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Acer G24 LCD Touts World's Highest Contrast
Friday, July 4th @ 10:00am PDT
Acer says it's new Predator-themed 24-inch G24 LCD display offers the world's highest contrast ratio: 50,000:1.
Sharp Shows Solar-Powered 26-inch LCTV
Friday, July 4th @ 9:30am PDT
Sharp is showing off a prototype low-power 26-inch LCD TV that consumes one quarter the power of a 28-inch TV...and could be run off a solar panel.
Google Makes Privacy Page One
Friday, July 4th @ 9:00am PDT
Bowing to pressure from privacy groups - and potentially California law - Google has put a link to its privacy policy right on its home page.
MacBook Air Price Drops
Friday, July 4th @ 7:00am PDT
Apple has very quietly reduced the price of the fastest version of its prestigious MacBook Air notebook by $500, so it now weighs in at $2,598.
Digital Trends Week In Review 07/04/07
Friday, July 4th @ 6:00am PDT
Here are the top news stories and articles featured on Digital Trends for the week of July 4th.
Skype Gets New COO
Friday, July 4th @ 6:00am PDT
Scott Durschlag has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Skype after five years at Motorola.
Tax Checks Spent On Online Porn
Friday, July 4th @ 5:00am PDT
Market research seems to indicate that many of those lovely tax checks mailed out recently are being spent on porn.
Early July Malware Spike
Friday, July 4th @ 4:00am PDT
Security company MXLogic says that Independence Day and the upcoming launch of the 3G iPhone will bring a spike in malware.
U.K. Govt. Starts Data Mash-Up Competition
Friday, July 4th @ 3:00am PDT
The British government is starting a competition to find new uses for public information, with a total of $40,000 in prizes.
Many Dial-Up Users Don't Want Broadband
Thursday, July 3rd @ 10:30am PDT
A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests many of America's remaining dial-up users simply aren't interested in broadband.
OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner to Launch July 4
Thursday, July 3rd @ 10:10am PDT
Taiwan's OpenMoko has announced its Neo FreeRunner Linux-based phone will launch on Juy 4, featuring a 640 by 480 display, Wi-Fi, and tri-band GSM.
Viacom to Get YouTube User Histories
Thursday, July 3rd @ 9:45am PDT
Google has been ordered to turn over the viewing history of every YouTube user...to Viacom.
Google to Battle Child Porn on Orkut
Thursday, July 3rd @ 9:30am PDT
Google has reached an agreement with Brazilian authorities to help fight child pornography on its social networking site Orkut.
Sony Withdraws PS3 2.4 Firmware Update
Thursday, July 3rd @ 9:00am PDT
Just two days after releasing its v2.4 firmware for the PlayStation 3, Sony has yanked the update on reports its rendering consoles inoperable.
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