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Microsoft and Sony Getting Cozy on Blu-ray?

Sony and Microsoft give conflicting accounts of whether Blu-ray could be in the Xbox 360's future.

Ccube Offers Craigslist Users Anonymity

By shielding your actual phone number from callers, Ccube lets the Craigslist community contact you without giving away too much.

Researchers Dupe Keys Using Photos

Teleduplication allows researchers to reproduce working key copies just by snapping photos of them - even from afar.

Warner Bros. Pledges Exclusivity to Blu-ray

The major Hollywood studio will drop its support for HD-DVD in May, releasing new movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format.

Does Iomega’s eGo Drive Hold Vodka or Data?

The odd design of Iomega's new leather-bound eGo portable hard drive definitely calls to mind a hip flask, making it the coolest hard drive in the 10th grade.

Baby Boomers’ Web Presence Underestimated

Survey results show older Web surfers hitting social networking sites and video sites more often than previously thought.

GameStop Bails on Microsoft Zune

Lackluster sales have lead GameStop to dump its remaining Zunes and swear off the MP3 players for good in the future.

Vista-Capable Labels May Have Misled Buyers

New evidence shows that many Microsoft employees had the same misgivings about the Windows Vista Capable label as plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit now do.

Sony Funnels $203M into OLED Technology

The investment will help develop technology for manufacturing OLED screens larger than the company's current 11-inch model.

SanDisk Pushes DV to the TV with New Device

The Sansa TakeTV works like a thumb drive for video that hooks up to any television, giving consumers a drag-and-drop approach to watching digital video in their living rooms.

My Passport Elite Drives Shoot for Style

Western Digital's latest line of portable hard drives dispenses with raw tech specs for a trendy design the company hopes will move get people to buy them based on curb appeal.

Micron Debuts 32GB and 64GB SSDs

By using a lightweight plastic housing and specialized SATA II controller, Micron claims their drives are both lighter and faster than the competition.

Sergey Brin Books Flight into Space

The Google co-founder has invested $5 million to nab a seat with his name on it when commercial spaceflight becomes a reality.

Asus Trims Eee 1002HA with Brushed Aluminum

The latest U.S. addition to the Eee line takes stylistic cues from the elite S101, but keeps price under $500.

Samsung Shows Off SATA II SSDs

While Samsung's most cutting edge solid-state drives won't hold any more data than its last, they will operate at twice the speed.

Band Sues Guitar Hero Publisher

The Romantics have filed suit against Activision, claiming the cover of their song used in Guitar Hero is too close to the original.

Mail Goggles Prevent Drunken E-mailing

Google's new Mail Goggles feature checks for a sound state of mind before sending out e-mails between the hours where many e-mailers are likely to send messages they regret.

Bungie and Microsoft Breakup?

If Internet rumors from multiple sources are true, Bungie and Microsoft are headed seperate ways over Bungie's stifled creative freedom and Microsoft's handling of its games.

TI Colors Calcs for Back to School

The popular TI-84 Plus Silver Edition now comes in a rainbow of colors from pink to orange, and an online app allows students to customize their calculators even further.

RealPlayer Flagged as Badware

An awareness site claims that the latest versions of RealPlayer install a host of unnecessary components with installation, and fail to clean them up when they're uninstalled.

Averatec Mimics Mac with All-in-One Desktop

Averatec's All-in-One desktop sizes up closely to Apple's entry-level iMac, but features a bold black exterior, a bigger screen, and more power, for a similar price.

Kodak’s Theatre HD Leads in YouTube Quality

Of all the set-top boxes we've seen stream YouTube to the TV, Kodak's seems to do the best job masking the shoddy source quality.

U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Second Life

An informational meeting allowed members of a House subcommittee to size up the need the for potential legislation of the virtual world.

Economic Woes Don’t Damper CES Madness

Early indicators show diminished turnout, but lines remain, and we've yet to see whether the economic conditions will deeply affect this year's announcements.

PS3’s Cell Processor Faces Patent Challenge

Grind up your PS3, a California company says it was the first to patent the concept behind the Cell processor and wants Sony's allegedly infringing systems gone.

Toshiba Slashes HD DVD Player Prices

The company will give the HD DVD format one last hurrah with players cut to half of what they retailed for just months ago.

Students in Hot Water over Hacked Grades

Two Fresno State students face the possibility of jail time and massive fines for hacking the university's computer system and changing grades.

Hitachi Launches Ultra Thin HDTVs

With screens spanning up to 42 inches and just 1.5 inches deep, Hitachi's Ultra Thin LCD sets are intended to blend into any setting.

Qtrax Attempts Free, Legal Music Network

The company's service, which rides on the backs of pirates, may be an intriguing concept but record companies say there aren't any contracts yet.

Amazon Fights NY Over Collecting Sales Tax

The "Amazon Tax," requiring certain online entities to collect state taxes in New York regardless of physical location, has Amazon's lawyers scrambling to arms.

Dell Introduces Faster 24-inch XPS One

The XPS One 24 improves upon its predecessor from the inside out, topping it all off with a 24-inch, 1080p display.

Shuttle Launches $199 KPC

The low-cost system uses minimalist hardware and a free distribution of Linux to cut back on cost, but not quite to the $99 originally expected.

Wal-Mart Jumpstarts Holiday Sales

An upcoming Saturday sale will offer Black-Friday-like deals, including a notebook for $298 and 46-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $798.

Yahoo Buzz Mimics Digg with a Twist

Yahoo's newest service gives users a chance to vote for their favorite content, but also looks at search results to determine popularity.

Google Begins Quest for Renewable Energy

After toying with several green projects in the past, Google has finally undertaken a massive one: Developing a source of electricity cheaper than coal in less than a decade.

Toshiba Opens up on HD DVD

A Monday-morning announcement attempted to stave off rumors of certain death for HD DVD, but left a lingering cloud over the format's fate.

Dell Evades Windows XP’s June 30 Cutoff

By exercising so-called "downgrade rights" included with certain copies of Vista, Dell can preinstall Windows XP on its machines well into the future - but consumers still foot the bill for Vista.

Chrome Snags 1 Percent of Market on Day One

According to one site that logs Web statistics, 1 percent of all page views on Wednesday came from users with Chrome.