

PC Laptops Introduces Model 375 Laptop

PC Laptops new 375 notebook computer comes with a 15.4-inch screen 128MB Radeon video card and is Intel Centrino based.

Toshiba Announces New Laptops

Toshiba has introduced several new laptops today including the Tecra S2, and the slim Tecra M3.

Users Bypass Copy Protection On Napster

A couple sites have posted information showing you how to bypass the copy protection provided by online music services using Winamp.

IBM Debuts ThinkVision L190 LCD Monitor

IBM has introduced its newest ThinkVision desktop monitor, the 19-inch Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), ThinkVision L190.

PacketVideo Media Player Comes To Palm OS

PacketVideo will provide its media player for use in Palm Powered phones and mobile devices.

Niveus Pocket PC Remote Software

Access and control your entire digital music collection from any location in the home with the new Niveus Pocket Remote Software.

Samsung Unveils Latest Handsets

Samsung has unveiled its latest range of 3G handsets: the SGH-Z500, Z130 and Z300 .

Nvidia Announces GeForce Go 6600 GPU

Nvidia's new GeForce Go 6600 graphics adapter will be available on laptops from Acer, Asus, Gericom, Medion, Toshiba, and others.

Casio’s New EX-Z750 & EX-Z57 Exilim’s

Casio has announced two new Exilim camera's. The EX-Z750 features a 7.2 megapixel imaging element while the EX-Z57 comes with a large 2.7-inch display.

Epson Introduces Stylus Photo R1800 Printer

Epson's new Stylus Photo R1800 printer is fast and producing a 200 year ink life on whatever is printed.

RealNetworks And Siemens Partner Up

RealNetworks Helix Technology will be integrated into Siemens' Media Delivery Solution for the company's 3G handsets.

SanDisk Waterproof USB Flash Drive

SanDisk's new waterproof flash drives can be worn as a necklace and will be targeted towards health professions.

Philips Launches Solution For TV On Mobile

Philips Electronics has announced they announced it will deliver a System-in-Package (SiP) enabling TV on mobile in Q4 2005.

Motorola Takes RAZR Design To Next Step

The Motorola PEBL V6, the special-edition black RAZR V3, and the SLVR V8 all share design cue's inspired by the original RAZR phone.

Philips Introduces Five New Mobile Phones.

Philips has introduced five new mobile phones all with unique features such as swivel screens, cameras and multimedia capabilities. (Pictures inside)

AMD Announces Opteron 852 And 252 CPUs

The new models represent the world’s highest performing processors for one-way to eight-way x86 servers and workstations.

Nokia Introduces 6681 Smartphone

The Nokia 6681 imaging smartphone features a 1.3 megapixel camera, a full Internet browser, and a music player. (Pictures inside)

VoodooPC ENVY m:515 Laptop PC

VoodooPC has announced their new m:515 notebook computer designed for men or women, featuring the new Intel 'Sonoma' Centrino Platform.

Motorola And Oakley’s RAZRWire Sunglasses

Named RAZRWire the new sunglasses frees the wearer from cumbersome wires and allows active users to quickly answer or place calls with the touch of a button.

SanDisk Announces 1-Gigabyte miniSD Card

SanDisk is doubling the current capacity of its popular SanDisk miniSD card to 1-gigabyte.

Worldwide PDA Shipments Grew 7 Percent

Led by strong growth by Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry shipments, worldwide personal digital assistant (PDA) shipments increased 6.6 percent in 2004, according to Gartner.

Microsoft Comes To Your Nokia Phone

The agreement anounced today between the two companies, includes long-term collaboration on digital media format support for Nokia handsets and Windows Media Player.

Daily Download: JetAudio 6.10 Basic

Integrated multimedia software made of a single compact rack.

VoIP Over Phone Wiring

Having trouble installing or wiring your home for VoIP phone service? Jake Ludington has a great article that will walk you through the process.

Fujitsu Notebook Promises CRT Quality

Fujitsu says their new N3500 notebook uses display technologies that give the system a CRT quality display.

Music Piracy More Common In Canada

Canadians are significantly more likely than Americans to download music files from the Internet and use peer-to-peer, file-sharing networks, according to Parks Associates.