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Linux Optimized for Mobile Internet Devices

Pepper Linux has been shaved down, spruced up and decked out for the mobile market.

Visualizing The Health of The Internet

Akamai's real-time visualizations of Internet traffic give users an overview of what's wrong with the Web.

EA Introduces Casual Gaming Division

Electronic Arts is making an appeal to the wide demographic of people who don't devote their lives to gaming.

Architectural Marvels: Now On The Web In 3D

Microsoft and the BBC have teamed up to offer models of Britain's greatest buildings, using new technology from Microsoft's Live Labs.

AU Optronics Releases 65-Inch LCD

There's competition at the top. AUO's newest panel packages quick response times and high contrast along with its astounding size.

New Touch-Screen Phone To Rival The iPhone

HTC's Touch will beat Apple to the market in the UK, but will it deliver the same functionality?

AMD Finalizes New DTX Form Factor

The new system standard is intended to make PCs smaller, quiter, and more energy efficient.

Intel Announces 3 Series Chipset

The company's latest chipset is built to support 45nm processors and has a number of features for enhanced media playback.

Western Digital Ships 750GB Hard Drives

It's going to take your BitTorrent client a while to fill these things. They're designed to hold anything you can throw at them, but also for reliability and low power consumption.

Sony Cuts Second-Gen Blu-ray Player Prices

The BDP-S300 will go on sale for $499, a full $100 less than first expected.

Analyst Predicts GTA IV Delay

Releasing the game two weeks later may spell better sales and a better financial year for Take Two Interactive.

Original id Software Title In The Works

Something completely new is stirring over at the company, with legendary developer John Carmack working on its underpinnings.

Mozilla Foundation Gives $100,000 Grant

The makers of the open-source TV platform Democracy received the grant for their shared ideals.

MySpace Wins $5.5 Million in Spam Case

Almost a year after filing suit against the company that spammed its users, MySpace announced that it will receive precedent-setting "liquid damages."

Harman Kardon Introduces Cheaper Nav System

The GPS-300 will do GPS and music to the tune of $299.99, a full $100 less than its video-capable sibling.

Newest Need for Speed Title Hits The Track

EA can skip the disclaimer about illegal street racing on Need for Speed: ProStreet. It leaves the streets behind to put players back on closed courses.

Dell Pushes Energy Efficient PCs

The PC manufacturer's latest desktops are Energy Star 4.0 compliant, and more are on the way.

Xerox Develops New Way to Print UV Marks

The company's innovation allows images that glow under UV light to be embedded in paper by regular four-color printers.

Adobe Releases Acrobat 3D Version 8

Adobe's latest release allows engineering firms to package all their data into one universal file format.

MapQuest Releases ActionScript API

Developers will now be able to program applications for MapQuest using Adobe's popular ActionScript.

Microsoft Brings Users NYC in 3-D

Call it catch-up with Google Earth if you will, but Microsoft has plans to upgrade its Live Search maps with 3-D views of New York City, with many other destinations to come.

Booze Bracelet Knows When You’ve Had Enough

Think of it as a breathalyzer for your ankle. The device is being used nationwide to keep tabs on repeat offenders who have committed alcohol-related crimes in the past.

Sony Sued Over Blu-ray Patent Infringement

A California company claims Sony violated its patent on a silver alloy used in the reflective layer of optical discs.

Forza Motorsport 2 Goes On Sale May 29

Microsoft announced the release date and details about features for its latest racing title.

The Sims to Become a Live-Action Movie

Fox has purchased the rights to Electronic Arts' "The Sims" to produce a movie about... people?

Games Built From Scratch in Under 48 Hours

The One Laptop per Child project is hosting Game Jam, an event where developers and others will come together to build free open-source games on a very, very tight deadline.

Hitachi and Panasonic Cut Plasma Deal

The two companies will share their big-screen panels with one another in the future, in an effort to keep up with falling plasma prices.

Dell’s Ubuntu Linux Systems Now Available

Switching to Linux just got a little easier. Starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, consumers can buy Dell systems with Ubuntu 7.04 preinstalled.

Wear Your iPod shuffle on Your Head

Monster reinterprets "cordless" to bring us a new approach to music sans wires.

Guitar Hero III Songs and Features Released

Songs from Weezer, the Smashing Pumpkins and the Rolling Stones are all slated to appear in the next game, along with new controllers modelled after Gibson and Kramer guitars.

New York State Cracks Down on Game Violence

A new bill would make it mandatory for retailers to carry ratings on their software and enforce them.

Dell’s XPS 720 H2C Spares No Expense

The normally sane folks at Dell have thrown price out the window to bring us the company's latest gaming rig.

Find Cheap Gas On Your Cell Phone

Mobio's Cheap Gas widget gives you bird's eye view of the gas station prices around you, even when you don't have access to a computer.

Illegal Downloading In Decline Among Youth

A new survey shows that illegal downloading has become far less prevalent among older children and teens than it was three years ago.

Rockstar Announces GTA IV Special Edition

A metal security deposit box, keychain and duffel bag are among the goodies fans will snag with the pricy special edition.

HeartMarth Provides Stress Relief Via PC

The emWave PC Stress Relief System is supposed to help users destress by getting their hearts, brains and nervous systems in sync.

Mio DigiWalker C520 Refines Portable GPS

With a generous wide screen and the ability to play movies and music from its 2GB of on-board RAM, the C520 is good for a lot more than finding your way out of the woods.

Name That Tune With Verizon V Cast Song ID

Verizon's heavily hyped V Cast Song ID lets users identify music they like on the spot using their phones.