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Microsoft To Power Verizon Media Phones

Verizon has chosen the Microsoft Windows Media Format to power their V CAST 3G media enabled phones.

IDC: Wireless Gaming Is A Serious Business

According to a report by IDC, wireless gaming is expected to surpass the ring tone business with nearly $1.5 billion annually by 2008.

Sonos Begins Shipping Pre-order Units

The Sonos Digital Music System is the first and only multi-zone digital music system with a wireless, full-color LCD screen controller.

Avant Browser 10.0 Build 112 Download

Block pop-up windows and browse multiple sites at once. Their newest version is now available for download.

Stream Video To Your Cingular Phone

Cingular has teamed up with MobiTV to provide their subscribers streaming video content for an extra $9.99/month.

Konica Minolta Introduces DiMAGE Z5

The DiMAGE Z5 is features a 12x optical Mega Zoom lens and 5-megapixel CCD capabilities.

XM And Sirius In Merger Talks

Yes, the title of this article is not an illusion, XM Radio and Sirius Radio are actually contemplating a merger according to the New York Post.

Want a Windows Update? Get Verified First

In a move to fight piracy, Microsoft could soon be verifying your copy of Windows before you are allowed to download any updates.

Verizon To Carry Samsung SCH-a890 Phone

Available February 1 the SCH-a890, is the first wireless handset from Samsung for Verizon Wireless' VCAST service - the nation's first 3G wireless multimedia service.

Philips RC9800i Color Touch-Screen Remote

Not much bigger than a paperback novel, the RC9800i features a 3.5-inch (9cm) LCD color touchscreen, providing a fully interactive interface for controlling and consuming content.

Motion Computing Launches M1400TC Tablet PC

Priced from $1,649 and shipping now, the Motion M1400TC Tablet Client runs the Windows XP Embedded operating system

VOOM And Gloom

Darryl Wilkinson from Home Theater Magazine has a great analysis of what caused the destruction of the HDTV satellite service VOOM.

Microsoft Releases Stripped XP To OEM’s

It looks like Microsoft is not planning on appealing the court decision in Europe, as they are sending a media stripped version of XP to OEM's already.

Google, Yahoo To Provide Video Search

As weird as it may sound, Google has developed a way to search close captioning text of television shows.

Nokia Is First To Use Chip from TI

Nokia will incorporate a single-chip solution based on Texas Instruments Digital RF Processor (DRP) technology to its future mobile phones.

Sharps Actius MC24 Notebook Finally Arrives

Sharps acclaimed Actius MC24 notebook comes with 60GB of hard drive space and built in WiFi for under $1000 dollars.

Pentax Intros New Photo Printers

Pentax has introduced the PocketJet 3 and 3 Plus portable printers to its product line.

WinBook LX Notebook For $699

WinBook today announced its ultra-portable $699 WinBook LX ultra-value model, the lowest-priced model in WinBook’s twelve year history.

iTunes Song Downloads Top Quarter Billion

Apple has announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 250 million songs from the iTunes Music Store.

Cirrus Adds WMA 9 Decoder On Processor

Cirrus Logic has incorporated Microsoft's Windows Media Audio 9 Professional (WMA Pro) decoder onto its flagship CS49520 audio digital signal processor (DSP).

Creative Labs Zen Micro Review

Every site on the web has you believing the Zen Micro is the next iPod killer. Our tests tell us otherwise. Is the Zen Micro worth your money?

Motorola i860 Phone Goes Retro

Boost Mobile is selling a limited edition Motorola i860 phone aimed at young trendsetters.

Fiber Could Reach 50% Of Homes By 2010

Fiber-deep communications networks could reach nearly half of all U.S. homes by 2010, according to the latest BroadbandAction report by Pike & Fischer's Communications.

Info Leaked On Nintendo’s Next Console

Engadget.com is reporting that Nintendo's next-gen gaming console could have dual processors, built in WiFi and gyroscopic controllers.

CEA praises FCC Chairman Powell

The Consumer Electronics Association is saddened by the resignation of FCC chairman Michael Powell and says Powell 'got it' when it came to technology.

Silicon Image Debuts New HDMI Reciever

Silicon Image has developed a new low-cost HDMI reciever for use with digital television sets.

Does Nvidia’s SLI Shortchanges Gamers?

An SLI based PC is a gamers dream, twice the graphical horsepower. What Nvidia isn't telling you though is that the game has to support it. Does yours?

ATI’s Matt Skyner Gets Interviewed

Hexus.net interviews ATI's Director of Discrete Desktop Graphics, Matt Skyner.

Konica Minolta Debuts DiMAGE Z5 Camera

The new DiMAGE Z5 features a 5.0-megapixel CCD anti-shake system and 12x optical zoom.

Sony Admits It Goofed On Digital Music

Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment says Sony 'goofed' when it came to selling portable audio players by not supporting the MP3 format.

Xbox Live Reaches 1.4M Members

Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Xbox Live online gaming service has set a new standard with more than 1.4 million members.

Microsoft Lays Off 62 Test Engineers

Acting as if the company is in financial woes, Microsoft has laid off 62 of their core Windows testing team, instead outsourcing the jobs to India in an effort to save money.

AOL Relaunches Search Service

AOL's new search engine uses the Google core to find more relavent results for their subscribers.

Western Digital Enters Mini-Drive Market

Western Digital has made the decision to enter the miniature hard drive market by introducing a 1-inch drive for consumer electronics applications.

Vidikron Introduces Two New DLP Projectors

Vidikron is adding two new single-chip Digital Light Processing projectors to its product line-up which will be available later this month.

Toshiba Launches Satellite M45 Notebook

Toshiba's new M45 notebook comes with a CD/DVD writer and has a native resolution of 1280x800.

Canon’s New PowerShot A510 Digital Camera

Canon's new compact 3.2 megapixel PowerShot A510 digital camera with a powerful 4x optical zoom.

Toshiba Tecra A3 Comes In Under $1000

Toshiba's new Tecra A3 notebook features a 1.6GHz Intel processor, 40GB hard drive and WiFi for under $1000 dollars.