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  • Sony hurls itself into online music

    The Japanese electronics giant wants to be at the heart of the converged broadband world, and is launching itself into the ultra-competitive market for music downloads.

  • Sony's One-Two PDA hit

    Sony's CLIE PEG-SJ20 and PEG-SJ30 address the budget side of the PDA equation. Do budget colour and monochrome PDAs offer enough for your spending dollar?

  • Philips picks blue lasers for itty-bitty disc

    Consumer-electronics giant Philips is demonstrating a prototype miniature disc drive that uses a coin-size disc capable of storing nearly twice as much data as a standard-sized CD.

  • Alcohol gives new life to thirsty portables

    NEC and Sony are developing fuel cells that turn alcohol into electricity, potentially giving a new breath of life to mobile devices.

  • Nokia updates N-Gage game player

    Mobile-phone giant Nokia announces the first major revamp of its N-Gage game player, addressing many of the design and business issues that have limited sales of the current version.

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  • Mobility madness: Managing mobile devices

    Today's smart phones are less about ring tones and more about extending your corporate applications well and truly into the field. Say goodbye to the deskbound worker -- and hello to a potential data and security nightmare, warns David Braue.

  • Microsoft: We're in 'fighting shape'

    In a rare joint interview, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discuss ad-supported software, the battles against Sony and Google, and what's so great about the upcoming Vista.

  • Philips picks blue lasers for itty-bitty disc

    Consumer-electronics giant Philips is demonstrating a prototype miniature disc drive that uses a coin-size disc capable of storing nearly twice as much data as a standard-sized CD.

  • Intel readies next handheld chips

    Intel is adding to its arsenal of processors for portable devices by developing an XScale-based processor, code-named Bulverde, for handheld computers.

  • Tech giants lock down wireless content

    A group of technology heavyweights is expected to take the wraps off a secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices, according to sources familiar with the plans.

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  • Sony adds wireless to new handhelds

    The consumer electronics maker announced its latest handhelds, which include built-in wireless capabilities and a slew of new components made in-house.

  • Sony's One-Two PDA hit

    Sony's CLIE PEG-SJ20 and PEG-SJ30 address the budget side of the PDA equation. Do budget colour and monochrome PDAs offer enough for your spending dollar?

  • Blue laser format gets green light

    A consortium of companies developing Blu-ray Disc technology, a recordable DVD format using blue-violet lasers, announces the start date for the licensing of the technology.

  • Sony's digital audio diplomacy

    After a lengthy delay Sony has finally released the latest version of its Network Walkman, the NW-MS9, in Australia. Sony, which has operates in both the consumer electronics and music distribution industries, has a natural obligation to ensure that their digital audio players help protect rather than infringe digital music copyright. Unfortunately, forcing Sony's digital audio players to walk the line between technology consumers and the law leaves them with a significant handicap.

  • Philips picks blue lasers for itty-bitty disc

    Consumer-electronics giant Philips is demonstrating a prototype miniature disc drive that uses a coin-size disc capable of storing nearly twice as much data as a standard-sized CD.

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