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Global LCD TV sales soar

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Global sales of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs jumped 135 percent in the April-June quarter from a year earlier to a record 9.4 million units, led by Philips Electronics with a 13.5 percent share, a research firm said.
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EchoStar wins temporary reprieve in TiVo fight

EchoStar Communications Corp. won a temporary reprieve on Friday when an appeals court said it could still sell digital video recorders that a lower court had ruled infringed on a TiVo Inc. patent.
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Apple work code broken at supplier's China plant

Apple Computer Inc. said on Friday that its main supplier of iPod music players let employees in a China plant work longer hours than allowed by Apple's code of conduct, and that it had taken steps to address the issue.
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EchoStar must disable DVRs, judge rules

A judge has ordered EchoStar to disable the digital video recorders used by several million subscribers to its Dish satellite TV service because they infringe on patents held by TiVo.
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DVD Giveaways Signal Decline of Format

British newspapers are now giving away free as many DVDs as are being purchased in stores, revealing a stealth contributing factor to the decline of Hollywood's cash cow format.
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Agency reviewing all Sony laptop batteries

Consumer safety officials said on Tuesday they are reviewing all Sony-made lithium-ion batteries in laptop computers for fire hazards after Dell Inc. announced the largest electronics recall in the United States.
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Dell Recalls Fire-Risk Laptop Batteries

Dell Inc. said on Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they could overheat and catch fire, in the biggest recall in its 22-year history.
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Nokia Wants a Slice of Apple

Nokia announced a $60 million acquisition last week of music streamer Loudeye Corp., a move potentially pitting the world's largest cell-phone maker against the current king of portable music, Apple Corp.
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Apple Delays SEC Filing

Apple Corp. said on Monday that its third quarter earnings to the SEC would be delayed due to a stock option “irregularities” found at the company.
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SanDisk Sued over M-Systems Acquisition

SanDisk Corp., the worlds largest flash memory supplier, has been sued by two parties with regards to its proposed acquisition of M-Systems Ltd., the firm said on Thursday.
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Stalemate seen in high-definition DVD war

The battle between two hyped formats for high-definition DVD will confuse shoppers and turn many of them off the whole technology, a London-based research firm predicted on Friday.
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Intel to Open-Source Graphics Drivers

Intel Corp., the worlds largest processor and graphics supplier, announced today that it will unveil the inner workings of its software to the open-source community, aiming to promote development.
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Telecoms Begin Battle for IPTV

The Internet may soon change the way people watch television. AT&T and Verizon have been spending billions of dollars, to build and reinforce their networks with the hope of turning the Internet into an on-demand, multi-media entertainment machine.
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IPTV Set for Explosive Growth

The number of subscribers to Internet-Protocol based television (IPTV) is expected to soar by 2010, according to one market research firm.
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Operating System Stymies Palm Developments

Palm Inc. on Friday warned investors that delays in Palm's next operating system are affecting the company's ability to effectively compete in smart phone and PDA markets.
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French Judicial Body Weakens iPod Law

France's highest judicial body has ruled unconstitutional significant parts of a law meant to force Apple and other companies to sell music that would play on any portable music device.

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