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Get
ready for the 9-to-5 notebook (CNet News)
The magic number for notebook designers in the near future just
might be eight--as in the hours of a full workday.
Gaming's
Clash of the Titans (BusinessWeek)
Microsoft's next-generation console comes out first. Sony promises
more features. Nintendo says its unit will outplay them all.
Seoul
Machine (Wired)
Cell phones, memory chips and plasma TVs: how Samsung made Korea
a consumer electronics superpower.
An
X-Factor for the New Xbox? (BusinessWeek)
Better sound and HDTV quality should be impressive. Best of all,
though, could be Microsoft's potential six-month jump on the competition.
Global
PC Shipments Up 10 Percent in First Quarter (Reuters)
The worldwide personal computer market grew more than 10 percent
in the first quarter, fueled by strong growth in Europe and healthy
shipments of notebook PCs, market research firms said.
Microsoft
Offers Mobile Video (Red Herring)
Software goliath hopes its entry will stir demand for Windows Mobile-driven
devices.
Sony
PSP Releasing at Midnight (Washington Post)
First "Star Wars" movies, then Harry Potter books. Now,
Sony Corp.'s new PlayStation Portable is getting the midnight-release
treatment reserved for the most hyped of pop culture products.
Wireless
in Nawlins (CNet News)
Phones and wireless gadgets were all over New Orleans this week,
as CTIA Wireless 2005 came to town. Although people had plenty to
celebrate, not all was easy in the Big Easy.
Intel
inside dashboard (CNet News)
At CeBit in Hannover, Germany, Intel shows off a PC fitted into
a BMW Mini dashboard. Also: 3D galore, and a rocky road for car
"black boxes."
Vegging
Out in Front of the Phone (Wired)
You might have only just gotten your head around your camera phone.
Perhaps you've had a bit of fun playing with video clips. What mobile
companies want you to do next is to see it as a mini TV.
A
voyage inside the iPod Shuffle (CNet News)
A look under the hood of Apple Computer's iPod Shuffle shows the
company is making music with two chips.
Toy
Concepts Grow Up Fast (Los Angeles Times)
Electronic makeovers rule the day at the 2005 Toy Fair in New York.
'Kids are getting older younger,' one exec laments.
Leading
Brands Reluctantly Chase Cheap PC Sales (Reuters)
For personal computer makers caught in a vortex of plunging prices
and weak U.S. consumer demand, the question these days is, how low
can you go?
Sony
to Release PlayStation Portable (New York Times)
Sony Corp. said it will release the PlayStation Portable in North
America on March 24 and have 1 million units ready for sale in the
first week.
PalmOne
blunders on Treo 650 pricing (CNet News)
Handheld maker PalmOne upped the price of unlocked Treo 650 phones--to
the dismay of customers--citing an error in pricing as the reason
for the increase.
Portable
Gaming, Sony-Style (Wired)
If any machine could conceivably take a healthy bite out of Nintendo's
control of the handheld gaming market, Sony's PlayStation Portable
is it.
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