Online gaming race turns corner. Sony says it now expects to have sold a million Internet adapters for PlayStation 2 by the end of the month--double previous forecasts. [CNET News.com]
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Flat-panel monitors to take market lead. Flat-panel monitors for desktop computers are expected to surpass traditional cathode ray tube monitors in revenue this year, a sea change for the display industry. [CNET News.com]
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RIM shrinks the Blackberry. Company unveils two new devices [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Cool Centrino notebooks: Sony Z1, Sony U101, ThinkPad T40. [Hack the Planet]
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InfoWorld: Vendors push ultrawideband as wireless alternative. [Hack the Planet]
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Like Online Dating, With a Political Spin. Hundreds of people turned out in New York last week to hear a presidential candidate at an event organized not by his campaign staff but by a Web site. By Lisa Napoli. [New York Times: Technology]
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Recognizing the Dance on the Dotted Line. Soon, software that recognizes the rhythm of handwriting could reduce card fraud. By Ian Austen. [New York Times: Technology]
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Tiny Transactions, Without the Coins. TOKYO. By Ken Belson. [New York Times: Technology]
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Game Boy Grows Up (But Not Too Much). Companies like Mad Catz and Interact sell a lot of accessories for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance hand-held game console: attachable lights so you can play in a poorly lighted room, screen protectors to prevent scratches, and rechargeable battery packs to save you from going through hundreds of AA batteries. Now Nintendo has pulled the rug out from under these manufacturers with the introduction of the Game Boy Advance SP, which has it all. By Charles Herold. [New York Times: Technology]
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Replacing Ailing Batteries. My old laptop works fine, but its battery can barely hold a charge. Is it possible to upgrade to one of the newer batteries, like lithium ion, that are supposed to last longer between charges? By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology]
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In a Single Swipe, a Wealth of Data (Beware of Thieves). Readers that decode the stripe on a credit card help make the market go round, but there are pitfalls. By Roy Furchgott. [New York Times: Technology]
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A Leap for Realism in a 'Matrix' Teaser. A nine-minute computer-animated film revisits the dark yet flashy science-fiction universe of "The Matrix." By Michel Marriott. [New York Times: Technology]
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Big Screens for Less, Though Not Little. Big plasma TV screens are getting cheaper (if you call $3,000 or $4,000 cheap), but there is a catch: they will not provide true HDTV. By David Pogue. [New York Times: Technology]
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Call Ban: Sweet Sound of Silence. Americans may soon be able to enjoy their evenings and weekends without interruption from eager telemarketers, thanks to a new do-not-call law. Tech providers lick their chops over the chance to sell products that help the marketers comply. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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Building the Green Wall of China. Desert storms from Central Asia are leaving a trail of global destruction. Now Beijing is drawing a line in the sand. By Evan Ratliff from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
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Beeb calls time on 'my BBC'. Few noticed [The Register]
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BT ventures into online learning. The telecoms giant has launched a website to help children with their schoolwork. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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Microsoft targets the living room. The US software giant is bringing its home entertainment version of Windows to Europe. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
6:57:53 PM    

Message in a bottleneck. Instant Messaging, corporate software vie for workplace [CNET News.com]
6:54:18 PM    

Italians Give Thumbs Up to Wireless Messages. SMS text messages sent via cellphones are now so pervasive in Italy that even Pope John Paul II recently joined the club. By Frank Bruni. [New York Times: Technology]
6:53:45 PM    

Indian hackers target Pakistan. An e-mail worm which attacks Pakistani websites and internet services has been launched by Indian hackers. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
6:53:08 PM    

EarthLink rolls out Net phone service. VOIP service works with cable, DSL [InfoWorld: Top News]
6:51:23 PM    

Piracy ring mop up targets Australian man. Drink Or Die group leader charged [InfoWorld: Top News]
6:50:54 PM    

Oracle deal: Good omen for Linux group?. The database maker lends UnitedLinux a hand in its turf battle with Red Hat: It will provide technical support to customers using open-source software from UnitedLinux members. [CNET News.com]
6:50:22 PM    

Adobe reports profit, sales growth. The software publisher reports sales and profit growth for its fiscal first quarter, thanks to growing interest in the company's Acrobat electronic publishing software. [CNET News.com]
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Adaptive Path: Conducting International Usability. Peter Merholz. Maintaining global consistency requires centralizing these Web efforts (usually within corporate headquarters), yet this must accommodate distinct approaches to working which vary from region to region. [Tomalak's Realm]
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