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Sony Ericsson Sells Half of UIQ to Motorola

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced today its selling half of its smartphone unit UIQ to rival Motorola.

Red Hat, Novell Linux Sued on Patent Claims

Patent holding company IP Innovation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Linux implementations from Red Hat and Novell.

Gefen Wireless USB Extender Goes 100 Feet

Gefen has introduced a new wireless USB extender which enables users to put up to four USB 2.0 peripherals as far as 100 feet away from their computer.

AOL Rolls Out AIM 6.5

AOL's new version of AIM can stream your buddies' non-DRM music, improves sending text messages to cell phones, and taps into multiplayer casual games.

Joost Beta Opens to Public

Internet television service Joost has shed its invitation-only status, throwing open its 1.0 beta version to general public.

Adobe Buys Online Word Processor

Adobe looks to be going up against Google and Microsoft with online applications by buying the makers of the online world processor Buzzword.

Palm Debuts Inexpensive Centro Smartphone

Palm's new Centro smartphone offers a new design, multimedia, messaging, Web browsing, phone, and email services in a $99 package.

LaCie, WD Debut Storage at Apple Expo

LaCie and WD introduced new storage products at the Apple Expo in Paris, including a two-drive RAID and a new Mac-friendly My Book Studio Edition.

LaCie Goes to Hecht

LaCie has announced new portable hard drives and a portable LightScribe-enabled DVD writer from noted industrial designer Sam Hecht.

LaCie’s Latest Hard Disk is Golden

LaCie's new Golden Disk external hard drive sports a unique, liquid-gold look from designer Ora-Ito, with fanless operation and a 500 GB capacity.

Microsoft Ships Silverlight 1.0

Microsoft has shipped version 1.0 of its Flash competitor Silverlight, and is partnering with Novell to develop Linux support.

Epson Intros World’s Fastest Inkjet

Epson says its new Stylus C120 inkjet printer is the world's fastest inkjet printer, pushing 37 ppm in black and 20 ppm in color - and its just $90.

Apple Refreshes iMac, Introduces iLife ’08

Apple has unveiled new eco-friendly iMacs with 20- and 24-inch displays, a compact Bluetooth keyboard, and a refreshed iLife 08 application suite.

VMWare Ships Fusion for Intel Macs

VMWare's Fusion is now available for Intel-based Macs, letting users run Mac OS X, Windows, and PC-based applications side-by-side.

Crane Your Neck with The CliqueCAM HD

Clique Communications' new CliqueCAM HD Webcams offer "HD-like" 30fps video, snapshot capability, and a flexible gooseneck design.

Apple Rolls Out iPhone 1.0.1 Update

Apple has issued its first update to its iPhone software, giving customers a number of security fixes for its built-in Safari Web browser.

LaCie Takes Big Disk Extreme+ to 2 TB

LaCie has unwrapped its Big Disk Extreme+, sporting a 2 TB capacity, three interfaces (FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and USB), and bundled Retrospect backup software.

Ion Turntables Get Your Vinyl In Gear

Have a bunch of old school vinyl you can't load into your computer or media player? Ion Audio has two new USB-enabled turntables that'll do the trick.

What The iPhone Hackers Have Found

Hackers discover root password and mobile account password, but are they opening Pandora’s box?

Netgear Launches Storage Central Turbo

Netgear has updated its popular consumer network-attached storage (NAS) devices to accommodate 2 SATA drives and offer gigabit Ethernet.

Transcend Offers 32 GB ExpressCard SSD

Transcend Information is offering a 32 GB solid-state disk (SSD) drive as an external storage device with an ExpressCard/34 interface.

Apple Launches the iPhone

Apple's iPhone goes on sale June 29 at 6:00 PM local time...as if that were news to you!

Microsoft Holds Vista Virtualization Line

Microsoft looked like it might change its tune, but no: the company will not be changing its licensing to permit use of Vista Home editions under virtualization.

Swarmcast Accelerates iTunes Downloads

Swarmcast's Autobahn Accelerator for iTunes offers to speed up music and video downloads from Apple's iTunes Store using peer-to-peer technology.

Jobs Touts Safari for Windows, iPhone Apps

At Apple's WWDC developer expo, Steve Jobs took the wraps off a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows, and detailed how the iPhone will support third party applications.

Steganos Offers Mac Users Anonymous Surfing

Privacy software firm Steganos has introduced Internet Anonym VPN for the Mac OS, allowing Apple users to go online with anonymity and security.

Mozilla Foundation Gives $100,000 Grant

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

Google Gears Lets Web Apps Work Offline

Google has announced Google Gears, a major new open source effort designed to let Web-based applications run even when users don't have Internet access.

Apple Launches DRM-Free iTunes Plus

Apple has launched iTunes Plus, offering music from EMI in 256 Kbps AAC format for $1.29 per track - and without Apple's Fairplay digital rights management technology.

Lawsuit Has Grainy View of MacBook Screens

A lawsuit filed in San Diego accuses Apple of falsely advertising the capabilities of displays in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks.

Apple Revs Up Its MacBook

Apple has improved the specs on its MacBook consumer notebooks, offering faster processors, more RAM, and bigger hard drives.

Pray for Vonage

Verizon?s lawsuit against the leading VoIP provider is a dirty trick.

Lexmark Targets Wi-Fi Printing

Lexmark is looking to lower the price tags associated with wireless printing, new inkjet models sporting friendly features...and one with an $80 price tag.

Apple to Replace Swollen MacBook Batteries

Apple has finally admitted to a problem with some batteries in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks, offering to replace batteries which have problems or "deform."

Toshiba Pushes Portable Storage to 200 GB

Toshiba has entered the portable hard drive business with a bang, introducing new 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable hard drives with capacities up to 200 GB.

Apple Delays Leopard Until October

Apple is putting off its next release of Mac OS X, codenamed Leopard, until October 2007...and blames all the effort it's putting into developing the iPhone.

Apple TV Begins Shipping to Customers

The Apple TV has begun shipping to customers, amid predictions it'll go over like a lead balloon or alter the entire media landscape. Will you tune into iTunes?

Blingplayer Brings on the Ice Age

MediaReady's BlingPlayer only packs 1 to 2 GB of flash and a 1.8-inch color screen, but the jeweled-out cases are sure to appeal to...someone.