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Nathan Weinberg / InsideMicrosoft:
Exclusive: Windows Mobile 7 To Focus On Touch and Motion Gestures — Microsoft is currently developing Windows Mobile 7, the first revolutionary change to its mobile device operating system. Recently, I was given a document by a source inside Microsoft that details the touch and gesture plans for Mobile 7.
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All about Microsoft, Download Squad, Gizmodo, Darren Herman, TECH.BLORGE.com, Phone Scoop, IntoMobile and Engadget Mobile
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:
CES gadget: Sony re-enters the GPS navigation market with some cool features — Sony is introducing a couple of new global positioning system navigation (GPS) devices at its press conference today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The so-called nav-u car GPS navigators include …
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Reuters:
Philips partners with Rhapsody for digital music — LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Dutch electronics group Philips is forming an alliance with digital media company RealNetworks to offer online music using Philips' music players, the two companies said on Sunday. — Philips, which is redefining …
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Bits
PC World:
Samsung Shows OLED and Quad-HD TVs at CES — Announcements include ultrathin 14- and 31-inch OLED TVs and a prototype with four times the definition of most HD sets. — Recommend this story? — LAS VEGAS — Samsung Electronics is unveiling here today two ultrathin TVs and a prototype LCD TV …
Franklin Paul / MediaFile:
Toshiba, defiant, says HD-DVD, down, not out — Breaking new records in press conference brevity, Toshiba's CES presentation speed through why its TVs are the best and not a whole lot of detail on the fate of its HD DVD format after Hollywood's biggest studio Warner Bros decided to back Sony's Blu-ray exclusively.
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Fred / A VC:
What My Kids Tell Me About The Future of Media — I was reading a Goldman Sachs research report on the radio business on the plane back from Australia. I came across this chart of EBITDA multiples versus EBITA growth rates for various media categories. — There's not a ton of insight …
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Amazon launches software downloads — Online retailer Amazon has launched a software download section. And when we say launched, we mean, they've built a software downloader application which you can currently use to download a handful of products from TurboTax.
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Mashable!
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Casio's new ambition: Fast-frame rate camera — Casio is unveiling a radical departure from its basic point-and-shoot camera roots Sunday, the $1,000 Exilim Pro EX-F1 that the company says can shoot 60 still images per second or movies at 1,200 frames per second.
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Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:
CES gadgets: Casio shows off some new EXILIM digital cameras — Casio's popular EXILIM digital cameras are always among the hot sellers during the holidays. The company is announcing new models that can capture fast action. How fast? How about 60 frames per second.
samsung.com:
SAMSUNG Expands Its Q1 Ultra Line With New High-Performance UMPC — Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC Features Intel Core Solo Pentium CPU, Named 2008 CES Innovations Honoree — Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, a global leader in digital media …
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo:
Sharp Announces New TVs With Aquos Net Widgets/Services — We're here, baby. The conference starts at noon PST. Until then, were just chewing away at our Venetian boxed lunches while scoping out Sharp's 20mm, 100,000:1 contrast LCD we saw back at IFA. We still want one. Hit the jump for updates.
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Bits, The Technology Chronicles, CNET News.com, Engadget and Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Samsung High End Plasma: Series 7 Getting Ethernet and Amber Tinged Frames — The Catch: Samsung's high end 1080p plasma line comes in three sizes, 50, 58, and 63-inches. The press release is thin on specs but its got the ethernet port for RSS downloads of stock, and weather info.
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Electronista
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Amit / Digital Inspiration:
How Techmeme Homepage Changes Over Time - Video — It's amazing to see how blog stories make it to the Techmeme homepage, stay there for a couple of minutes (or hours) and then get replaced by fresh news. — The following video clip captures 50 hours of Techmeme activity and replays it in 50 seconds.
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Dembot, Webware.com, Mark Evans, mathewingram.com/work, Techmeme News, Howard Lindzon, Jim Kukral and TechCrunch
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Information overload in the Facebook-ABC presidential debates? — MANCHESTER, N.H.—It sounded like a good idea at first: Let Internet users be part of, virtually speaking, the Democratic and Republican presidential debates on Saturday evening by posting comments on a special Facebook message board.
Christopher Grant / Engadget:
Sony officially announces Skype on PSP — As if we didn't already know, Sony just spit out a press release announcing the availability of Skype on PSP courtesy of a firmware update due later this month. After the update, a Skype icon will be available under the Network menu …
Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
Sony Mylo 2 review — Many of you may have read about the Mylo 2 a few weeks ago when someone else broke embargo, but we chose to take the high road and follow the rules. The purported images of the Mylo 2 were legitimate, but you could have figured it out for yourselves.
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Gizmodo
