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Microsoft, Apple Reworking MP3 Player Market?

PC Magazine - Mon Jul 17, 5:51 AM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - If the rampant speculation over the digital music plans of Microsoft and Apple Computer are to be believed, the digital music landscape is about to change radically in the very near future.

  • 'Evo' Games Console Creator Talks Ship Dates, Features PC Magazine - Mon Jul 17, 4:54 AM ET

    Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation's chief executive insists that the company actually will deliver their games console/Media Center PC hybrid, "Evo: Phase One," by this fall.

  • AOL Offers Total Care PC Protection PC World - Mon Jul 17, 1:00 AM ET

    AOL is set to become the latest company to enter the security software market, releasing a beta of its all-in-one PC health care suite.

  • Player upgrades, new devices on music horizon Reuters - Sun Jul 16, 8:18 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - If the rampant speculation over the digital music plans of Microsoft and Apple Computer are to be believed, the digital music landscape is about to change radically in the very near future.

  • A Samsung Electronics laptop computer is displayed at a shop in Seoul July 14, 2006. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)
    Samsung's NV3 lets users point, click, rock out Reuters - Sat Jul 15, 4:52 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - They say the only successful converged device is the clock radio. Samsung is hoping to prove that false with a combination digital camera and music player.

  • New Lord of the Rings Game Announced NewsFactor - Fri Jul 14, 3:57 PM ET

    Electronic Arts, Inc., the world's largest video games publisher, says it is planning to release a role-playing game based on the British author J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

  • Bit9 Beefs Up Parity Windows Desktop Security Software TechWeb - Fri Jul 14, 3:13 PM ET

    The new features are designed to allow desktop administers to keep tighter control of applications being installed on PCs across the network.

  • Craze Continues: Nike Intros iPod Shoe NewsFactor - Fri Jul 14, 12:13 PM ET

    Nike is off and running with its iPod shoe, providing joggers real-time feedback on distance, time, and calories burned during a workout, as well as the tunes to keep them moving.

  • World's Largest Game Maker To Provide New Wii Titles NewsFactor - Fri Jul 14, 10:37 AM ET

    The world's largest video game publisher, Electronic Arts (EA), announced Thursday that it has six titles in development for Nintendo's Wii game console.

  • Dell Will Use Fewer Rebates in PC Pricing PC World - Fri Jul 14, 10:00 AM ET

    PC maker says customers will not end up paying more, however.

  • Thirty-four US states are planning to sue a group of top computer chip makers for price fixing in the US market, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, seen here in 2004, said.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    NY AG sues chip makers over price fixing AP - Fri Jul 14, 7:31 AM ET

    ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's attorney general sued leading makers of memory chips Thursday, claiming they made secret price-fixing arrangements that inflated the cost of personal computers and other electronic devices.

  • A man walks past an advertisement board of a personal computer maker using Intel's microprocessors at a in this February 10, 2006 file photo. Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor maker, said on Monday it plans to start shipping this week new processors for servers, aiming to fend off an offensive from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
    Intel to slash 1,000 management jobs AP - Thu Jul 13, 9:15 PM ET

    SAN JOSE, Calif. - Intel Corp. is cutting 1,000 management jobs as the chip maker tries to become more efficient amid stiff competition and weaker demand for personal computers.

  • Video games June sales up 25 percent: report Reuters - Thu Jul 13, 8:41 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Overall U.S. video game sales jumped 25 percent in June to $844.5 million, as Nintendo Co. Ltd's dual-screen portable players and THQ Inc.'s "Cars" video game sold well, while Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 shortages dissolved, a market research firm said on Thursday.

  • Game Maker Slams Intel on Low-End Video NewsFactor - Thu Jul 13, 5:07 PM ET

    Intel is ruining the PC gaming industry, according to Mark Rein, vice president of game designer Epic, makers of Unreal Tournament. Reiner's remark came during his keynote address at a game developers conference in Brighton, England.

  • Ricoh tries to bridge dueling HD formats AP - Thu Jul 13, 4:02 PM ET

    TOKYO - Japan's Ricoh Co. said Thursday it will be ready to supply an optical component that reads both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs next year — a move that could diffuse the battle between rivals Toshiba and Sony over next-generation DVD formats.

  • Toshiba, SanDisk to build flash factory AP - Thu Jul 13, 3:15 PM ET

    TOKYO - Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. have formed a joint venture to build a multibillion dollar factory for flash memory chips used in digital music players, cameras and a growing list of other electronic devices.

  • Palm, Vodafone To Launch 3G Treo NewsFactor - Thu Jul 13, 2:15 PM ET

    Palm has hooked up with Vodafone to deliver a Treo smartphone that will run on the global wireless operator's third-generation (3G) network, letting business users and consumers take advantage of push e-mail, streaming media, and other bandwidth-intensive applications.

  • Veterans Affairs Slammed for Laptop Security Breach NewsFactor - Thu Jul 13, 2:10 PM ET

    The Department of Veterans Affairs failed to protect the Social Security numbers of 26 million veterans and military personnel, said a report by the Department's own Office of Inspector General (OIG).

  • An employee of Nintendo Co. Ltd. displays the company's next-generation game console 'Wii' (L) and it's control unit before their corporate strategy meeting in Tokyo June 7, 2006. Electronic Arts Inc. on Thursday said it is developing six games for Nintendo Co. Ltd's upcoming Wii video game console, whose selling point is a motion-detecting controller that allows players to simulate swinging a bat, golf club or sword. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
    EA announces titles for Wii Reuters - Thu Jul 13, 1:39 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electronic Arts on Thursday said it is developing six games for Nintendo's (7974.OS) upcoming Wii video game console, whose selling point is a motion-detecting controller that allows players to simulate swinging a bat, golf club or sword.

  • Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - LukWerks lets you put kids, pets on candid camera USATODAY.com - Thu Jul 13, 12:35 PM ET

    I peeked in on my napping daughter the other day though I was miles away in a mall parking lot. I was testing the remote capabilities of the LukWerks Digital Video Surveillance System, using Palm Treo 700w and Motorola Q smartphones to access a video camera pointed at her crib.

  • Apple, Nike Give iPod A Workout TechWeb - Thu Jul 13, 12:35 PM ET

    Nike+iPod Sport Kit, lets running shoes communicate with the user's iPod Nano and track speed, distance, and calories burned.

  • A Palm Treo smart phone 700p is seen in an undated file photo. Palm on Thursday said it will market a version of its Treo smart phone in Europe through Britain's Vodafone Group. in hopes of resolving technical problems with a previous model. (Handout/Reuters)
    Palm to offer new Treo in Europe Reuters - Thu Jul 13, 12:26 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm on Thursday said it will market a version of its Treo smart phone in Europe through Britain's Vodafone Group. in hopes of resolving technical problems with a previous model.

  • Xbox Live Goes Back to the '80s NewsFactor - Thu Jul 13, 12:20 PM ET

    Microsoft has launched an Xbox Live program that promises to take nostalgia hounds back to the days when big hair and bigger shoulder pads were de rigueur and video arcades were the hangout of choice for countless teenagers.

  • Report Blasts Veterans Affairs' Response to ID Theft PC Magazine - Thu Jul 13, 11:14 AM ET

    Updated: In response to the handling of a recent laptop theft, the VA Inspector General's report calls for administrative punishments and a sweeping overhaul of security policies.

  • Wi-Fi Is More Popular Than iPods: Report TechWeb - Thu Jul 13, 9:16 AM ET

    Wireless networking is more popular than the ubiquitous iPod, and even more popular than the home telephone, according to a new study by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

  • Dell Cutting PC Rebate Programs PC Magazine - Thu Jul 13, 9:15 AM ET

    Dell announced on Thursday that they will significantly reduce all promotional and rebate programs within the next 12 to 18 months.

  • Toshiba Delays HD DVD Recorder Launch PC World - Thu Jul 13, 9:00 AM ET

    Company says it is having trouble getting some of the necessary components.

  • Microsoft Makes Virtual PC Free PC Magazine - Thu Jul 13, 6:15 AM ET

    Microsoft said this week that it will make its Virtual PC software free -- not just the older Virtual PC 2004 version, but its upcoming software for Vista, too.

  • Toshiba Delays Blu-Ray Recorder PC Magazine - Thu Jul 13, 5:40 AM ET

    Toshiba Corp. said on Thursday it is delaying the launch of the world's first high-definition optical disc recorder based on the HD DVD format until the end of the month as it hasn't built up enough pre-launch inventory.

  • Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. unveils the world's first HD DVD recorder 'RD-A1' in Tokyo June 22, 2006. Toshiba Corp. said on Thursday it is delaying the launch of the world's first high-definition optical disc recorder based on the HD DVD format until the end of the month as it hasn't built up enough pre-launch inventory. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)
    Toshiba delays HD DVD recorder launch to late July Reuters - Thu Jul 13, 5:29 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) said on Thursday it is delaying the launch of the world's first high-definition optical disc recorder based on the HD DVD format until the end of the month as it hasn't built up enough pre-launch inventory.

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