Paid video downloads have no future - study

Forrester is one of the first market research firms to question the opportunities of paid video download services.

‘General Lee’ car heads back to Ebay

John Schneider, the actor who played Bo Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard television series, is giving Ebay another shot.  He will be auctioning his 1969 Dodge Charger which appeared in the series as one of the famous “General Lee” cars.  The previous winning bidder on Ebay refused to pay after claiming someone hacked into his account and fraudulently placed a nearly $10 million dollar bid.

Dell PC headed to the Smithsonian

One of Michael Dell's first computers is heading to the Smithosian's National Museum of American History, where it will share the company of an original IBM PC, a 1980s Mac, and Bill Clinton's saxophone.

Update: Myspace launches new video copyright protection

Myspace has launched a new service that it hopes will cut back on copyrighted videos posted on the site.

Thailand pulls out of YouTube lawsuit threat

Thailand has said it no longer wants to sue Google because of an offensive video someone posted that insulted the country's king.

Background: What Fusion will be – and what not

Chicago (IL) – We recently were able to spend some time with AMD to learn more about its upcoming chip technologies. Not surprisingly, one focus was Fusion, AMD’s mysterious processor that will marry graphics and CPU in the 2009 or 2010 timeframe. We heard lots of buzzwords and did not see an actual product, but there was enough information to get a better idea of AMD’s plans: Join us for a closer look at what Fusion may look like in three, four years.

Super Bowl ads going to MySpace

Fox and MySpace are teaming up to offer Super Bowl ads on the popular social networking site.

Buyer skips out on record eBay bid

The buyer who bid nearly $10 million dollars for a replica of the famous General Lee from the Dukes of Hazard has disappeared.

Spike Lee enters YouTube competition game

Actor, director, and frivolous litigator Spike Lee has teamed up with an Irish Internet company to kickstart a new online video service.

PDP demand shows slowing down trend

EchoStar fights back against negative Comcast ads

In an inverted scene of the Time Warner vs. DirecTV battle earlier this year, satellite operator EchoStar has issued retaliatory remarks to Comcast ads that claim cable picture quality is better than satellite.

Asahi Glass reports rising FPD glass sales in 1Q07

VoIP telephony market to top 25 million US households by 2012

Acer to push desktop PCs in consumer market

Microsoft to bring new TV shows to MSN

Microsoft is increasing its presence in the online video market, with an announcement this week that it has signed a deal with a production company for new web-only shows on MSN.

LG cools off with HDTV refrigerator

At an event in Las Vegas, LG Electronics today unveiled a refrigerator with a built-in HDTV, fixing the previously mutually exclusive combination of getting food and watching Legally Blonde in HD.

Demand for WVGA 7" digital photo frame panels estimated to exceed one million units in 2008

Scientists double the capacity of rechargeable lithium batteries

New research results presented today could bring companies such as Intel much closer to that goal of offering notebooks that achieve a battery running time of 8 hours and more.

TBN, History Channel, Discovery to move to HD space

Today was a big day for news about new high definition TV channels, with announcements and reports of six new networks headed to HD.

Wal-mart stores going solar

The world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart is converting some of its stores to solar power.