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  • No more Napster

    Napster, the pioneering and controversial peer-to-peer music sharing service that exploded onto the Internet scene in the summer of 1999, is officially gone.

  • Laptops to sell for under $200 on Black Friday

    Heavily discounted PCs and tablets will be sold by top retailers on Black Friday, which marks one of the most active shopping days in the U.S. Walmart and Best Buy will offer fully equipped laptops for under US$200, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/210947/walmart_to_sell_sub200_laptop.html">continuing a promotional price battle</a> they have engaged in for years. The sub-$200 laptops have slow processors and may lack key components, but could be effective desktop replacements for basic tasks like office productivity applications, Web surfing and video.

  • Will Thanksgiving Day upstage Black Friday for online tech sales?

    Best Buy, Target, Sears, Staples and other major retailers have been releasing their Black Friday ads and circulars for the past week, setting up for what should be a busy shopping day for TVs, laptops, tablets and other electronics. But savvy shoppers who can negotiate time away from the family, turkey and football on Thanksgiving Day itself could also score bargains.

  • T-Mobile offers 4G Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for $450

    T-Mobile USA will sell the 4G Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus tablet beginning Nov. 16 for $450 using an unusual payment scheme: After an initial payment of $250, buyers will make 20 monthly payments and be required to sign up for a two-year wireless plan.

  • HP TouchPad returns to US store shelves

    Hewlett Packard's webOS-based TouchPad tablet is back from the dead and hitting Best Buy store shelves this week. Starting Tuesday on BestBuy.com you can pick up the 32GB version of the TouchPad for $US150 with the purchase of a new HP or Compaq PC. Alternatively, you can pick up the webOS tablet alone for $US600. The tablet will be available at Best Buy retail locations starting on Friday. You can find complete details on Best Buy's TouchPad deal page.

  • Motorola Cuts Xoom Price

    Motorola's Xoom is the latest Android tablet to get lower pricing, with a new "Family Edition" Xoom now available for $379.

  • Coalition targets US broadband adoption gap

    A coalition of IT vendors, online companies and nonprofit organizations have launched a wide-ranging program to drive up broadband adoption in the U.S. and train residents in tech skills in an effort to cut unemployment and spur economic growth.

  • UltimatePointer Goes After Nintendo's Wii Remote

    Hey Nintendo, you've been served, and I don't mean in terms of swinging a virtual racket with your Wii Remote (though the latter's surely related). <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37477/Nintendo_Sued_By_UltimatePointer_Over_Wii_Remote_Design.php">Noticed by Gamasutra</a>, it seems a company called <a href="http://www.ultimatepointer.com/">UltimatePointer</a> has the famous Japanese game maker in its crosshairs over patent claims relating to the Wii's wireless master controller.