Laptop vendors to offer Centrino with WiMax next year  —  San Francisco (IDGNS) - Several laptop vendors plan to announce support for an upcoming version of Intel’s Centrino platform that uses WiMax wide-area networking technology — but Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Apple are not expected to be among them.

Source:   InfoWorld
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070919…

Intel to straddle fence, offer native support for both HD DVD and Blu-ray  —  The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD isn’t just playing out on store shelves and within the movie industry, although those are the two most visible battlegrounds.  The giants of the tech world are also taking sides …

Source:   Ars […]

Murdoch’s Choice: Paid or Free for WSJ.com?  —  News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch hasn’t completed his purchase of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, but already Mr. Murdoch and Dow Jones executives are debating a key strategic question: Should the Journal fall in line …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Sarah […]

AT&T Brings Out The BlackBerry 8820  —  Look at what the cat dragged in.  It’s the BlackBerry I’ve been waiting for, the 8820.  GPS and Wi-Fi.  Can it get any better?  Once it moves over to T-Mobile, then yes.  Specs here, but I’m sure you know them already.

Source:   CrunchGear
Author:   Peter Ha
Link:   http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/19/att-brings-out-the…

Zune 2 “source” leaks launch date and specs  —  Heads up, Zune fans — some new product is heading your way sooner rather than later, and we suspect there’s more than a couple of things to get jazzed about.  According to reports from a “source” inside Microsoft, a new batch of Zunes …

Source:   Engadget
Author: […]

Apple and T-Mobile Announce Exclusive Partnership for iPhone in Germany  —  Apple® and T-Mobile today announced that T-Mobile, the leading network operator in Germany, will be the exclusive German carrier of Apple’s revolutionary iPhone™ when it makes its debut in Germany …

Source:   Apple
Link:   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/19iphone.html

Digg Goes Deeper with Social Networking  —  With its audience expanding and interests diversifying, the popular site is launching new features to help users find like-minded friends  —  When Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose launched Digg three years ago, the Web site attracted a community of like-minded people.

Source:   Business Week
Author:   Catherine Holahan
Link:   […]

Google Program Enlists Mini-Sites as Selling Tool for Advertisers  —  Google is seizing on the popularity of widgets — small online tools that function like mini-Web sites — for its latest push into advertising.  —  The online giant will announce today a Gadget Ads program that will provide tools …

Source:   New York Times
Author:   […]

Industry Leaders Develop Superspeed USB Interconnect  —  Popular USB Computer Connection Technology Expands performance with Proposed USB 3.0 Specification  —  INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, Sept. 18, 2007 - Intel Corporation and other industry leaders have formed the USB 3. Promoter Group …

Source:   Intel
Link:   http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases…

Google AdWords Introduces Google Gadget Ads, a New Interactive Ad Format  —  Engaging and flexible ad units give advertisers a new way to communicate with users online  —  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the introduction of Google Gadget Ads™, a new interactive ad format …

Source:   Google
Author:   Diana Adair
Link:   http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel…