Digital Trends News http://news.digitaltrends.com/ Digital Trends News channel has the 10 latest news posts. en-us Digital Trends http://www.digitaltrends.com/images/88x31_dt.png http://news.digitaltrends.com 88 31 Acer G24 LCD Touts World's Highest Contrast http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17197.html Acer says it's new Predator-themed 24-inch G24 LCD display offers the world's highest contrast ratio: 50,000:1. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 PST Sharp Shows Solar-Powered 26-inch LCTV http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17196.html 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. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:30:00 PST Google Makes Privacy Page One http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17195.html Bowing to pressure from privacy groups - and potentially California law - Google has put a link to its privacy policy right on its home page. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:00 PST MacBook Air Price Drops http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17194.html 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. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST Digital Trends Week In Review 07/04/07 http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17193.html Here are the top news stories and articles featured on Digital Trends for the week of July 4th. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PST Skype Gets New COO http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17192.html Scott Durschlag has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Skype after five years at Motorola. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PST Tax Checks Spent On Online Porn http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17191.html Market research seems to indicate that many of those lovely tax checks mailed out recently are being spent on porn. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PST Early July Malware Spike http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17190.html Security company MXLogic says that Independence Day and the upcoming launch of the 3G iPhone will bring a spike in malware. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 PST U.K. Govt. Starts Data Mash-Up Competition http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17189.html The British government is starting a competition to find new uses for public information, with a total of $40,000 in prizes. News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:00 PST Many Dial-Up Users Don't Want Broadband http://news.digitaltrends.com/article17188.html 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. News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 PST