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Exclusive: Seagate Introduces New HD Media Storage and Sharing Device

Problem: your relatives just got a new HDTV and you want to show off some videos or photos you shot on their screen. Question: what’s the easiest way to get your photos, video, or other media onto their screen? Solution: Seagate ...READ»

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Hulu Sets Sights on iPad, but It'll Cost You

Hulu and the iPad would seem like a software and hardware combo born in media heaven, but we hadn't heard a peep from Hulu officially on the matter. But now Hulu's kind of confirmed its iPad plans. The trick is, you may have to ...READ»

Zune HD Prices Leak on Amazon: 16GB $220, 32GB $290

The price of Microsoft's long-awaited Zune HD, the company's latest attempt to challenge Apple's iPod dominance in the portable media player space, leaked via Amazon today, giving us a glimpse (finally) at the sticker price: $220 for ...READ»

Creative's Zii Machine: It's an Android-Powered iPod Touch

Creative came clean on its Zii project--first teased back in January with news of the company's revolutionary "stem cell computing" chips. It's a device called the Zii Egg, and it looks like an iPod touch. In fact, it's eerily ...READ»

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PSP Go Leaks, Looks Like MYLO Media Player Minus UMD

Details about Sony's PSP Go leaked out over the weekend, ahead of the expected release at this week's E3 video game con. Photos reveal that the much-reviled UMD is gone, and the sliding design turns it into a media device as much as ...READ»

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Why the EU Shouldn't Force Microsoft to Install Other Browsers

In a move to both punish Microsoft for its anti-competitive actions and to benefit the consumer, the E.U. is requiring the software giant to give Windows users the option to use other browsers instead of Internet Explorer. But this ...READ»

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iRiver's WaveHome Wants To Be Your Family's Internet Hub

iRiver is known for pumping out surprisingly slick personal media players, but with the Wave-Home it's taking aim at a different market: Your family's media/communications hub. You have one of those don't you? Well, if you don't ...READ»

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LG's Upcoming GD910 Cellphone Is Also A Wristwatch

LG's designers have been watching too much Dick Tracy: The company's upcoming GD910 cellphone is housed in a wristwatch-format device, though it won't necessarily help you fight crime. The diminutive device enters a market already ...READ»

Rumor: Sony Walkman to Rival iPod Touch

The iPod Touch (and iPhone) may have been deemed as "the best iPod ever" by Steve Jobs himself, and Apple clearly dominates the MP3 player market. But it seems Sony thinks enough is enough, and is due to release a new Walkman that...READ»

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Wal-Mart To Sell iPhone 3G

After a furor of speculation this weekend that Wal-Mart [WMT] might be the next retailer to carry Apple's [AAPL] iPhone 3G, a few details have finally emerged. According to Bloomberg, the world's largest retailer will begin stocking ...READ»

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New iriver Touch Media Player Coming Soon

There has been a little bit of speculation as to the form-factor that iriver's [KDQ:060570] new media player, the Spinn, would take; early FCC leaks seemed to suggest that it would operate via a traditional directional pad. But the ...READ»

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Creative Reveals New "Zen Krystal" Media Player

Hot on the heels of the announcement of their new ZEN X-Fi media player is news of another Creative [OTC:CREAF] media player, apparently to be called the ZEN Krystal. When it comes to names, there's no accounting for taste -- one ...READ»

Creative Media Player Offers Small Size, Big Functionality

Today Creative [OTC:CRTV] made official their upcoming portable media player, the Zen X-Fi, which will have a whole quiver of nifty features packed inside a diminutive, credit-card sized package. The device, which will come in three ...READ»

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JVC "Aleno" Media Players To Hit US Shores In July

JVC Victor [TYO: 6792] has been cranking out its popular Aleno players in Japan for some time, and it's just announced it will be adding three more models to the XA-V lineup. The new models, labeled XA-V80, XA-V40, and XA-V20 will ...READ»