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September 3, 2005

Apple appears poised for iTunes phone launch

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Technology @ 5:12 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - The Apple rumor mill swung into overdrive this week when the company reported it would make a big digital music announcement on Wednesday (September 7).

September 2, 2005

Hi-tech search drones to help New Orleans rescue

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Technology @ 5:49 pm
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Unmanned remote-controlled airplanes used in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars may be deployed to find people trapped in New Orleans' buildings by Hurricane Katrina's flood waters, a U.S. congressman said on Friday.

Digital jukebox companies settle US antitrust case

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Technology @ 4:24 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Friday they had settled antitrust charges against two makers of digital jukeboxes after the companies promised to end a non- compete provision the government said was anti-competitive.

Apple’s iPod to set European mobiles ringing

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Technology @ 1:55 pm
LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) - European mobile phone operators are jumping on the iPod bandwagon and hope to secure deals that will give them access to a wealth of hot tracks from Apple Computer Inc's famed iTunes music store.

Verizon Wireless to sell music-playing phones

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Technology @ 1:08 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service, plans next week to start selling three mobile phones with built-in digital music players, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

DVD format war looms as Blu-ray backers plan launch

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Technology @ 12:15 pm

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chances looked slim that consumers will be spared a DVD format war, as the backers of one standard said on Friday there was no common ground for a unified format and it was on track for a market launch within a year.

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