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Cellphones Could Hit $25 Price In 12 Months

According to a survey by Portelligent, handsets could hit the $25 price in a couple years, or even as soon as 12 months, ensuring everyone is connected.

Philips Shows Nexperia Media Player Design

Philips and Mediabolic are showing off a new reference design of their Nexperia networked media player chip for manufacturers.

ATI ‘Crossfire’ Targets Nvidia’s SLI

ATI is firing back at Nvidia with their new 'Crossfire' graphics cards. According to ATI, their new Crossfire cards offer SLI like performance without special drivers.

Get a PC From Earthlink for Only $69.99

ExtremeTech is reporting that Xandros and EarthLink are offering a PC for only $69 dollars if you sign up for their premium dial-up service.

Nintendo Reveals more Revolution Details

In an interview with Nintendo Vice President George Harrison, Gamespot.com finds out a little more regarding Nintendo's strategy for their new Revolution console and Game Boy Micro.

Samsung 910MP & 730B LCD Monitors

Overclockers Online has published another review on the Samsung 910MP and 730B LCDs. Nice to see a comparison.

Last Minute E3 Show Coverage

A couple sites are still pumping out E3 show coverages, the Tech Zone talks about the Xbox 360 and TechIMO has the whole show summarized.

ACIDplanet is Now Offering Podcasts

While they are not exactly talk radio shows, ACIDplanet users can now subscribe to five weekly Podcasts from various ACIDplanet artists.

CEA Pushes for Wireless Devices on Planes

The CEA filed comments with the FCC this week stating that wireless devices should be allowed to be used for data purposes rather than voice for in-flight use.

RIAA Goes After Internet2 Users

The RIAA is going after 20 new schools for file swapping on the Internet2 network, bringing the campus totals to 33 schools.

Dell Adds 500GB Hard Drives to Desktops

Dell's new Dimension 9100 desktop system is now available in arctic/silver. Dell is also adding optional 500GB SATA 2 hard drives to their Dimension XPS Gen 5 desktops.

New Motherboards Feature Dolby Digital Chip

Abit, ASUSTeK, and Gigabyte now have motherboards with integrated Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Headphone, and Dolby Virtual Speaker technologies.

ATI Brings HDTV to the PC

ATI has demonstrated high-definition H.264 video playback with hardware acceleration on the PC platform

Yahoo! Mail Intros PhotoMail Beta

Called 'PhotoMail', this new service from Yahoo! allows you to share pictures using Yahoo! Mail.

Toshiba Says HD DVD Will Move Forward

Reuters is reporting that Toshiba plans on letting the market decide which format, Blu-Ray or HD DVD, will prevail at retailers.

PC Forecast Slightly Rises

Worldwide PC shipments are forecast to total 202.1 million units in 2005, a 10.2 percent increase from 2004, according to a preliminary forecast by Gartner, Inc.

Dish to Introduce Portable DVR Product

Tentatively called the 'PocketDish', this portable DVR will be able to record shows from your TV satellite service as well as store other audio and video content.

Iomega Patents Storage Technology

Don't coundt Iomega out just yet, the company has just patented a new storage technology that puts 850GB on a single DVD disc.

PalmOne Buys Back Palm Name

palmOne announced an agreement with PalmSource, Inc. for palmOne to acquire full rights to the brand name Palm.

Philips Designs Chip for Portable Audio Use

Philips' Nexperia PNX0106 chip is low-power solution that will make it easy for manufacturers to build hard disk drive based portable audio players with optimal battery life.

Yahoo Debuts Personalized Movie Picks

Yahoo! Movies is now offering personalized movie recommendations, a free service that gives fans movie recommendations based on their individual preferences.

Blu-ray Gets Ready for Mass Manufacturing

Broad acceptance and adoption of Blu-ray Disc has led to the maturation of the complete disc manufacturing process.

Mobile Phones Sales up 17% in First Quarter

The mobile phone industry had a record first quarter with worldwide sales totaling 180.6 million units, a 17 percent increase from the first quarter of 2004, according to Gartner.

Nokia 770 Net Appliance

MobileBurn.com takes a look at the new Linux powered Nokia 770 Net Appliance. While its definately not a cell phone, it does rely on WiFi for its internet connections.

JBL’s New Studio L Series Speakers

The Studio L Series are eight models that incorporate design innovations and technologies directly derived from the company’s professional recording studio monitors.

Sonos Music System Review

Stream music all over your house wirelessly with the Sonos Digital Audio System. Wow your neighbors with the iPod like controller which shows album information and more.

Western Digital Ships 320GB Hard Drive

The Western Digital Caviar RE drives spin at 7,200 RPM, are equipped with either Serial ATA (SATA) or EIDE interfaces and are available in capacities up to 320 GB.

Infinium’s Phantom Console Loses Ground

Infinium Labs gaming console, the 'Phantom' was a no-show at this years E3 show, and it sounds like the company needs a $11.5 million dollar investment to stay alive.

Samsung’s 16GB Solid State Hard Drive

Samsung has developed the first Solid State Disk (SSD) based on NAND Flash memory technology for consumer and mobile PC applications.

Belkin TuneStage for iPod

The Belkin TuneStage lets you play music through your home network and home theater system using Bluetooth technology.

DirecTV Launches Local Digital/HD Satellite

DirecTV has successfully launched their new DirecTV 8 satellite which sill support local digital and high-definition content.

AMD Debuts New Geode Processor

AMD announced availability of the AMD Geode LX [email protected] processor, designed for use with mobile and embedded devices. The company is promising desktop-like performance from the chip

Microsoft May Face EU Fine in a Few Weeks

Microsoft and the European Commission are still not playing nice and Microsoft only has a few weeks to comply with the EU's ruling or they could be paying up to $5M a day.

Archos AV 700 Features 100GB Hard Drive

Archos is branding the AV 700 as having the mobilty and wide screen of a DVD player and the functions of a DVR, oh and did we mention the massive 100GB hard drive?
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