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The application can be downloaded for free from http://www.nokia.com/internetradio and will also be embedded in upcoming Nokia S60 3rd edition devices.   The station directory of Nokia Internet Radio features browsing which can be done based on station name, genre, country or language. You can even find out what ... [full story]

The Xbox 360 will be $50 cheaper starting Wednesday, confirming leaked advertisements posted by bloggers in July. Microsoft said its most popular console, which comes with a 20-gigabyte hard drive, will cost $349. A basic console without a hard drive or wireless controllers will retail for $279, $20 less, while the Xbox ... [full story]

Hitachi today announced that it will begin the sale of its compact and contact less Finger Vein biometric authentication device. Hitachi developed the product based on the original model designed for the Japanese market and sold in Japan since October 2006. You can now guard against illegitimate access or leakage ... [full story]

Last week, Pentagon officials said that an attacker penetrated the unclassified systems in the Office of the Secretary of Defense prompting authorities to take as many 1,500 accounts offline Elements of the OSD unclassified e-mail system were taken offline yesterday afternoon due to a detected penetration. A variety of precautionary measures ... [full story]

Google is reducing the length of time it stores personal data that can identify its users as it tries to please the European Union watchdog that has questioned its privacy policies. Google said last night that it will scale back the period it keeps data it harvested from users of ... [full story]

Yoggie has launched a new concept in personal security appliances for laptops and PCs whereby users can access 13 security applications on a miniature computer contained in a USB stick. The Yoggie Pico, a full and robust Linux based computer, offloads all security applications onto the USB stick allowing Internet ... [full story]

Dell today launched three consumer systems preinstalled with the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux distribution. XPS  410n Dimension  E520n Inspiron  E1505n notebook The systems target the Linux enthusiast community and are a direct result of extensive customer feedback. About 30,000 IdeaStorm community members advocated that Dell offer systems with Linux pre-installed, and more ... [full story]

AMD has launched the Phenom processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-AMD gaming platform, codenamed FASN8. Phenom processor are the only true quad-core client processors and are expected to deliver the ultimate visual experience, especially when paired with AMD’s new DirectX 10 ATI Radeon HD 2000 series. AMD ... [full story]

Dell is to offer consumers computers that come preloaded with the open source Linux operating system (Ubuntu). Dell has long offered business Linux-based computers. But the announcement marks the first time that a major computer manufacturer has offered the technology on laptops and desktops designed for consumer use. The computers ... [full story]

Samsung will launch a dual format High-Definition (HD) optical disc player in time for the holidays. Samsung’s Duo HD player (BD-UP5000) will fully support both HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats and their interactive technologies, HDi and BD-Java. With the Duo HD consumers can enjoy additional studio content such as trailers, director’s ... [full story]

The iTunes store Wednesday began selling online movie titles from MGM, the Hollywood studio boasting the biggest catalog of modern movie titles. As per the deal announced yesterday, MGM will intially offer classics such as 'Dances with Wolves,' 'Mad Max,' and 'Rocky,' with other titles to follow suit in the coming ... [full story]

Panasonic has been voted as the most reliable camera manufacturer by Which readers. Which?, the UK's consumer magazine, asked readers to rate the reliability of cameras as part of a comprehensive report on digital cameras. Against fierce competition, Panasonic was voted the clear winner, with a remarkable 99% overall reliability. Reliability ... [full story]

Founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has announced big plans to build a search engine to take on heavyweights like Google and Yahoo!, says a Reuters report. At a conference in Tokyo this week, Wales declared that Wikipedia's commercial counterpart, Wikia, plans to grab around 5 percent of the lucrative Internet ... [full story]

Microsoft, which is increasingly competing with Google in business software and other areas, accused the Silicon Valley giant of a "cavalier" attitude to copyright, media reported on Wednesday. Thomas Rubin, Microsoft's associate general counsel, told an audience of book publishers on Tuesday that Google "systematically violates copyright" law. Rubin singled out ... [full story]

Lenovo recalled about 100,000 laptop computer batteries yesterday, warning that they could overheat and cause a fire. The battery recall was the second for the company in the past six months and comes as Lenovo, the world's No. 3 computer maker, tries to gain ground on its better-known competitors. The latest recall ... [full story]