A GUIDE TO THE WEEK'S ENTERTAINMENT
Globe and Mail – Sony Centre, 1 Front St. E., 416-870-8000. Canadian Children's Opera Chorus Two days before the official premiere of Dragon on the Rocks at the Royal Ontario Museum, highlights from an opera based on the true story of a young British fossil hunter will

Best Buy Restructures Management Team
Twice – Vitelli joined Best Buy in 2004 from Sony Electronics, where he held several executive management positions including president of its personal audio products company, executive VP of the business and professional products group, consumer products

Sony to Introduce New Blu-Ray Players
San Francisco Gate – Sony Corp.'s first Blu-ray disc player that can download bonus materials like trailers and games from the Internet will debut this summer, the company announced Tuesday. It will be the first new player from Sony, the inventor of Blu-ray, since the

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Gamasutra – Data from market research firm and Famitsu magazine publisher Enterbrain has suggested that sales of the Wii console were almost four times higher than the PlayStation 3 in Japan during February, despite Sony s console beginning to narrow the gap

Sony Jilts Samsung For Sharp In LCD Panel Production
Forbes – Sony has calculated that it will be more competitive by sourcing future supply of liquid crystal display panels for its most advanced flat-screen TVs from a smaller Japanese rival, Sharp, than by getting them from Samsung, its Korean archrival. Late

Opera changes its tune for mobile browsers
TechWorld – While Google has been the default option on Opera's desktop browser for seven years, the mobile browser deal is new. Opera Mobile has shipped on 100 million phones from manufacturers including Motorola, Sony Ericsson and HTC, the browser company

Japan stocks slip 0.8 pct on weak output, yen
Forbes – Shares of Canon Inc (nyse: CAJ – news – people ) fell 1.4 percent to 4,930 yen and Sony Corp (nyse: SNE – news – people ) declined 1.9 percent to 5,220 yen.

Sony sells Potsdamer Platz complex
Boston Globe – TOKYO Sony Corp. is selling its namesake business and entertainment complex in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz to real estate funds managed by Morgan Stanley and two other investors, the Japanese electronics giant announced Thursday. All shares in Sony

Dell Recovery Plan Falters as Computers Languish at Wal-Mart
Bloomberg – Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Michael Dell gave himself until August to prove he can rescue his personal-computer company by selling machines through retailers. Shoppers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. aren't buying it. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sony Corp. are

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Apollo DVD to iPod 5.1
CNET Asia – Apollo DVD to iPod is an innovative Windows application that transcodes your favorite DVD movies to Apple iPod player directly.You can easily convert both PAL/NTSC DVDs for optimized video playback on iPod.Integrated world-class MPEG4 encoder make it

Wireless icebreaker: Missoula company's software signals real-life
Missoulian – Two Missoula entrepreneurs have launched software for the iPhone, iPod touch and laptop computers that upends the conventional sense of social networking.

New MacBooks list'reduced'battery life [U]
MacNN – PowerBookMedic will fix any Powerbook, iBook, iPod: We offer Parts, Hard Drives, Superdrives, Ram Upgrades&Repairs all backed up w/ our 1YR Warranty!

Iowa football: Stolen cards used in failed spending spree
Des Moines Register – Poole said in a statement that Tekippe contacted police May 8 after finding that an Apple IPod and his wallet had been stolen sometime between 4 and 8 p.m.

Internet radio services help you discover new artists
Orlando Sentinel – Last.fm is great if you have a huge digital-music collection or are a heavy iPod user. It does a better job connecting you with friends or people who share your taste in music.

Readers Weigh In On Apple TV
Street.Com – I don't know if it's in Apple's plans but if you could rent movies and record TV shows through one device, then I think it becomes as big as the iPhone or iPod. When I had to pick between Tivo and Apple TV, I chose Tivo."And S.L. is not a fan

iPhone and iPod touch get 1.1.4 firmware update
HULIQ.com – Today Apple released new iPhone firmware/software version 1.1.4., which is now available via iTunes software update or as 165MB standalone download from apple website. At the same time we don't have so good news about iPhone/iPod Touch software

Sounds of Summer
Egypt Today – You and your iPod: If you re anything like me, there s a special bond between you and the tiny little gadget that houses your music collection. The perfect companion to a day at the beach or pool, it can also be your worst enemy when you can t

Fool yourself into saving smarter
CNN Money – Use one of these four techniques to ramp up your savings rate. Pay a fine Punish yourself if you miss your savings target. Dangle a carrot If you save $5,000, say, let yourself buy an iPod. Make it automatic You won't forget to invest if you set up

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XM Satellite Radio and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Reach Agreement on
MSN MoneyCentral – Agreement Marks XM's Third With a Major Music Company to Resolve Dispute Over XM Devices With Advanced Recording Features NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — XM Satellite Radio and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT today announced that they have

Racket? Diaper bag? It must be Davenport
San Diego Union-Tribune – The only other mother on the Sony Erickson WTA Tour is 19th-ranked Sybille Bammer of Austria. Of Davenport's run, Serena Williams said at the Australian Open, I mean, I'm speechless, because she looks better than me, and she's seven months out of

In the list of top-selling games, clear evidence of a sea change
International Herald Tribune – importance of the mass audience in gaming's spectacular growth is seen most clearly in the success of Nintendo's Wii, which is far outselling its more technically advanced hardware competitors, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 from Sony

Sharp profit up 5.5 percent on LCD panel demand
ZDNet – That more than offset steep TV price falls for Sharp–the world's third-largest LCD TV maker , behind Samsung Electronics and Sony –and higher silicon raw material prices that hurt profits at its solar-cell unit . Sharp is building the world's largest

Asian stocks mixed as investors weigh Wall Street's gains, China
Forbes – Sony Corp closed down 8.2 pct to 4,790 yen, after it missed third-quarter earnings estimates and lowered its outlook for the year. Top car electronics and electrical parts maker Denso Corp closed up 1.3 pct at 3,890 yen after reporting its net profit

Sony's new flagship SLR
CNET News – Sony announced its forthcoming"flagship"Alpha-branded SLR on Thursday at the Photo Marketing Association trade show in Las Vegas. Its chief defining feature so far is its use of a 24.8-megapixel sensor that's unusually large–the size of a full

Japan shares down on Sony, banks, U.S. job worries
Forbes – TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Japanese shares edged lower on Friday, hurt by worries about the U.S. economy ahead of key jobs data and a slide in Sony Corp (nyse: SNE – news – people ) shares to a 14-month low after the maker of PlayStation game gear cut

UPDATE 1-Transmeta says shareholder offers to buy company
Reuters – The Santa Clara, California-based company's biggest customers include NEC Electronics Corp (6723.T: Quote , Profile , Research ), Fujitsu Ltd (6702.T: Quote , Profile , Research ), Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) and Toshiba Corp (6502.T:

HSBC downgrades Sony to Neutral from Overweight
Reuters – TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Brokerage HSBC downgraded its rating on Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) to"neutral"from"overweight,"citing downside risks for the business year starting in April due to a weakening U.S. economy and a

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Son accused of bilking mom, 75, of $40,000
St. Petersburg Times – As an example, authorities say, Welsh wrote a check for $1,469.67 at Circuit City on July 29 for a computer, an Xbox video game system and possibly an Apple iPod. Welsh later pawned the computer at Florida Pawn Brokers in Spring Hill for $200, the

Kollective updates TINBOT hard cases
MacNN – Kollective.de has introduced an updated version of its TINBOT iPod cases . As the name implies, they are made of impact-resistant tin, but they are also lined internally with neoprene, preventing scraping and offering extra protection against outside

US stocks – market down on recession woes but Fed cut helps
Hindustan Times – Oil prices, however, had risen off session lows after the Fed's rate cut spurred hopes that it will help the US economy and keep demand for oil strong. Shares of iPod and iPhone maker Apple Inc were the biggest drag on the Nasdaq, down 2 per cent at

Ferrari president nods to Apple
MacNN – Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo dubbed Apple revolutionary, adding that the Mac and iPod maker boasts extraordinary communication skills, according to setteB.IT . Montezemolo also made light of the fact that Apple is close to young

Archers'fans embrace podcast downloads
Daily Telegraph – The BBC thrust the Archers, the world's longest running radio soap opera, into the iPod age last October to allow people to listen to their favourite radio show wherever and whenever they want. Devotees of the 56-year-old soap about country folk have

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Monkey's thoughts propel robot, a step that may help humans
International Herald Tribune – Richard Andersen, an expert on such systems at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena who was not involved in the experiment, said that it was"an important advance to achieve locomotion with a brain machine interface."Another expert

Next Inning Technology Announces Investment Opinion: Publishes
MSN MoneyCentral – Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), a subscription service focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for Zoran ZRAN , National Semiconductor NSM , O2Micro International OIIM , Power

eFoodSafety Introduces Patented Nano-Encapsulation Technology to Its
Forbes – eFoodSafety.com, Inc. (OTCBB:EFSF, http://www.efoodsafety.com) has developed a novel patented technology that has the ability to nano-encapsulate active ingredients in nutraceutical and cosmeceutical products and utilizes a unique food grade compound

EFI Inks Licensing Agreement for Paid Inc.'s Patented Online Shipping
MSN MoneyCentral – EFI, the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, and Paid, Inc. PAYD announced today that the two companies have signed a license agreement that enables EFI to integrate Paid's real-time online shipping calculation technology

Technology Professional Services Grows Up
Forbes – LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio, and HILLSBOROUGH, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Effective pricing and discounting strategies are one of the key reasons why some technology professional service organizations succeed and others fail. According to the"The

Divx signs video technology licensing agreement with Advanced Micro
CNBC – SAN DIEGO – Video technology company Divx Inc. said Wednesday it signed a licensing agreement with chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD will use Divx video technology with AMD processors to power digital TVs. Divx said the two companies hope to

Tele2 Uses Software AG Technology to Reduce Costs and Streamline
Forbes – Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced that Tele2 has chosen the webMethods product suite to reduce costs and improve customer service. Tele2 has implemented the webMethods product suite from Software AG to

Marvell Technology Group lowering CEO, technology chief's salaries to
CNBC – NEW YORK – Marvell Technology Group Ltd., which makes integrated circuits, said Wednesday it will slash Chief Executive Sehat Sutardja and Chief Technology Officer Pantas Sutardja's annual salaries to $1 each at their request. CEO Sutardja's prior

Ready to wear technology
Reuters UK – Jan. 15 – Electronics company, Philips, are designing clothing and body adornment which incorporate technology. Dresses that blush and tattoos that change shape when skin is touched are all part of a Design probes project set up by Dutch based

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'American Idol'alum Katharine McPhee latest to split with record
Chicago Tribune – This time, it's Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee, whose sole eponymous effort for the label has sold 365,500-plus copies since 2006. Sony BMG is the parent company to Arista, Columbia, Epic, J Records, RCA and others. McPhee's dismissal has yet to

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DAILY DIGEST
San Francisco Gate – Amazon's digital music store sells songs only in the MP3 format, which can be burned onto CDs, copied to multiple PCs and played on any number of digital media players, including Apple Inc.'s iPod and Microsoft Corp.'s Zune. Associated Press U.S

DRM now dead, as Amazon snags Sony
The Register – Rhapsody's songs are tied to Windows DRM, while the only portable player that supports Apple's DRM-protected songs is Apple's own iPod. (Strictly speaking, there's a tedious workaround which allows you to burn the song to CD, then re-import it as an

Slim Apple laptop expected at Macworld
Reuters – Analysts expect a computer half as thick as Apple's current MacBook lineup, but using flash memory chips like those found in its iPod music players rather than a hard drive."The energy seems to be around a smaller-form-factor laptop computer,"said

CES: iSleep to iDream with iPod-ready bed
MacWorld UK – This bed – called the Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed – is packed with high-tech toys, including WiFi connectivity, a surround sound speaker system, an LCD projector, dual temperature controls and DVR capability. It also features a built-in iPod

High Five
Oregonian – 5."Reel Music"In its 25th incarnation, the Northwest Film Center's annual collection of films about music is like an iPod programmed with a little of everything: Bob Dylan and the Who, Pete Seeger and Anita O'Day, Brazilian and Moroccan pop and folk

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UPDATE 1-Solarfun signs two new long-term contracts
Reuters – Solarfun said it reduced expectations of polysilcion supply from Jiangsu Zhongneng PV Technology Development Co Ltd to Solarfun's 52 percent subsidiary, Jiangsu Yangguang Solar Technology Co Ltd. Based on reduced delivery volume in 2007, it now

Researchers make nano-scale DNA research tool
Reuters – This technology would allow for much more refined analysis that could detect genetic changes from one cell to another, for instance. The work, led by Hao Yan of the institute's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, draws on a type of nanotechnology

SoftNet Technology Launches 2008 Market Strategy
MSN MoneyCentral – ISELIN, N.J., Jan. 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — SoftNet Technology Corp. (OTCBB:STTC) (German WKN:TG6) announced today its 2008"go to market"strategy. SoftNet has refined its technology practices and organized its market verticals for 2008 in order

UPDATE 1-Basis Tech says wins court ruling against Amazon
Reuters – NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) – An appeals court has sided with private software company Basis Technology in a dispute with online retailer Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) related to the Japanese Web site Amazon.co.jp, Basis said on

Company Profile for Revionics, Inc.
Forbes – Revionics is a leading provider of price, promotion and category optimization technology for Fast Moving Consumer Goods Retailers. The Revionics Advanced Pricing System (RAPS) generates increased sales and profits through sophisticated consumer

The Hard Case Against Intel
BusinessWeek – AMD captured market share from Intel in 2005 and 2006 by beating its larger competitor to a key breakthrough that affected chip speed, but Intel has since improved its technology and recovered share. Last year, AMD sold $4.1 billion worth of the x86

Current Technology Completes Binding Agreement for 51% Acquisition of
Forbes – VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — via COMTEX — The following was issued today by Robert Kramer, Chief Executive Officer, Current Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CRTCF): Current Technology (the"Company") has

Renesas Technology to Bolster Analog and Discrete Semiconductor
MSN MoneyCentral – Renesas Technology Corp. today announced plans to expand its back-end process plant in Malaysia to further strengthen the company's analog and discrete semiconductor business. In addition, Renesas has established a new analog and discrete

Wall Street falls amid credit worries
Miami Herald – Business Monday | National | International | Personal Finance | Technology | Small Business | Friday Business Report Food | Health | Home&Design | Stocks slid Friday amid renewed fears that financial companies will suffer larger-than-expected writedowns from credit

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Porn Stars Shine in Sin City
ABC News – Every year as the world's largest gadget show cools off, the exhibition hall merely feet away heats up with the combined power of porn purveyors, the starlets they feature and the lustful gazes of the fans that line up to see them at the Adult

Less wow, more instant gratification at CES
Reuters – Gadget makers are benefiting from a decade-old digital transition from older analog technologies. Once separate devices ranging from computers to phones to television and automobiles now increasingly connect to one another and share media. As an

Best Buy posts modest sales gain
CNN Money – Best Buy posts modest sales gain No. 1 seller of electronics reports a 1.5% rise in December sales at its stores open at least a year; consumers gadget sales fell 3.1% last month.

CES Dispatch–Archos Does iTV
BusinessWeek – Archos is tackling the home with a new gadget called Archos TV Plus. It s a piece of equipment that houses a hard drive and connects to the television to record shows and download movies, either directly or from a network connection to a home pc

Retail Ink: Gadget vest upgraded
San Jose Mercury News – A look at the many-pocketed, e-gear designed travel vest from SCOTTeVEST, being written about in Antonucci's 1/11 Retail Ink column E-tailer Scott Jordan made me the perfect geek-glorious vest. Well, not exactly. But close. And putting myself aside

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iTunes to charge one price for EU downloads
Baltimore Sun – The maker of the popular iPod media players had been under investigation since April by EU authorities after a British consumer group complained that Apple and major record companies were unfairly restricting choice and ramping up the cost of

U.S. Stocks Gain Most in 2 Weeks, Led by Technology, Financials
Bloomberg – The maker of the top- selling iPod media player will let iTunes users rent movies as well as buy them and will add Warner Bros. and Fox as suppliers, according to people familiar with the agreements. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment

Leak reveals iPod-ready videos on Fox DVDs
MacNN – Apple's previously rumored DVD/iPod movie combo discs have been confirmed, thanks to a contributor providing a tip to TUAW . After receiving a copy of the Fox-produced Family Guy spoof of Star Wars a week ahead of its January 15th release, one

Business Highlights
CNBC – The maker of the popular iPod media players had been under investigation since April by EU authorities after a British consumer group complained that Apple and major record companies were unfairly restricting choice and ramping up the cost of

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A slew of great ideas at Consumer Electronics Show
International Herald Tribune – Garmin Nuvi 800. Lots of companies unveiled GPS units at this show, including some that you might not have associated with GPS (like Sony, Hewlett-Packard, LG and Panasonic). But Garmin's new top-of-the-line car GPS unit comes with speech recognition

Federer ready for this season, and still looking ahead
Miami Herald – Top-seeded Roger Federer returns a shot during his victory against Nicolas Almagro of Spain at the Sony Ericsson Open last year. T he 2008 season is under way Down Under, and — surprise, surprise! — Roger Federer is the guy making headlines

Huge televisions, green talk among the highlights at CES
San Francisco Gate – Sony demonstrated the Z555 Sony Ericsson mobile phone, which lets users silence calls or turn off an alarm by simply waving a hand over the phone. Panasonic showed off a Life Wall, a huge wall-size screen that allows people to control the screen

Simon Cowell'tortured'
Globe and Mail – Former contestants Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson may be living the superstar dream, but past winners Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard have been dropped from their contracts with Sony sub-label J Records."I think it's a reflection on the

A Touching Story at CES
BusinessWeek – Motorola ( MOT ), Sony ( SNE ), and LG Electronics all showed off touch-screen phones this week. Microsoft ( MSFT ) Chairman Bill Gates touted a touch-screen computer, the Surface, akin to a flat panel TV for a tabletop. Even camera makers, such as Kodak ( EK

Consumer Electronics Show 2008
BusinessWeek – You finally splurged on that flat-panel TV? Now you just need a place to show it off and some new speakers. Take a look at these entertainment consoles and equipment for some simple ideas Sony Corp. CEO Sir Howard Stringer addresses CES against the

O's scoreboard demolition begins
Baltimore Sun – Workers began the demolition of the center field scoreboard and Sony JumboTron at Camden Yards this morning, with the first pieces of the original 1992 scoreboard being removed by crane. It's the latest step in a series of preparations for the

Selling Your Laptop on eBay
Washington Post – In early 2007, I bought my sweet little Sony Vaio TXN19P/L ultraportable to use as a secondary computer. (Readmy reviewof a similar Vaio laptop. It's been an ideal traveling companion: The laptop weighs just 2.8 pounds and goes for 5 hours or more on

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Gadget show goes green with laptop made of corn and smart power
Times&Democrat – Consumer electronics aren't exactly easy on the environment — they consume electricity that contributes to global warming, and toxins leach out of them when they end up in landfills. But the industry that's inviting us to get a new cell phone every

Apple turns hot with iPhone, MacBook Pro
Economic Times – Style, blazing speed and sleek gadget architecture. It was this secret combination which helped many gadgets touch magic numbers in 2007 and made them the most-sought-after ones in town. There has been a tectonic shift in what appeals to gadget

India suspends Test tour
News.com.au – I am absolutely certain the rules do not state"If in the opinion of hawkeye or snicko or whatever TV gadget. If the Indians are truly a champion team they will front up here in Perth and play in the spirit of the competition. If they continue to

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Consumer and retailing highlights to 09:15 GMT
CNBC – 2008-01-07 05:02:01 Sony's Mylo messaging gadget gets LAS VEGAS (AP) – Sony Corp.'s Mylo, a wireless messaging gadget largely ignored by its college-aged target audience, is being updated to address some of its shortcomings, the company announced

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A sense of where I am
News-Democrat – But the old KSHE-95 gang would be surprised if they looked at my iPod. George Strait. Taylor Swift. Rascal Flatts. I know. Shhhh. All of my limited shopping was done in one day, Dec. 23. That-was a little too close for comfort. But it worked out fine

Short Circuits
Louisville Courier-Journal – With the touch of a button, users with little or no technical expertise can immediately begin recording from a TV, DVD player, PVR, camcorder or set-top box directly to an Apple iPod Video, iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, Sony PSP, Sony

My week: Catherine O'Flynn
Observer – I got an iPod for Christmas and am enjoying the mysterious shuffle that pushes TV on the Radio up next to Os Mutantes when I stumble across a smash and grab on the Stratford Road. A boy with a scarf wrapped around his face pushes a concrete pillar

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SHOW TIME!
New York Post – The 7-inch touchscreen head unit uses DivX, has iPod connectivity and video playback, HD and satellite radio capability, Bluetooth audio streaming and sound mapping to compensate for acoustic differences when you're moving it from car to car. It also

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Transfer your photos to frame memory cards
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel – Can the iPod record video? Are there any portable media players that let you record directly onto the device, instead of having to copy prerecorded files onto the player from the computer? A. The iPod doesn't record video by itself, but there have

Will CBS3 announce Alycia's fate today?
Philadelphia Daily News – Who can even take here seriously now. Let's be honest, we never considered her a real anchor anyway, just a pretty face to look at. And those idiots on q102. Wow, learn to play real music instead of shuffling the top 40 every 3 hours.My Ipod does

Top 10 ways to get fit in 2008
Daily Telegraph – Whether it's road-racing, fell-running, track events, marathons or plodding lanes with an iPod in your ear, this is fitness for everyman or woman, and on the doorstep. First rule: buy decent shoes (they'll prevent many a limp). Second: aim low and

Study: iPod, PMP markets near-flat in 2008
MacNN – This year will be the first that the world's dedicated portable media player market will show clear signs of having neared or reached its peak, according to a new study published by iSuppli . While growth in 2007 was already cooling off compared to

Thrifty fifty
Guardian Unlimited – Rooms are modern, fitted with flat-screen entertainment systems, wifi broadband, an iPod plug-in linking to in-room speakers and adjustable mood lighting – something like a pod hotel's bigger brother. The in-house What Bar is a sleek meeting spot

Apple: More Than a Pretty Face
BusinessWeek – A cool object may be at the center of the experience, but as others have noted, surrounding a successful product like the iPod is a complete ecosystem that includes content and services, software and interfaces, retail experience, Web site experience

Surging dollar likely to top meeting agenda
Globe and Mail – -don't pay out billions of dollars in subsidies to industries, regardless of region (let's call a spade a spade and refer to what the G&M described as'support programs'as what they really are: socialist subsidies) -work to reduce and eliminate

Energizer unveils iPod battery extender, more
MacNN – Energizer today unveiled a new iPod battery extender, as well as several new lighting products; it will be demonstrating them at CES 2008. The Energi To Go for iPod uses two AA batteries, and when used with the company s e2 Lithium cells, produces

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HDSS is the New Leader of Sound Quality
Forbes – In a time where the iPod(R) and LCD flat-screen television are commonplace in our lifestyle, customer demands for high-quality sound is urgently increasing. HDSS is the solution–allowing sound reproduction in its most pure and natural form. Built

Top consumer electronics trade show goes green
Economic Times – Solar panels embedded in bags produce four watts of power in full sunlight, pumping enough electricity into lithium battery packs in an hour to power an iPod for three hours or 90 minutes of talk time on a typical mobile telephone. Control4 and

Byte of the Apple
BusinessWeek – DRM-free music sold in either AAC or MP3 format is compatible with the iPod, and more is coming available all the time. Additionally, Apple is selling DRM-free AAC files from EMI as iTunes Plus tracks and is fully willing to sell more, provided

Album sales fall, digital sales soar in U.S. last year
Seattle Times – In an antitrust complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, Calif., the woman accused Apple of maintaining a monopoly because digital music purchased through its iTunes music-downloading site can only be played on the iPod. Apple doesn't support

Equilibrium's New MediaRich Audio/Video Server to Be Introduced at
Forbes – For example, the system can read any video file and dynamically edit each frame and transcode it out simultaneously to Flash, Windows Media, MPEG4, iPod, etc. MediaRich Audio/Video Server uses MediaScript, Equilibrium's powerful procedural scripting

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Silicon India – The industry's iconic gadgets – Apple's iPod and iPhone franchises, the Nintendo Wii game platform – and Google's Web services show how the electronics industry has become a Hollywood style blockbuster hit parade."It is no longer first-to-market that

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TBI and Norvinz to Debut the High-End Solution to iPods at T.H.E. Show
Forbes – For years, the high-end audio industry has struggled to extend its market appeal to young iPod music lovers. But the rising cost of entry into high-end has deterred potential buyers from this market segment to even consider it. Now there is a

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Teeing Off: Self worth
CBS Sportsline – I've separated them into three different groups, but since the salaries for the first tournament the Sony Open in Hawaii haven t been generated yet, I might be a little off in my groupings and salary totals. Cheap Nathan

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Japan Stocks Fall to 1 1/2 Year Low
Philadelphia Inquirer – Shares of Nissan Motor Co. plunged 9.2 percent, Toyota Motor Corp. finished 4.3 percent lower, Sony Corp. fell 6.6 percent, and Canon Inc. dropped 5 percent. Tokyo's broader Topix index, which includes all shares on the exchange's first section, lost

Virtual tennis beats running over pedestrians
Times Online – This may seem obvious, but Sony got caught up in the battle for the living room a dangerous conflict in which its generals thought people wanted to watch high-definition movies on their console, as well as lust over finely drawn graphics.

Green movement colors gadget world
Charleston Post&Courier – As yet, only a few manufacturers, like Sony Corp., take responsibility for recycling their products. Just 12.5 percent of U.S. electronics waste is offered for recycling each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and much of that is

Nikkei tumbles 4 percent on first trading day of 2008
International Herald Tribune – High-tech shares and auto makers such as Sony were among the hardest hit, with the yen trading near a five-week high on the dollar and a weak set of economic data from the United States sparking jitters over a key market for Japanese exports. The

Company Profile For Sony Corp
Reuters UK – Sony Corporation is a Japan-based company involved in five business segments. The Company is focused on electronics, such as audiovisual and information technology products and components; game, such as PlayStation; entertainment, such as motion

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Why"Compact Only"Doesn't Apply to You
Seattle Weekly – But your burgeoning powers light him up with an incandescent joy, even when you're reading the phone book instead of getting dressed for school, or testing the water resistance of his iPod. When you beat him at chess for the first time the other day

LG.Philips to unveil 52-inch multi-touch LCD at CES
MacWorld UK – touchpanels because they allow input from more than one spot on the screen so, for example, an image can be manipulated from opposite corners. Probably the most famous current example of the technology is the display on Apple's hit iPhone and iPod

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AMD: New year, same worries
ZDNet Blogs – Quad-core , Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , Intel Corp. , Chip , Semiconductors , Network Technology , Processors , Hardware , Networking , Bank of America analyst Sumit Dhanda is projecting anything but a happy New Year for AMD. The analyst in a research note

UPDATE 2-Qualcomm says Broadcom ruling to hurt in short term
Forbes – WCDMA is a cell phone technology that provides high-speed Internet connections and is used by carriers around the world. Qualcomm said newer chipsets that do not infringe Broadcom patents are available to device manufacturers for product shipment in

Google Can't Change the Game
Street.Com – Industry observers see the spectrum as the future of wireless and a gateway to a fourth-generation network technology such as WiMax or LTE, which can deliver broadband speeds to mobile users. To avoid squandering this huge resource, or more

Varian Medical Systems Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for RapidArc(TM
Forbes – PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) has received FDA 510(k) clearances for its RapidArc(TM) radiotherapy technology, a revolutionary advance that makes it possible to deliver image-guided, intensity

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Basic fact on the caucuses
Miami Herald – Business Monday | National | International | Personal Finance | Technology | Small Business Food | Health | Home&Design | People | Travel | Style | The Associated Press Some questions and answers about the Iowa caucuses this Thursday: Q: What is a caucus? A: A party

Giant sail technology could make shipping greener
Guardian Unlimited – One of the first large cargo ships in 100 years to cross the Atlantic with the help of the wind will set off from European shores this month on a voyage which is due to make maritime history. When the 10,000-tonne Beluga Skysail is well clear of the

Technology Voters'Guide: Hillary Clinton
ZDNet – Tags: Anne Broache , Politics&government , Citizen , Tax , Broadband , Hillary Clinton , U.S. Department Of Homeland Security , Technology , FTC , Bush Administration , Sex Offender , Internet , Taxes , Broadband Internet , Network Technology

Gain Insight into Key Desktop Management Investment Patterns and
Forbes – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78285) has announced the addition of"Desktop Management Investment in the USA H2 2006 (Databook)"to their offering. Introduction This databook from the Technology Trends service

ZymeQuest Licenses Proprietary Enzyme Technology to Publicly Traded
Forbes – ZymeQuest, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement to license certain patent applications associated with its proprietary enzyme conversion technology to a publicly traded U.S. life sciences company. The

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Gift card scams rile industry
Miami Herald – But gift cards sold on such websites can be fraudulent, said Evan Schuman, editor of New Jersey-based Storefrontbacktalk.com, a blog focusing on retail technology and e-commerce.''Retailers love them, consumers love them, and the bad guys love them

2007 in video games: Wii is the champion
Newsday – Xbox 360, PS3 and PCs) – Yes, the multiplayer rivals Halo 3's as the best that the Xbox Live online service has to offer, but the single-player portion of CoD4 – which ditched the World War II-era weaponry in favor of current technology – was a joy

Reality shorts out electricity goal
Baltimore Sun – Most rely on a mix of cash rebates and new technology aimed at prodding customers to cut back. The proposals – many building on programs first announced early this year – were recently laid out in regulatory filings after the state Public Service

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Hollywood’s year marred by strike, sales
Associated Press – Pure escapism was the rule last summer as Sony’s”Spider-Man 3,”Disney’s”Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,”DreamWorks-Paramount’s”Shrek the Third”and”Transformers”all topped $300 million domestically, with the Warner Bros. sequel

In Hollywood, the glass ceiling cracks a little
Christian Science Monitor – the Fire,”the tearduct-draining drama starring Halle Berry, for Dreamworks, while Julie Taymor created her fantastically psychedelic Beatles tribute,”Across the Universe,”for Revolution Studios, until recently a partner of Sony

Sony cracks $3K mark with 1080p front projector
MacNN – Sony this morning has offered up the VW40 , the lowest-cost projector yet to draw on the company’s SXRD (liquid crystal on silicon) technology. The home theater unit bridges the gap between less expensive 3LCD projectors and more expensive SXRD

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Kiss this guy
Herald&Review – shots at Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Robert Redford, Diane Keaton, Woody Allen and George Clooney in an interview about the film industry becoming shallow. (Becoming?) At this rate, he won t be asked to appear in the sequels to Inspector Gadget

Stumped by a gadget gift? Try Digital Life agony uncle Rick Maybury’s
Daily Telegraph – This is the year that games grew up, writes Nick Cowen. Put a ring round March 14th on your 2008 calendar. The Gold Cup is run that day and it is the event everyone in racing is talking about. Jumping’s dream match between two steeplechasing giants

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Digital SLR market booms
CNET Asia – Panasonic's 10.1-megapixel DMC-L10 and Sony's 12-megapixel Alpha 700 . Makers of compact cameras had a harder time coming up with breakthrough models. Features such as face detection and image stabilization, which most agree genuinely help improve

Based on a True Story
New York Times – For the last week or so, however, he s been sleeping as often as not in an editing room on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, crashing there late at night after viewing rushes of the movie that he is shooting by day. To a degree that would make

UPDATE 1-Samsung Elec countersuing Sharp on LCD patents
Reuters – Sharp, the world's third-largest LCD TV maker behind Samsung and Sony Corp, sued Samsung earlier this month in the Seoul Central District Court for patent infringement. It also filed suit against Samsung in the United States in August."We plan to

Braving the mall again
McAllen Monitor – the shopping crowds Wednesday with one purpose in mind a Blu-ray disc player to complement the big-screen, high-definition television he received for Christmas. The Monterrey resident ended up facing long lines at Best Buy, but he found a Sony

Foster teen puts his life into play
San Diego Union-Tribune – Monroe hopes the honors he has received, including a Chargers Champion scholarship for $7,000 and a Sony laptop, will motivate other foster children. There's a lot of smart kids at my school, he said. . . . They can see what can happen

Golf News
WTOP Radio – Michelle Wie might start her 2008 season in Hawaii, but not at the Sony Open. Wie, who has played the PGA Tour event every year since 2004, did not receive one of the four unrestricted sponsor exemptions, tournament director Ray Stosik said Thursday.

Apple beats HP, Dell, others in holiday satisfaction
MacNN – Apple's comprehensive score of 79-percent was only three points behind Amazon, with the international virtual big-box store coming in at 82-percent. Apple managed to edge out HP (75%), Dell (74%), Gateway (71%), and Sony (70%) in terms of overall

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Year end: 2007's coolest gadgets
Infoworld – Several companies have been promising these for years and in the end it was Sony that made it first to market. You've got to see this TV to fully appreciate its coolness! At just 3 millimeters thick, the TV

Popcorn 3
Mac Central – If you have a personal media player like an Archos handheld device, video iPod , Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP), multimedia-capable BlackBerry smartphone, or one of the myriad other devices that can play video, chances are you ve sought a way to

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Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications' Institute of Transportation said on Tuesday that it has developed a software application that allows motorists to identify dangerous road sections around the nation using Google Earth.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Taipei, Dec. 25 (CNA) Taiwan ranks 17th in the world in terms of the number of articles published by academics during 2006, the Cabinet-level National Science Council (NSC) announced Tuesday.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Taipei, Dec. 25 (CNA) More than 110 million sleeping pills containing zolpidem were prescribed in Taiwan in 2006, marking per capita annual consumption of nearly five pills, Department of Health (DOH) officials said Tuesday.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
The government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently introduced two unique light emitting diode (LED) technologies, which boast many improvements such as better light distribution and color rendering.

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Editorials from The News-Enterprise, State Journal, Herald-Leader (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Excerpts from recent editorials from across Kentucky: The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Dec. 23 You can complain about taxes. You can complain about government. You can complain about traffic and roads. You can even say the water tastes funny, if you're so inclined. But every once in a while, it's a good idea to see beyond the things that seem wrong and take a good hard look at what's right. …

PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY: Slide-show suggestions (Courier-Post)
Kim Komando, Gannett News Service technology columnist, answers questions e-mailed to her at gnstech@gns.gannett.com:

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications' Institute of Transportation said on Tuesday that it has developed a software application that allows motorists to identify dangerous road sections around the nation using Google Earth.

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SKorean technology shares close lower on institutional selling (Sharewatch)
SEOUL (Thomson Financial) – South Korean technology shares finished lower Wednesday as institutional investors reduced their exposure to the Internet sector.

PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY: Slide-show suggestions (Courier-Post)
Kim Komando, Gannett News Service technology columnist, answers questions e-mailed to her at gnstech@gns.gannett.com:

Editorials from The News-Enterprise, State Journal, Herald-Leader (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Excerpts from recent editorials from across Kentucky: The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Dec. 23 You can complain about taxes. You can complain about government. You can complain about traffic and roads. You can even say the water tastes funny, if you're so inclined. But every once in a while, it's a good idea to see beyond the things that seem wrong and take a good hard look at what's right. …

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Mercy gift shop to incorporate RFID technology (NWAnews.com)
ROGERS Thanks to the enterprising effort and philanthropic spirit of a group of local college students, Mercy Medical Center will employ some of the latest retail technology at its volunteer-operated gift shop. (Benton County Daily Record)

Society News (Taiwan Headlines)
Miss Hsu ( ) works in a technology firm. She exercises regularly and measures her blood pressure often. She watches what she eats and records her daily food intake. She usually writes all of this information on a piece of paper, which could be lost easily.

Vonage agrees to settle patent dispute over AT&T technology (San Jose Mercury News)
Vonage Holdings, the money-losing Internet phone company, settled a patent suit over its use of AT&T's technology.

Professor Links Adverse Health Outcomes To Assisted Reproductive Technology In Massachusetts (Medical News Today)
Northeastern University nursing professor Angela Nannini co-authored the first population-based based study in the US comparing births conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to those without ART or infertility medications, finding that the former is strongly associated with numerous chronic conditions and complications during pregnancy, labor and delivery. [click link for full …

News Mixed, but Stocks Still Manage Strong Rally (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Stock markets ended the week with a surge on reports of a possible foreign investment in Merrill Lynch and an uptick in consumer spending.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Microbiologists at two universities in Kaohsiung City have discovered a bacteria capable of breaking down the poisonous substance dioxin efficiently and are trying to apply the species to a mass purging process to save on the time and cost involved in removing the pollutant, academic sources said.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Geneva, Dec. 21 (CNA) China's unilateral inclusion of Taiwanese ports into its IHR-certified port list would only expose its inability to fulfill its duty under the International Health Regulations (IHR), according to a Taiwan official posted in Geneva.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Taipei, Dec. 22 (CNA) President Chen Shui-bian said Saturday Taiwan has no "provocative policy" and only a policy that "respects the public will and acts according to the law."

Russia To Offset Debts To S. Korea By Transferring Technology (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
SEOUL, Dec 21 (Bernama) — South Korea will receive advanced weapon technology from Russia as part of Moscow's repayment of its debts to Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted defence officials here as saying Friday.

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Vonage agrees to settle patent dispute over AT&T technology (San Jose Mercury News)
Vonage Holdings, the money-losing Internet phone company, settled a patent suit over its use of AT&T's technology.

Russia To Offset Debts To S. Korea By Transferring Technology (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
SEOUL, Dec 21 (Bernama) — South Korea will receive advanced weapon technology from Russia as part of Moscow's repayment of its debts to Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted defence officials here as saying Friday.

News Mixed, but Stocks Still Manage Strong Rally (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Stock markets ended the week with a surge on reports of a possible foreign investment in Merrill Lynch and an uptick in consumer spending.

Professor Links Adverse Health Outcomes To Assisted Reproductive Technology In Massachusetts (Medical News Today)
Northeastern University nursing professor Angela Nannini co-authored the first population-based based study in the US comparing births conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to those without ART or infertility medications, finding that the former is strongly associated with numerous chronic conditions and complications during pregnancy, labor and delivery. [click link for full …

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
A chief adviser to the Executive Yuan expressed his regret on Thursday at the government's decision not to set up a ministry of science and technology, saying that the decision may hinder the future development of Taiwan's industries.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Geneva, Dec. 21 (CNA) China's unilateral inclusion of Taiwanese ports into its IHR-certified port list would only expose its inability to fulfill its duty under the International Health Regulations (IHR), according to a Taiwan official posted in Geneva.

Society News (Taiwan Headlines)
Miss Hsu ( ) works in a technology firm. She exercises regularly and measures her blood pressure often. She watches what she eats and records her daily food intake. She usually writes all of this information on a piece of paper, which could be lost easily.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Microbiologists at two universities in Kaohsiung City have discovered a bacteria capable of breaking down the poisonous substance dioxin efficiently and are trying to apply the species to a mass purging process to save on the time and cost involved in removing the pollutant, academic sources said.

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Vonage agrees to settle patent dispute over AT&T technology (San Jose Mercury News)
Vonage Holdings, the money-losing Internet phone company, settled a patent suit over its use of AT&T's technology.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Microbiologists at two universities in Kaohsiung City have discovered a bacteria capable of breaking down the poisonous substance dioxin efficiently and are trying to apply the species to a mass purging process to save on the time and cost involved in removing the pollutant, academic sources said.

News Mixed, but Stocks Still Manage Strong Rally (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Stock markets ended the week with a surge on reports of a possible foreign investment in Merrill Lynch and an uptick in consumer spending.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Taipei, Dec. 22 (CNA) President Chen Shui-bian said Saturday Taiwan has no "provocative policy" and only a policy that "respects the public will and acts according to the law."

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Geneva, Dec. 21 (CNA) China's unilateral inclusion of Taiwanese ports into its IHR-certified port list would only expose its inability to fulfill its duty under the International Health Regulations (IHR), according to a Taiwan official posted in Geneva.

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Russia To Offset Debts To S. Korea By Transferring Technology (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
SEOUL, Dec 21 (Bernama) — South Korea will receive advanced weapon technology from Russia as part of Moscow's repayment of its debts to Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted defence officials here as saying Friday.

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines)
Microbiologists at two universities in Kaohsiung City have discovered a bacteria capable of breaking down the poisonous substance dioxin efficiently and are trying to apply the species to a mass purging process to save on the time and cost involved in removing the pollutant, academic sources said.

Professor Links Adverse Health Outcomes To Assisted Reproductive Technology In Massachusetts (Medical News Today)
Northeastern University nursing professor Angela Nannini co-authored the first population-based based study in the US comparing births conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to those without ART or infertility medications, finding that the former is strongly associated with numerous chronic conditions and complications during pregnancy, labor and delivery. [click link for full …

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