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Sony’s New Camera Comes With a Photo Album

Sony has announced the Cyber-shot DSC-N1 8-megapixel camera with a 3-inch touch-screen display.

Your Next PC Could Use Netscape

Netcape has signed a deal to have their browser distributed to all HP and Compaq consumer desktop and notebook PCs.

Toshiba Comments on Paramount,Blu-ray

With Paramount Home Entertainment's public endorsement of Blu-ray today, Toshiba is quick to post an official comment on the deal.

Creative Labs Zen Vision 30GB Review

Creative Labs jumps ahead of the pack with their new Zen Vision. Slightly larger than an iPod, the Zen Vision shows off photos and plays both music and video.

Motorola CEO Hints at Apple SmartPhone

Motorola CEO Ed Zander let slip that Apple could be introducing their own "SmartPhone" sometime in the future.

Analyst Predicts New Sony PSP in 2006

Piper Jaffray analyst Anthony Gikas thinks Sony could be releasing a new Sony PSP with a built-in hard drive, some time in 2006.

Sony & SanDisk Develop Memory Stick Micro

The new Memory Stick PRO Micro format supports up to 1GB of storage and can be used for mobile phones.

Skype Releases New Software Version

Skype has released a new software version for Windows that offers users a number of new features.

Altec Lansing Launches inMotion iM5

Altec Lansing has officially launched their new inMotion iM5 audio dock for use with the Apple iPod product line.

Protect Your iPod nano With a Wrapper

UK company Wrappers has introduced a range of ultra-slim soft protective covers for the iPod nano.

BitTorrent Gets First Round of Financing

The popular, yet controversial peer-to-peer developer BitTorrent receives their first round of financing worth $8.75 million dollars.

Music Could Beat Mobile Game Sales

A recent study by In-Stat suggests that mobile music services could garner more interest among U.S. mobile customers than mobile games.

Tweeter and Monster End Relationship

The two companies are butting heads resulting in the retail chain Tweeter dropping Monster products from their stores.

Study: BPL Hype Doesn’t Match Reality

Research firm Energy Insights attacks the Broadband Over Power Line alliance saying the "Hype Doesn't Match Reality". Ouch.

Kodak Ships First WiFi Digital Camera

Kodak has begun shipping what the company claims is the worlds first digital camera to feature WiFi capabilities - the EasyShare One.

HP Launches New iPaq’s, Mobile Printer

HP updates their iPaq product line and adds a new portable printer to the mix. More info and pictures inside!

Bluetooth Shipments Pick up Steam

According to research firm In-Stat, Bluetooth shipments more than doubled in 2005, the fourth consecutive year of doing so.

Sprint: Create Your Own Ringtones

Sprint customers can now create their own ringtones using the new ToneMaker DJ software, but it will cost you - $4.99/mo.

Motorola Releases RAZR V3x Details

Motorola's new RAZR V3x features two integrated cameras and the same RAZR styling we have all come to love.

DLO HomeDock Connects iPod to Your Receiver

Who needs the Bose SoundDock when you can connect your Apple iPod to any audio system with RCA jacks?

New VoodooPC Aria Makes DVD Images

VoodooPC's latest Media Center PC will back your DVD's up onto the systems hard drive, including movie box covers.

Apple iPod nano 2GB Review

The iPod nano 2GB may look tiny, but its big on features. Probably one of Apple's greatest creations yet, the nano is sure to put a smile on your face.

Apple iPod nano 4GB Review

The iPod nano may look tiny, but its big on features. Probably one of Apple's greatest creations yet, the nano is sure to put a smile on your face.

Oppo Digital OPDV971H Review

Oppo Digital. Remember this name, because they will be your next DVD player. Read on to see why this new company is making waves.

Microsoft Releases New Xbox Live Details

Microsoft has revealed their new Xbox Live plans today, designed to work with the new Xbox 360 game console.

Nero Jumps on Blu-ray Bandwagon

Nero 6 Reloaded will be able to record video, audio, and DVD content onto Blu-ray optical discs.

Philips GoGear is Back in Black

The new Philips GoGear HDD1630 and HDD6330 jukeboxes look like the Cadillac of MP3 players and comes in 6GB and 30GB versions.

Acer TravelMate 4020

Acer has introduced their new TravelMate 4020 notebook featuring PCI-Express technology.

CinemaNow Hits the Archos AV 700

CinemaNow, the online movie service, will be able to deliver content to the Archos AV 700 and Gmini 402 portable media devices.

Latest Roxio Software Encodes DivX Format

Roxio's Toast 7 software is the first third-party application to support DivX 6 encoding.

IDC: Cell Phones Will Not replace Camera’s

Research frim IDC has released a new study that says cell phones will not replace digital camera's in years to come.

Westinghouse Adds LCM-19v5 to LCD Line-up

Westinghouse has announced their new LCM-19v5 19-inch LCD monitor to the companies product line-up.

Logitech V20 Laptop Speakers

Logitech's new V20 laptop speakers are both lightweight and compact, plus they run directly off of USB power.

Panasonic’s New SC-PM71 SD Micro System

The SC-PM71 is the first Micro System capable of of recording and playing music from an SD Memory Card.