PC Magazine - Cable companies and the consumer electronics industry came one step closer to reaching a deal on "plug and play" TVs Tuesday when six of the nation's largest cable companies and Sony Electronics agreed to a standard that will allow consumers to access interactive digital and high-definition video without the assistance of a set-top cable box. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 17:23:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Indian consumer electronics provider is interested in acquiring Motorola's troubled handset business. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 17:36:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
NewsFactor - Samsung Electronics told customers attending this month's Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum in Taipei that it has developed the world's fastest, 2.5-inch, 256GB solid-state drive (SSD) for use in laptops and other consumer electronics gear. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 20:37:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
NewsFactor - Via Technologies has unleashed a new OpenBook reference design for low-cost notebooks that will enable computer makers to bring low-cost ultra-portable products to market beginning in the third quarter. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 22:28:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
Reuters - Sales of high definition Blu-ray DVD
recorders are zooming up in Japan as consumers take to the new
generation of home movie entertainment after the end of a
bitter format war. -- read full article
Wed, 28 May 2008 03:54:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
PC World - Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMax support under an open-source license on... -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 10:40:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
USATODAY.com - DUBLIN, Calif. - Lori Jantulovich stands in the middle of Best Buy's computer section, flagging down a sales clerk. She's trying to buy a laptop for her nephew. "I have no clue," she says. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 10:58:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
PC Magazine - Has anyone but me noticed the almost incredible barrage of bad news regarding Blu-ray and the future of the optical-disc formats? -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 12:31:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
AP - The Supreme Court handed a defeat to T-Mobile USA Inc. Tuesday, rejecting the company's appeal in three cases involving the legal remedies available in millions of cell phone contracts. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 14:40:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
AFP - The Canadian maker of BlackBerry, embroiled in a security row with the Indian government, has told customers it is committed to ensuring their emails are safe from snoopers.
NewsFactor - Retailer GameStop has decided to stop selling Microsoft's Zune media player. According to news reports, the decision was actually made about a month ago but was only recently made public. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 15:53:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
AP - Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use among children. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 15:55:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News
