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September, 2008
News articles by Andre Yoskowitz This page lists all news articles written by Andre Yoskowitz during September, 2008. News articles are sorted so that the latest article appears at the very top of the page and the oldest article appears at the bottom of the page.
	Xbox 360 sees price cut in the US On Thursday Microsoft confirmed the month old rumor that it was dropping the price, across the board, of its Xbox 360 console in the US. Following a steep price cut in Japan two weeks ago, ... 7 Sep 2008 6:08 PM \| 4 comments

	Lenovo PCs to come with free trial for Napster Popular PC maker Lenovo and the legal music download service Napster have signed a deal to have Napster provide new Lenovo PC owners with a free 14-day trial to the Napster To Go digital music service. ... 7 Sep 2008 3:01 PM \| 1 comment

	Sony starts massive Vaio notebook recall Sony has announced that it will be recalling over 440,000 Vaio branded notebooks worldwide due to the fact that wiring faults could cause overheating. The notebooks in question are 19 separate ... 7 Sep 2008 2:22 PM \| 4 comments

	P2P traffic drops while streaming grows exponentially According to new data figures from PlusNet, P2P traffic has declined significantly over the past year and legal, streaming content has grown exponentially. The figures show that P2P traffic ... 7 Sep 2008 2:08 PM \| 1 comment

	UK ISPs are handing over personal details of 'pirates' The two large UK ISPs BT and Virgin Media have admitted they have turned over the personal details of thousands of alleged pirates after the High Court ordered them to. The personal information ... 7 Sep 2008 1:31 PM \| 1 comment

	The Pirate Bay is under fire again The infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay is back in the news today, this time for refusing to take down a user-uploaded torrent that includes autopsy pictures of two toddlers that were murdered ... 6 Sep 2008 6:55 PM \| 60 comments

	Amazon Unbox is dead, welcome Amazon VOD Amazon has announced the end of its Unbox service and the birth of the new Amazon Video on Demand. The new, updated service will allow users to watch ad-supported movies and television episodes ... 6 Sep 2008 6:48 PM \| 5 comments

	Sony launches LCD TV with 240Hz frame rate Sony has announced the launch of a new BRAVIA flat-panel LCD that has an industry leading 240Hz frame rate for exceptional motion detail during TV and movie playback. The TV, dubbed the KDL-52XBR7 ... 6 Sep 2008 4:40 PM \| 5 comments

	PlayTV gets functionality back After announcing last month that it was stripping some functionality from its PS3 PlayTV device it appears that Sony has changed its mind and added back the ability to transfer recorded shows, ... 6 Sep 2008 4:07 PM \| 4 comments

	Comcast appeals FCC ruling on net neutrality One month after being found guilty of breaking net neutrality laws, the large U.S. ISP Comcast has appealed the decision in hopes of having the ruling overturned. On August 1st the Commission ... 6 Sep 2008 3:29 PM \| 7 comments

	Michael Moore to release latest movie on Internet for free The popular documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has announced that he will be exclusively releasing his latest documentary on the Web for free instead of releasing it traditionally via theaters. ... 5 Sep 2008 2:58 PM \| 52 comments

	Samsung questions longevity of Blu-ray format According to an interview posted on Pocket-lint.co.uk, Samsung believes that the Blu-ray format will only have a 5 year life span from this point out before it is replaced by either HD downloads ... 5 Sep 2008 2:31 PM \| 26 comments

	BBC to start online music service BBC Worldwide has announced they are set to launch a fully ad-supported online music service which will allow users to access free and paid audio and video content from the BBC. The content ... 4 Sep 2008 2:50 PM \| 7 comments

	PNY flashdrive to come with Ghostbusters video file According to a new press release from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and PNY, the two companies have teamed up to release a 2GB USB flash drive that includes, for the first time ever, a full-length ... 4 Sep 2008 1:53 PM \| 17 comments

	iTunes 8 to bring HD TV downloads According to Digg.com admin Kevin Rose, the upcoming iTunes 8 will be the first of the platform to allow for HD TV show purchases. The upgrade notes say users will have the option of downloading ... 3 Sep 2008 6:48 PM \| 4 comments

	PSP-3000 coming to the UK Sony has announced more details for the UK launch of the updated PSP-3000 handheld console. According to Sony Europe boss David Reeves the handheld will hit the region on October 17th and ... 3 Sep 2008 4:06 PM \| 4 comments

	Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices in Japan Officially confirming a leaked story by Forbes, Xbox Japan general manager Takashi Sensui has announced that the company will be slashing the prices of the console in Japan beginning September 11th. ... 2 Sep 2008 11:47 AM \| 13 comments

	It's official: iPhone coming to Russia Following weeks of speculation, it is finally official; the Apple iPhone is finally legally coming to Russia. MegaFon, the third largest mobile carrier in Russia has announced that it will ... 2 Sep 2008 11:27 AM

	Universal tracks going DRM-free on Saturn The German retailer Saturn has announced that it will begin selling music in their online music store free of DRM. After the announcement the company noted that they had become Europe's first ... 1 Sep 2008 6:47 PM \| 2 comments

	Hyundai IT booth raided at IFA event An extraordinary event occurred today at the IFA event in Berlin when German customs police raided and seized flat-screen televisions from the booth of Hyundai IT Corp. On Thursday a German ... 1 Sep 2008 6:23 PM \| 10 comments