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    Xbox 360's Wii-Style Controller: First Pictures? (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Previous Internet reports have suggested Microsoft is working on a Nintendo Wii-style controller for the Xbox 360 under a project code-named Newton. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 18:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Review: Netflix delivers Internet movies to TV (AP)

    In this image provided by Roku, the Netflix Player by Roku is shown.  The device enables Netflix subscribers to stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly to the TV. (AP Photo/Roku)AP - It's the big horse race in the gadget market this year: Who's going to win consumers' hearts with a box that brings Internet movie downloads to the TV set? Now, we have a tiny box that deserves to be a winner.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 20:02:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Mobile ads years away from breakthrough: execs (Reuters)

    A Softbank cell phone is displayed in Tokyo in this September 28, 2006 file photo. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters)Reuters - Advertising on mobile phones has enormous potential to become a significant platform for marketers, but any breakthrough is years away and major operators must work together to succeed, executives said.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 20:31:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Greenpeace Pushes for Greener Video Game Consoles (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Greenpeace has released the results of its investigation into hazardous materials in next-generation video game consoles. The study reveals that the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 Elite and Microsoft Xbox 360 have all tested positive for hazardous chemicals. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 20:41:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    One Laptop Per Child Unveils Plans for Next-Gen Device (NewsFactor)

    In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Renzo, 8, reads on his 'XO' laptop in Arahuay, an Andean hilltop village in Peru.  Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child project on Thursday, May 15, 2008 announced that the nonprofit's green-and-white 'XO' computers now can run Windows in addition to their homegrown interface, which is built on the open Linux operating system. That had been anticipated for months, but it amounts to a major shift. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, file)NewsFactor - The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organization has announced it is already hard at work on the development of a successor to its XO laptop, which is currently providing many impoverished students in developing countries with their first direct access to computing technology.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 20:41:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    U.S. to allow Americans to send cell phones to Cuba (Reuters)

    A man speaks on his cell phone at his home in Havana May 21, 2008. (Enrique De La Osa/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush announced an easing of restrictions on Wednesday to allow Americans to send cell phones to their families in Cuba, in what he portrayed as a test of the Communist country's economic reforms.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 21:07:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    PC Not Expected To Be Crucial To Home Networks (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Gartner predicts that networking functionality will soon become commonplace in consumer electronics, freeing entertainment-based home networks from the PC. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 21:11:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    3G iPhone Likely To Appear Sooner Than Expected (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - A report pegs the much-awaited announcement of the 3G version of Apple's iPhone for June 9. According to technology blog Gizmodo, a source "very, very close" to the launch has confirmed that the second-generation iPhone will be announced during the keynote address of the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco on that date. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 16:58:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Mobile browser maker says social networks top use (AP)
    AP - People who use their cell phones to surf the Web tend to steer to social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook ahead of news, maps or weather, mobile browser company Opera says. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 18:13:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Philippine provider to offer free phones (AP)
    AP - A Philippine mobile service provider plans to offer free service to subscribers who agree to receive advertisements on their cell phones, company officials said Tuesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 18:42:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Mac Clone Maker Psystar Ships First 'Service Pack' (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The fixes address a range of troubles, from glitches in Apple's Time Machine backup feature to quirks in the Keyboard Viewer and Character Palette entries in Leopard's system preferences menu. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 14:47:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Microsoft Demos Zune Advertising Service (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft showed a future advertising service that will allow companies to hawk their wares on its Zune media player. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Laptop-for-kids project resumes donation program (AP)
    AP - The One Laptop Per Child project plans to resume its Give One Get One program, in which people spend $400 to buy one of the nonprofit's rugged computers and donate a second one to a child in a developing country. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 20:21:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Report Has Apple's 3G iPhone Available in Mid-June (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Apple's 3G iPhone will be available immediately after CEO Steve Jobs announces it at the WorldWide Developers Conference on June 9, a confidential source has told the popular Web site Gizmodo. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 20:35:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
    Surge in Laptop Sales Drives HP Results (PC World)
    PC World - A 31 percent jump in laptop PC sales helped drive Hewlett-Packard's strong quarterly results on Tuesday, although there were... -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 21:40:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
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