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• 27 June 2006

• News: Amateur clips the focus of Blinkx search engine

  The popularity of user-generated video clips has led Blinkx to tweak its search engine towards finding this type of content.

• 25 June 2006

• News: HDTV kicks off World Cup games

  The World Cup tournament underway in Germany is history in the making, not only for the teams competing for the trophy but also for the engineers covering the event in HDTV format.

• 23 June 2006

• News: Rich-media ads to be tested on Google Video

  A public test to show display and video ads on Google Video, another step in the search giant's exploration of graphical ads in its own services, will be launched soon, according to internal sources.

• 22 June 2006

• News: iTunes TV downloads now possible

  If Apple wishes to make a move to offer films and TV programs through its iTunes service in the UK then the door has been left wide open for it.

• 21 June 2006

• News: Panasonic digital SLR to hit Japan in July

  Panasonic today announced that its first digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera will go on sale in Japan next month, with other regions to follow soon after.

• News: Lycos plans internet TV push

  Lycos will launch a website devoted to high-quality, long-form video such as full-length films and television episodes in the third quarter of this year.

• 19 June 2006

• News: Origami feedback mixed, says Samsung

  Citing a mixture of reactions from customers who bought its Q1 device, Samsung has said that the pre-launch teaser campaign run by Microsoft about the Origami project may have been misleading.

• News: Microsoft to challenge iPod and iTunes?

  A music and video service, as well as a media player, is being developed by Microsoft to compete with Apple's iPod and iTunes, according to Reuters.

• 17 June 2006

• News: Opinion: Computex highlights digital evolution

  The Computex show in Taipei used a lot of scantily clad young women as well as pen, mouse-pad, and mini-football giveaways to hype what amounted to incremental improvements in a range of digital devices.

• 16 June 2006

• News: The wit and wisdom of Bill Gates

  As the personification of both Microsoft and geek success, Bill Gates has had plenty of opportunities to pontificate on a wide range of tech-related topics. Sometimes his insights have proved visionary. Other times, well, not so much.

• 14 June 2006

• News: Google adds photo Web Albums to Picasa

  Google has added a new online photo-sharing feature to Picasa, the free software that lets users organize digital photos on their computers.

• 08 June 2006

• News: HP recalls digital cameras for fire hazard

  HP has recalled more than half a million digital cameras, citing the risk of a fire hazard from an overheated battery.

• 06 June 2006

• News: Intel looks beyond entertainment with Viiv

  For the moment, Intel's Viiv platform is all about digital entertainment, but that might not always be the case.

• News: Sony debuts digital SLR camera

  Sony today unveiled its first digital single lens reflex camera, the 10.2Mp Alpha DSLR-A100.

• 05 June 2006

• News: $100 laptop to feature innovative LCDs

  Nicholas Negroponte's '$100 laptop computer' will cost about $135 (about £70) when available to children in developing countries by the middle of next year.

• 04 June 2006

• News: Acer revs up dual-core Ferrari laptops

  Acer has thrown down the gauntlet in its racing-car rivalry with Asus, launching the latest upgrades to its Ferrari series of notebook PCs, the first dual-core additions to the family.

• 02 June 2006

• News: Sony to unveil 'Alpha' next week

  Sony will finally enter the DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera market next week, it announced today.

• 01 June 2006

• News: Yahoo launches improved video service

  Yahoo today launched a site designed to make it easier for internet users to find and share videos.

• News: Greenpeace to protest at Computex show

  Greenpeace plans to protest the use of toxic chemicals in electronics products from mobile phones to PCs at the Computex IT show in Taipei next week.

• 30 May 2006

• News: Sony's LocationFree offers TV on the hoof

  Sony today announced the UK launch of its LocationFree box.

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