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New Dell XPS to use Intel Extreme CPU

The fastest Intel processor is now available on Dimension XPS desktops and DellTM PrecisionTM 360 workstations.

Xbox 360 Elite Officially Announced

For those of you holding out for the best possible Xbox 360, your time has come; Microsoft's new Xbox 360 Elite is finally here.

Nokia’s New 6682 Smartphone

The Nokia 6682 features a classic design accented by bright stainless steel trim, and a 1.3 megapixel image sensor, a color screen displaying over 262,000 colors.

HP Debuts Digital Entertainment Products

HP has unveiled a line of 10 newly branded HP Pavilion TVs, including four HD microdisplay rear-projection televisions, three HD plasmas and three HD LCDs.

FCC Proposes 911 Service for VoIP

U.S. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has proposed requiring Internet-based telephone services to offer 911 emergency services to customers by as early as the end of September.

CyberLink Demos Blu-ray Burning & Playback

CyberLink will showcase the latest Blu-ray Disc playback and burning support with HP and the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) at IFA in Berlin, Germany from September 2-7.

IBM Cell Processor is no Intel Killer

A report from In-Stat suggests that while IBM's new Cell Processor is impressive, it still does not outperfom Intels latest CPU's.

Flash Your American Express Card

American Express will begin issuing a new type of credit card that uses an embedded wireless technology you wave in front of a sensor instead of swiping it.

Analyst Predicts New Sony PSP in 2006

Piper Jaffray analyst Anthony Gikas thinks Sony could be releasing a new Sony PSP with a built-in hard drive, some time in 2006.

AllofMP3.com Goes Free For Now

Russian officials will not shut down the popular MP3 download site despite urges from the RIAA and other agencies.

Creative Labs Debuts Sleek Neeon Player

While the Creative Zen Neeon doesn't hold any more than their Zen Micro, the player is arguably much more stylish, appealing to the fashion conscious.

IEEE 1394 Makes Progress in Family Rooms

A recent report by research firm In-Stat shows that FireWire AKA IEEE 1394, is picking up popularity in consumer electronics.

EA Reveals Game Line-Up for E3 Show

Electronic Arts has revealed their line-up of videogame titles for the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) taking place in Los Angeles May 18-20, 2005.

Samsung Bundles NeroLinux With DVD Writers

Linux users are getting the much needed attention they deserve today as Samsung announces they will include a version of Nero for the Linux OS with their new DVD recorders.

Real Launches To-Go Music Service

Called Rhapsody To Go the new music service will allow users to download music to their iRiver H10 or Creative Labs Zen Micro audio player.

Creative Sells 2 Million MP3 Players

Step aside Apple, Creative deserves a little attention. The company announced they have sold more than 2 million MP3 players in the first 3 months of 2005.

Nintendo to Create WiFi Spots for DS System

Live in Japan and have a Nintendo DS handheld? You're in luck; soon you will be able to play online at a number of WiFi hotspots.

BitTorrent Gets First Round of Financing

The popular, yet controversial peer-to-peer developer BitTorrent receives their first round of financing worth $8.75 million dollars.

Apple iTunes Outpaces P2P Services

A recent report by research firm NPD Group shows iTunes going head-to-head with P2P services like iMesh and Kazaa.

Gateway Launches New LCD Line-Up

Gateway's new line of LCD displays feature a sleek and thin design, intuitive control menu, flexible placement options and digital DVI-D technology.

CEOs Want Their HDTV

Several CEO's called on Congress to set a date when broadcasters will be forced to end their analog transmissions.

Sony PS3 Expected to Outperform Xbox 360

Leave it to the Engineer's at EETimes to come up with an answer: the Playstation 3 packs twice the power of the Xbox 360.

CEA Urges Congress for DTV Hard Deadline

The Consumer Electronics Association's CEO Gary Shapiro is urging congress to support a hard deadline end the broadcast DTV transition.

MS and WB to Release HD DVD Titles

Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft Corp. announced their plans to collaborate on the release of a broad range of next-generation HD DVD discs using Windows Media Video 9.

Akimbo Taking Pre-Orders for New RCA Box

Akimbo has announced that they are now taking pre-orders for their new RCA Akimbo Player IPTV set-top box.

Yahoo! Music to Use Nero AAC Codec

Yahoo! Music will be integrating Nero's AAC encoder/decoder into its new music player.

Yahoo! Launches Music Unlimited Service

Yahoo! is going head-to-head with the likes of Napster and Apple iTunes with the announcement of their new new music subscription service, Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

New VoodooPC Aria Makes DVD Images

VoodooPC's latest Media Center PC will back your DVD's up onto the systems hard drive, including movie box covers.

Microsoft WinHEC 2005 Wrap-up

The Tech Report has an article covering this years Microsoft WinHEC 2005 show. Looks like Microsoft is showing off some cool new products.

Your Next PC Could Use Netscape

Netcape has signed a deal to have their browser distributed to all HP and Compaq consumer desktop and notebook PCs.

More Users Down on Microsoft Longhorn

Our buddy Chris Pirillo writes about why he thinks Microsoft's next operating system just plain sucks.

Google Pulls Plug on Accelerator Downloads

According to News.com, Google has stopped allowing downloads of their new Accelerator program, citing they have 'reached maximum capacity' of downloads.

Bluetooth Could Hit Home Audio

According to Extreme Tech, Enhancements to the Bluetooth core specification will help the technology expand into personal audio, home automation and global navigation systems.

Apple’s Tiger OS Rolls Into Stores

Mac OS® X version 10.4 'Tiger,' will go on sale Friday at 6:00 p.m. at participating Apple Authorized Resellers and Apple retail stores worldwide.