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Freeway Web site editor adds RSS Feed action (Macworld.com)

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:01 GMT

Macworld.com - Softpress Systems on Thursday announced the release of Freeway 5.1, a new version of its Web design software for Mac OS X. A free update for 5.0 users, Freeway is available in Express and Pro versions for $79 or $249 respectively.

Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans (Reuters)

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:20:06 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/tc_nm/korea_coupons_life_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t074920_322x450_us_korea_coupons_life.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=vetMnEpcVu7wzVKJQkJW0g--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A mobile phone user shows off a coupon in Seoul April 29, 2008. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead.

Orb Claims It Can Stream Live TV to iPods (PC Magazine)

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:45:05 GMT

PC Magazine - Orb Networks claims to have "the world's first way to stream live TV to the iPhone and iPod Touch."

NEC to Expand Rugged Laptop Sales Worldwide (PC World)

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:10:09 GMT

PC World - Spray them with water, subject them to extreme temperatures or drop them on the ground, NEC's rugged ShieldPro laptops are...

Free Wi-Fi Expands with AT&T, Cablevision (PC World)

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT

PC World - Two giant offers for free Wi-Fi extended, one from AT&T to iPhone users, and another from Cablevision for its millions of home territory broadband subscribers.

Apple Reportedly Offers $44 Credit To Canadian iPod Owners (TechWeb)

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:07:00 GMT

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The reward is based on a class-action lawsuit complaining some of the rechargeable batteries in devices bought before June 2004 died after three hours of use.

Ultra Low-Cost Notebooks Destined As Second Computers (TechWeb)

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:24:00 GMT

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The most compelling reason to own the small device is to avoid carrying around a heavier and bulkier regular notebook, IDC analysts found.

Analysis: Why Hyundai Turned to Microsoft for Help (PC Magazine)

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:31:13 GMT

PC Magazine - When it comes to TVs, DVD players, and other consumer electronics, South Korea can go head to head with the best from Japan, China, and the rest of the world. When it comes to car cockpit technology, however, South Korea takes a back seat to everyone else. And that's why Hyundai partnered with Microsoft.

Panasonic Intros New Home Theater in a Box, Blu-ray Player (PC Magazine)

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:02:42 GMT

PC Magazine - Panasonic has introduced the latest version of its home theater in a box (HTiB) system, the first such unit to include an integrated Blu-ray player.

Best Buy Buys Half of Carphone Warehouse for $2.1B (PC Magazine)

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:58:29 GMT

PC Magazine - Best Buy is heading across the pond to form a new company with British consumer electronics leader, Carphone Warehouse.

Nokia Says To Sell 35 Million GPS Phones In 2008 (TechWeb)

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:44:43 GMT

TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, expects to sell 35 million Global Positioning System equipped phones this year, its chief executive said on Thursday.

Microsoft to Increase Focus on Handsets for Poor (PC World)

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:50:18 GMT

PC World - Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations...

Toshiba Makes MacBook Air Look Like a Brick (PC Magazine)

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:53:13 GMT

PC Magazine - The Toshiba Portégé laptop sports a 12-inch screen, a full-size keyboard, and yet weighs only 1.7 pounds -- about half the weight of the MacBook Air and ThinkPad X300.

Academic says gadgets threaten Internet's future (Reuters)

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:27:45 GMT

Reuters - The rise of gadgets like the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the Internet, a leading academic has warned in a new book.

Tethered gadgets threaten Internet future: academic (Reuters)

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:55:48 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/wr_nm/britain_internet_life_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t080150_450x319_us_britain_internet_life.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=KDWXaZuNZoK2n2EdEWSTUg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Steven Levy, a journalist from Newsweek magazine, holds the Apple iPhone outside the Apple store on New York's 5th Avenue, June 29, 2007. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The rise of gadgets such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation which helped to build the Internet, a leading Oxford academic has warned in a new book.

Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes (Reuters)

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:40:25 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/tc_nm/nintendo_rich_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t065103_450x319_us_nintendo_rich.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=mz9xnxWVvXOrqNs53WoHrA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed as a woman looks at a game software title for Wii at at a Sofmap store in Tokyo's Akihabara district April 24, 2008. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Soaring sales of Nintendo's Wii game machine have made former Nintendo (7974.OS) chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi Japan's richest man, worth $7.8 billion, Forbes magazine said in its annual rankings.

Japan Eyes Adding Copyright Fee to IPod Price (PC World)

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:00:16 GMT

PC World - Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency has proposed adding a fee to the price of Apple iPods and other digital music and video...

Apple inks Latin American deal for iPhone (AP)

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:44:55 GMT

AP - In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year.

HTC's Touch Diamond Won't Touch iPhone 2.0 (NewsFactor)

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:38:30 GMT

NewsFactor - Consumers wanting a touch-screen, Web-browsing, 3G-capable phone don't have to wait for the rumored 3G iPhone. HTC's new Touch Diamond matches -- some would say "copies" -- the features on Apple's breakthrough device while offering the speedy connections of 3G networks.

Microsoft Adds Sociability to its Zune Brand (NewsFactor)

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:04:57 GMT

NewsFactor - Microsoft placed a bigger bet on Zune this week, as it announced enhancements it hopes will solidify Zune as "the company's all-in-one digital entertainment brand." The Zune brand includes digital audio players, software, and an online music store.