TWICE - December 17, 2001

Directed Electronics Inc. (DEI) announced it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of ADS Technologies (ADST), which supplies the ADS, Precision Power (PPI) and Orion brands. The purchase is in keeping with DEI's plans to grow its audio business and to "become a major player in the audio business in the years ahead," said DEI president and CEO Jim Minarik.

• Accessories
• Portable, Home Storage Expanding To Meet Demand
• PC Accessories Look To A Better 2002

• Business News
• PVR Companies Wage Patent War
• Electronics Boutique Reports 3rd Qtr. Revenue Rises 6.3%
• Issa Target Of L.A. Bomb Plot
• Palm Lays Off 16% of Workforce
• TiVo Fis. Q3 Revenue Increases 29%
• Business Notes
• Earnings Briefs

• By The Numbers
• CTIA Says 1st-Half Net New Subscriber Growth Decreases
• Video Industry Sales Scorecard

• Communications
• Wireless Phones Seen Getting 2nd Wind With CES Launches
• Toshiba Hangs Up
• 2.4 On The Floor As Suppliers Try To Accelerate Their Sales At CES
• Carriers, Wireless Specialists Maintain Commanding Share Of Wireless Sales
• Next-Gen ArialPhone Adds IBM ViaVoice
• Wireless-Phone Ads Surge In Q1-Q3; Nokia Tops, Ericsson & Samsung Gain
• Cable Telephony Subs To Hit 6.5M In 2005
• Dealers Hang Onto Local, Long-Distance To Round Out Telecom Portfolio

• Computer Technology
• Philips E-pliance Makes Food Shopping From Home Simple
• Sharp Rejoins U.S. Handheld Market
• Kodak, Sanyo Plan To Produce OEL Flat-Panel Displays
• Actiontec Unveils 802.11a Wireless Card
• Amazon Picks Up Egghead's Shards
• Belkin, TDK Display Computer Accessories At CES
• Samsung To Bow Printers At CES

• Home Audio
• NPD: Sales Of DVD-Audio, SACD Gain Momentum Through Q3 2001
• Dealers Compress MP3 Promotions: Beyen Research
• Digital Recorder Sell-Through Up Despite Flat Economy: NPD
• Audio Industry To Toot New Tunes At CES
• More MP3-CD, Hard-Drive Portables Due

• Major Appliances
• 2001: A Major Appliance Odyssey

• Mobile Electronics
• Can Skyrocketing Subwoofer $s Continue To Fly?
• Suppliers Shipping Early To Get A Jump Start On 2002
• 2002 Amps To See More DSP, Class D

• News
• Sony Sells Out DTV Decoder Box Inventory
• IRMA Speakers Review New, Existing Formats
• Zenith Unveils DTV Sales Promotions
• Panasonic Drops Technics Brand From U.S. CE Market
• TWICE People
• Attacks Leave A Tough Wake For Retail Sales
• SiPix Introduces Portable Printer
• Industry Founder Motorola To Exit Pager Market
• Court OKs Satellite Must-Carry Edict
• Camcorders, DVD Shipments Grow During November
• Promos Drive Better-Than- Expected PC Sales
• Amazon, Circuit City Cut Pick-Up Deal
• Frank Sadowski Joins Amazon
• Nokia Sets GPRS, PDA, CDMA 1x Phones
• Rex Stores' Q3 Sales Increase 1%
• R.C. Willey's Steve Child To Retire
• NPDTechworld Online Service Bows From NPD

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Partsearch Enlists Best Buy In Quest For Ultimate Catalog
• The Year That Was: TWICE's 2001 Retail Retrospective
• Passion, Not Pricing, Is Consumer Electronics' Greatest Lure

• Video/Home Satellite
• NBC, HDNet To Team For HDTV Broadcast Of Winter Olympics
• Echostar/DirecTV Deal Poses Promise, Dangers
• InFocus Ships Home Theater DLP Projector
• Toshiba Joins DLP
• Sharp Introduces New Entry-Level Digital Viewcam
• TV, Video Bounty Expected Among Debuts At 2002 CES
• Canon Plans To Showcase Broad MiniDV Lineup At CES
• Motorola Bows Touchscreen Cable

• Viewpoint
• Good Riddance