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From Baby Einstein tapes for infants to Reader Rabbit software for two-year-olds to Nintendo consoles given as early as fifth birthdays and beyond, technological advancements designed to stimulate the intellect and entertain the soul are overwhelming many 21st century kids. Technology access has bee...

The confusion around Microsoft's plans to support high-definition protected content in its Windows Vista operating system continued on Friday as conflicting reports flood the news media. Microsoft Senior Program Manager Steve Riley told attendees at Tech2006 in Sydney that Microsoft would never supp...

Samsung Electronics on Sunday announced the first 70-inch LCD panel aimed at the consumer marketplace. Until now, Sharp offered the largest LCD TV screen, at 65 inches. Samsung will demonstrate its 70-inch LCD HDTV at the International Meeting on Information Displays 2006, which will open in Daegu, ...

Sony will continue to rule the video game kingdom through 2011 with its Playstation 3 console, research firm Yankee Group forecast this week. However, it will be sharing more of the market with Microsoft and Nintendo as growth slows for unit shipments among consoles overall. With 44 percent of the c...

New developments are shaping the high definition DVD landscape. The latest news in the evolving Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format battle comes from Sony, which this week said Japan and the United States will share the same region code for Blu-ray disc players. The company also announced that it has started ...

Microsoft announced on Monday a new set of development tools aimed at allowing the average user to create game content for its Xbox 360 console. The software giant hopes its new XNA Game Studio Express software and support will spur games innovation, develop new talent and generally change the way v...

Rep. Cliff Sterns, R-Fla., has proposed legislation that aims to involve the Federal Trade Commission in the creation of rules governing video game ratings. The "Truth in Video Game Rating Act," or H.R. 5912, would usurp the authority of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, a self-regulatory b...

AOL on Friday will launch the beta version of a free portal designed to let customers view and share videos across the Web. AOL Video includes roughly 45 new video-on-demand content channels, organized and accessible through video search, browse or an interactive programming guide; free streaming co...

Viacom is giving a new meaning to the adage, "I want my MTV." MTV Networks UK & Ireland -- which Viacom owns -- on Tuesday unveiled MTV Flux, an interactive online community that lets audience members control their own television channel. Flux members can upload their own content and be part of...

Electronic Arts is developing six new games for Nintendo's upcoming Wii game console, expected to make its way to market later this year. EA's dedicated Wii development team is crafting new releases from the best-selling "Madden NFL," "Need for Speed," "Harry Potter," "Tiger Woods PGA TOUR," "SSX" a...

The number of U.S. households with a connected entertainment network will reach 30 million by 2010, according to a new report from Parks Associates. A connected entertainment network is a network composed of either a PC connected to at least one consumer electronics (CE) device or multiple interconn...

Nintendo is reportedly planning to best its price advantage over Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation3 (PS3) with a time advantage as well, aiming to beat Sony to the market by more than a month with the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo is sticking to gameplay, rather than pushing processor and graphic...

For months, the so-called DVD format wars have been mostly theoretical -- but now, the real, marketplace battle is finally getting underway. Sony and Toshiba, two of the frontrunners in the race, will face off with competing technologies, with Samsung being the first to make Sony's Blu-ray strike ag...

The Recording Industry Association of America is claiming victory over illegal file swapping. The vehement opposer of sites like BitTorrent and eDonkey reported this week that it now considers illegal file trading "contained." Legal digital downloads are up 77 percent, the RIAA said. Album sales, m...

Advanced Micro Devices officially launched its bid to get into the living room this week, touting technical capabilities and a team of supporting computer manufacturers as it rolled out its "Live" media PC platform. Describing Live PC as a "full-featured, easy-to-use media center PC," AMD said the c...

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