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Skype For Mac OS X And Linux

Skype announced the availability of its feature-rich Skype for Mac OS X Version 1.0 and Skype for Linux Version 1.0 software applications

Diamond MM To Use SnapStream’s Kits

Diamond Multimedia's new XtremeTV tuner and personal video recorder will use SnapStreams tuner, remote control and software bundle.

Napster Rolls Out Portable Music Service

The Napster to Go service allows you to purchase DRM protected songs from Napster and take them with you on your digital audio player - just like you can do with Apples iTunes.

MSI Launches Mega Stick 527 MP3 Player

MSI's new Mega Stick 527 may look like a kids toy, but it has some cool features like 18 hours of playback on a single AAA battery and a USB 2.0 connection.

Sony PSP To Be Available March 24th

Priced at $249 dollars, the Sony PSP portable handheld gaming system will be available here in the US March 24th.

Gateway’s New SHD-3010 30-inch LCD TV

Gateway has introduced their new 30-inch HD-Ready LCD TV, the SHD-3010, with a price of $1,799.99. Click on the story to see a picture.

Macrovision And Microsoft Working Together

Macrovision announced it is working with Microsoft to provide support for interoperability between Microsoft Windows Media DRM and Macrovision's copy management solution.

Kodak Says They Lead In Digital Cameras

Kodak has released an announcement that says they are leading in U.S. digital camera, snapshot printer, photo kiosk, and online picture sharing markets.

US Phone Subscribers to Reach 236M By 2010

The penetration of mobile telephone service among U.S. consumers is expected to climb from 61% in 2004 to over 75% by 2010 according to researcf firm The Diffusion Group.

Rotel To Develop Sirius Enabled Tuner

The RT1084 tuner is Rotel's first satellite enabled unit, and will be able to play three different channels of Sirius radio at the same time in separate rooms.

Fujitsu Gives LifeBook P7010 Speed Increase

Fujitsu's new LifeBook P7010 notebook comes in two flavors of processors which are running at faster speeds than before, for under $1500 dollars.

Verizon Wireless And Music Video Downloads

Verizon Wireless will offer free music downloads initially, then plans on charging $399 per music video download evetually.

Microsoft Won’t Unveil New Xbox In March

Rumor had it that Microsoft would be introducing their next generation Xbox game console at the Game Developers Conference in March. Microsoft has said 'no' however.

Microsoft Launches New MSN Search

MSN Search is in beta no more. Microsoft has released the full version of their new MSN Search engine. Can it compete with Google though?

AudioReQuest Fusion Special Edition

ReQuest has announced the release of a Special Edition of its category-leading design—the AudioReQuest Fusion.

Canon’s 4MP PowerShot A520 Camera

Canon's new 4-megapixel PowerShot A520 digital camera features a 4X optical zoom and SD/MMC storage for under $300 dollars.

NBC Universal And CinemaNow Sign Agreement

CinemaNow customers can now stream NBC Universal's new release movies and pay-per-view television programming via the CinemaNow web site.

Online Gaming Market Continues To Grow

Today, 41% of Internet users in the United States play PC games online and that number is growing according to a study by IDC.

US Modular Launches 4GB Monster Drive

US modular has announced two new Monster Drives offering 2GB and 4GB of storage accessed through the drives USB interface.

Dell Debuts New Latitude Notebook Computers

The Latitude D410, D610 and D810 are Dell's new Latitude notebook lineup featuring processors running up to 2.13GHz.

TiVo Opens Source To 3rd Party Developers

TiVo will make a software development kit available for 3rd party developers, allowing them to create new features to their fee-based service

Apple Unveils Faster PowerBooks

Apple's new PowerBooks features PowerPC G4 processors running up to 1.67 GHz, faster hard drives and a faster 8X SuperDrive.

Gateway Introduces New Laptop Line

Gateway today announced several new notebooks for sale in retail stores. They include the 3018GZ, 4540GZ and 7320GZ among others.

ATI Ships FireGL V5000 Graphics Card

The FireGL V5000 will have an MSRP of $699 and is designed to bring impressive performance to the mid-range workstation market,

Casio Introduces New EX-P505 Digital Camera

The new Exllim Pro EX-P505 is a stylish digital camera equipped with a 5.0 megapixel imaging element and a 5X optical zoom.

InterVideo Combines Software In One Suite

Called MediaOne, the new software suite combines all of the company's multimedia solutions in one convenient package.

MSI MegaStick 256 MP3 Player Review

Virtual Zone reviews the 256MB MSI MegaStick flash based MP3 player. They seem to think MSI could do better.

HDD/DVD Recorders Pick Up Steam In Japan

According to the Japan Electronic and Information Technology Association shipments of DVD/HDD recorders grew 14% in Japan last December.

Audiovox SMT 5600 Review

HowardChui.com reviews the new Audiovox SMT 5600 Smartphone which is also sold under the Orange SPV C500 name.

Super Bowl Boosts DTV Sales

The CEA is reporting that DTV sales are increasing in retail stores due to the upcoming Super Bowl.

Halcro Launches New Sound Processors

Halcro recently introduced two feature-packed surround sound processors, to compliment their new Logic Series, the SSP100 and SSP80.

NTT DoCoMo to Market D901i In Japan

NTT DoCoMo will start selling the D901i 3G FOMA handset, the latest model in the advanced 901i series, nationwide on February 1, 2005.

Nintendo Profits Fall by 43 Percent

Reuters is reporting that Nintendo's profits have sunk by as much as 43-percent due to the decline in GameCube sales.

Lawyer Blasts Apple’s ThinkSecret Suit

Terry Gross, the attorney representing ThinkSecret owner Nick Ciarelli goes on the offensive asking the case to be thrown out.

Engineer’s Show Off Multi-Channel MP3

Developed by engineers in Germany, the new MP3 format delivers cinema-like multichannel audio.

Infinium Labs Lawyers Sell Stock

Whereisphantom.com is reporting that some of Infinium Labs attorneys' are cashing in on their stock with some making as much as $750K off the sale. Is this a sign?

Target Pulls Mac mini From Online Store

This can't be good news, but hopefully its only temporary. Target has stopped selling the Apple Mac mini through their online stores, citing availability concerns.

SanDisk Creates Memoy Cards For Video Games

SanDisk's new "translucent" look Memory Stick Pro Duo cards were created for Sony's new portable gaming system the PSP.