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ViewSonic Unveils Their Fastest LCD’s Yet

ViewSonic's new 19-inch VX924 and 17-inch VX724 LCD monitors feature a blistering fast 4 millisecond (ms) average video response time across the entire color scale.

Sony Debuts FWD-42PV1 42-inch Plasma

The FWD-42PV1 plasma flat panel display features a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, W-VGA resolution (852x480), and memory card input.

Nikon Introduces Coolpix S1 Digital Camera

Nikon today introduced the new ultra-slim Coolpix S1- a 5.1-megapixel camera featuring a 2.5-inch LCD display.

VoodooPC Launches Shoebox Sized Workstation

The Voodoo DOLL DCC is the smallest Dual Processor professional workstation supporting dual AMD Opteron processors in a shoebox sized enclosure.

Optoma’s H79 Now Available

Designed for home theater fans, the H79 offers 4500:1 contrast ratio, power zoom, power focus, native 720p resolution and features Texas Instruments' DLP and DarkChip 3 Technologies

Fujitsu Convertible T4000 Tablet PC

A new indoor-outdoor wide-view display provides exceptional visibility at all angles and lighting conditions and an indoor high-resolution screen delivers striking clarity.

Samsung p777 Now Available At Cingular

The Samsung p777 is the first phone in Samsung's new line of high-speed, high- bandwidth, multimedia phones.

Toshiba Debuts Stylish Portege S100 Laptop

Weighing 4.38 pounds, the Portege S100 is Toshiba's lightest ultra-portable, two-spindle notebook to feature a 14.1-inch display and measures under an inch thin.

Research Says Ethernet Is Here To Stay

Although many research firms have proclaimed that wireless has eclipsed Ethernet as a home networking technology, research from The Diffusion Group suggests otherwise.

Intel Debuts MMX2 For Cell Phones

Enhanced Intel Wireless MMX2 technology promises to boost video, audio applications for mobile handsets.

DOOM3 Comes To The Macintosh

id Software's critically acclaimed blockbuster hit, DOOM 3 for Macintosh is charging onto retail shelves everywhere by March 19, 2005.

Energy Speakers Take FPS And Take TWR

Energy has expanded the Take Series with two new models - the Take FPS and TWR.

Sonic Develops Blu-ray CD Writing Software

Sonic today debuted Blu-ray Disc recording/playback solutions that will allow consumers to burn and play back discs in the new high-capacity BD digital media format.

Nokia Introduces Three New CDMA Phones

New entry-level Nokia 2115i phone, folding Nokia 3155 phone and Nokia 6155 camera phone make debut today.

Apple Upset With iPod Shuffle Copy

LuxPro, the Taiwanese maker of an iPod Shuffle clone had their look-alike digital audio player on display at this years CTIA show where Apple is also attending.

Sony Ericsson S710 Available At Cingular

Announced at CTIA, the new Sony Ericsson S710 features a 1.3 megapixel camera and a unique slider capability.

ATI Debutes New Chips For Cell Phones

ATI's new IMAGEON 2282 and IMAGEON 2182 media chips will help cell phone manufactuers to integrate digital cameras and camcorder features in their new phones.

Play WMA And WMV On Your Nokia Phone

PacketVideo announced today that it will be the first company to demonstrate a mobile media application playing Microsoft Windows Media audio and video on Nokia Series 60 phones.

TomTom Unveils New TomTom GO 300 And 700

The TomTom GO 700 navigation device is equipped with voice communication capabilities that enable it to be used as a hands-free kit for Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.

RCA Shows Off New TV’s At HDTV Summit

At this years HDTV Summit, RCA introduced seven new SDTV televisions and 23 new Scenium and HDTV televisions.

Sony’s New DVD Dream Systems

Sony's new DVD Dream Systems offer a all-in-one package with a couple of the systems featuring wireless technology.

LTB Release New 802.11 Wifi Headphones

Named 'Freezone', the new Headphone product will be able to connect via 802.11 to any enabled Laptop or PC so as to stream audio via the wireless interface.

Nintendo Describes New Gaming System

At this years game development conference, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata hinted at some of the features the new gaming console by Nintendo will feature, including built in WiFi.

Cruzer Flash Drive Has Fingerprint Scanner

SanDisks new Cruzer Profile USB 2.0 flash drive has personal security capability to safeguard data, images, presentations and other personal information.

Roxio Shows Off Easy Media Creator 7.5

Easy Media Creator 7.5 features music, data backup, and DVD playback capabilities and will be available in retail stores in April.

Apple Joins Blu-ray Disc Association

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced that Apple will become a member of the consortium's Board of Directors.

Microsoft To Acquire Groove Networks

Microsoft Corp. announced today that it will acquire Groove Networks Inc., a leading provider of collaboration software for the 'virtual office.'

SanDisk 2GB Cruzer Titanium Flash Drive

Cruzer Titanium is a sleek, USB 2.0 hi-speed flash storage drive that is virtually indestructible and designed to physically protect the valuable data of business and power users.

Siemens And Wherify Build GPS Locator Phone

The Wherifone G550 Locator Phone, powered by Siemens technology, is expected to be available through Wal-Mart stores and Walmart.com beginning in Q2, 2005.

Samsung Unveils 3GB HDD Phone

The SGH-i300 first phone featuring 'Plug & Play Files-to-go,' which allows the phone to function as a removable hard disk drive.

AMD Debuts Turion 64 Mobile Technology

Turion 64 gives performance to thinner and lighter notebook PCs with longer battery life, enhanced security, and compatibility with the latest graphics and wireless solutions.

Sony Debuts New Receiver Lineup

Sony has announced four new value receivers and their new ES line of high-end receivers.

Microsoft Readies Office Communicator 2005

Microsoft has announced their new Office Communicator 2005 product which integrates IM, voice, video, telephony and access to Web conferencing into a single client.

Logitech Debuts Speakers For Apple iPod

Logitech's new mm22 portable speakers are designed with the Apple iPod in mind. They will be available at the end of March.

Firefly Phone Developed For Kids

Firefly Mobile is marketing their new Firefly phone to kids. The phone features only 5 buttons and has extensive parental controls.

Sony Introduces New DVD Players

At Sony's Open House 2005 event the company introduced several new DVD players including three HDMI up-scaling DVD players, a new DVD recorder and a 400-disc changer.

Survey: Home Networking Continues To Grow

According to In-Stat, media networking connections in homes will grow from more than 50 million in 2005 to more than 200 million in 2009, a 29% compound annual growth rate.

Kyocera And Alienware Sign Into Agreement

Your next Kyocera phone may have an Alienware look to it thanks to an agreement between thte two companies to co-develop new wireless products.