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The recording industry wants Internet radio stations to pay heftier royalty fees, a move many expect will kill off a chunk of Web broadcasters. ...

It might not be as high profile as the XM/Sirius merger, but the forthcoming auction of the analog TV wireless spectrum may be far...

Does anyone remember Toughskins jeans? I do. The memory of this ugly fabric covering the lower half of my body was burned into my...

Digitimes reports that “three of the top four Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of digital cameras, on July 6 reported their self-estimated consolidated revenues for June of...

According to USA Today, a number of states are considering banning a host of CE devices while driving. I’m always struck by these measures...

In a previous post on environmentally-friendly consumer electronics, I wondered if they really spurred consumers to purchase. According to the New York Times, not...

The New York Times’ Alex Williams shines some light on the arguments of those who critique the green consumerism movement that has cropped up...

Paris Hilton can create hype out of nothing. Britney Spears as well. But if these two ever wish to take it up a notch...

Even Steve Jobs must be surprised at the media frenzy around the soon-to-be released iPhone.  The electric current running through the press and Apple...

This PMA news item raises a question we’ll be putting to imaging executives at our forthcoming roundtable (due out in the Aug. 20 issue)...

Consumer electronics products have always had an impact on American politics and the industry is now getting a chance to practice its magic on...

Digital World Tokyo peered behind the curtain at some of the more esoteric projects Sony engineers are cooking up behind the scenes. Some interesting...

Several months ago I wrote about how the Web has changed customer/retailer relations. At that time I was speaking about a mattress company, but...

Consumers Reports has a top five in their forthcoming issue: 1. Missing the perfect shot because of slow shutter speed.2. Distant subjects are very...

I guess the lawyers at Major League Baseball felt a letdown after settling their fight with the cable companies (and some would say, a...

In case you haven’t read it already, the New York Timeshas an interesting piece on some internal hand-wringing at the nation’s largest retail chain....

A few weeks ago TWICE retail editor Alan Wolf commented upon a theory that Dell and RadioShack are potentially made for each other. Not...

Before Al Gore invented the Internet, TWICE editors occasionally popped up in the print issue to offer their thoughts on a recent encounter with...

That appears to be the up-shot of this report on a presentation given by Kodak CEO Antonio Perez. Kodak’s CMOS technology...

Both Kodak and Shutterfly have announced partnerships with Target to provide the retailer with online digital imaging services. The enterprising folks at the Consumerist...

Whenever you see the words “typology” in the title, you know you’re in for an exhaustive look. And Pew Research’s A Typology of Information...

A BusinessWeek commentary by senior writer Peter Burrows proposes an elegant solution to the dilemmas besetting Dell and RadioShack: a merger. Dell, which is...

Is One Killing the Other? There was an interesting comment on one of our “Talkback” threads which I think is worth calling out. It...

Timothy Lee has an interesting column in the American on the current course of patent law in technology, using the Vonage/Verizon dispute as his...

Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar of Claysburg, Pa., has been named the LG National Texting Champion. After beating out more than 300 fellow competitors, Morgan was...

Micro Center’s announcement last week that it will take over up to 10 former CompUSA stores is giving some enterprising business grad student looking...

Jim Sinegal, CEO of Costco, is a 21st Century Sam Walton of sorts. His low-key style, his regular visits to every store, and his...

That’s the rumor. (Sprint-Nextel is also suing Vonage over patent infringement and a buyout is one possible way to settle.) IDC analyst Will Stofega...

In-Stat asked around and apparently found not much interest: Wi-Fi-only phones could theoretically replace cellular phones for some users, but respondents that participated in...

The LA Timeshas an editorial on the FCC’s forthcoming spectrum auction : The FCC’s goal for the auction should be to...

CircuitCity is Part of a Wider Trend…. Circuit City’s move to bump off its highest paid employees has generated a lot of feedback. From...