Consolation prize? Sony today re-iterated its plan to sell its Cell processor chip factory to Toshiba, which will pay ¥90bn ($835m) for the facility.?

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A day after Apple cut the price of its shuffle, Sony has unveiled its latest no-nonsense media players in Japan - the NW range.

This morning Hitachi is launching some ultra-flat LCD screens in their UT series, just one third the depth of standard flatscreens. With three sizes - the 32" UT32MH70, 37" UT37MX70 and 42" UT42MX70, they have 35mm profiles and weigh a minimum of 10.9kg. IPS LCD technology has been...

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Sony's latest additions to its E series range of MP3 players come with interchangeable jackets, and have a USB plug for direct connection to your computer. The player itself comes in black or white, and there are twenty different designs of the outer "Style-Up" panels available. In 1GB, 2GB and 4GB versions, the NW-E023F, -025F and -026F play ATRAC, MP3, WMA and AAC and have a 3-line LCD display. Measuring 3.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 inches, they're out in M
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The Wedisk USB 2.0 thumb drive is a neat design, allowing you to tote your Nintendo fanboyism with you wherever you may be. (What kind of fanboy doesn't have a DS to do that?) Product ownership questions aside, the usual position of the IR screen on the top of the Wiimote is instead replaced with the USB connector port, by depressing the A button the connector ejects out, permitting you to get your data transfer on. The Wedisk is available in eit
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Given how delicious we all think Microsoft's touchscreen table, the Surface, is (apart from the $10,000 price tag) here's a more basic version from ToyQuest. The Touch Table EES (that stands for electronic education system) boasts a 21-inch touchscreen from which you can play games and DVDs (hmm, very educational.) It does redeem itself somewhat, though. Find out how after the gallery.galleryPost('toyquesttouchtable', 3, 'ToyQuest Touch Table');T
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Filed under: Gaming The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo plans to begin shipping it's Wii Fit with weight and motion sensing Balance Board in May. Nintendo will also make good on a new online gaming game distribution service dubbed WiiWare. Right, that homebrew happy service which should result in vast quantities of cheap and innovative content previously only available in Johnny Chung Lee's imagination. Read | Permalink | Email thi
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Filed under: Portable Audio If your primary motivation in choosing an MP3 player is its ability to match your shoes then you're in luck, sissy. Sony's newest NW-E-series of Walkman USB sticks come in ¥16,000 (about $149) NW-E026F (4GB), ¥13,000 ($121) NW-E025F (2GB), and ¥11,000 ($102) the NW-E023F (1GB) flavors with plenty of interchangeable shells to keep up with your wardrobe. They support ATRAC/MP3/WMA/AAC and Linear PCM with an FM tuner thro
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A powerful earthquake has struck western Indonesia, prompting tsunami warnings from international agencies. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damages.

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Strong Earthquake Strikes Western Indonesia, Tsunami Warning in Effect

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 7.5 magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of deaths or casualties and no local tsunami warning was issued.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Labor disputes, whether real or merely predicted, have put a crimp in Marvel Entertainment's goal of releasing two films -- or maybe even one -- next year.