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• eBaum's World Sells for $15 Million

  Published: August 3, 2007, 12:16 pm

  Tags: Articles, News, Bauman, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Ebaumsworld, Eric Bauman, Handheld, Plagiarism, Sale

  its sale yesterday to HandHeld. The acquisitions, worth fifteen million in cash and 2.5 million in stock if targets are met, is set to go through later this year. Many will remember that, over a year ago, eBaumsWorl, and its founder Eric Bauman became embroiled in a copyright battle as many content creators accused the site of taking their

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• EBaum's World Is Acquired

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:42 pm

  Tags: News, Ebaum S World, Handheld Entertainment, Video, Web Sites, Zvue Network

  World has been acquired by HandHeld Entertainment as part of its ZVUE network. This signifies another partnership being created in an effort to compete with video sharing sites including MySpace Video, YouTube and AOL Video. The company was purchased for $17.5 million. President and CEO of HandHeld Entertainment, Jeff Oscodar assessed the

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• Smartphone Shootout

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:19 am

  Tags: Handheld

  An anonymous reader writes "InformationWeek's David DeJean makes the mistake of trying to compare the experience of Web surfing on a BlackBerry, Palm, and HTC smartphones to the experience on the iPhone. According to the DeJean, the three don't come close, but it's very interesting to read about the pros and cons of what can (and can't) be done

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• iPhone Bill a Whopping 52 Pages Long

  Published: August 12, 2007, 3:28 pm

  Tags: Handheld

  PoliTech writes "iPhone bills are surprisingly large - 'Xbox Large', according to Ars technica: 'AT&T's iPhone bills are quite impressive in their own right. We're starting to get bills for the iPhone here at Ars, and while many of us have had smartphones for some time, we've never seen a bill like this. One of our bills is a whopping 52 pages

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• AT&T Crippling BlackBerry for iPhone?

  Published: August 18, 2007, 4:52 pm

  Tags: Handheld

  0xdeadbeef writes "BlackBerryCool got a tip that not only was AT&T removing GPS functionality from their version of the BlackBerry 8820, they're doing it so it won't show up the iPhone. While carriers crippling phones to stop them from competing with pay-per-use services is nothing new, this might be the first time they've done it to make

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• Aids For Communicating With Hospitalized People?

  Published: August 19, 2007, 8:03 am

  Tags: Handheld

  charliezcc writes "My grandmother recently fell and broke two vertebrae (among other things) and is in the hospital while she recovers. Thankfully, she was not paralyzed and retains the use of her limbs. However, they have placed her on a respirator and she is virtually unable to communicate with us, so while we try to keep her company during her

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• Ben Heck's NEStari is twice the fun

  Published: August 23, 2007, 6:32 pm

  Tags: Atari, Atari 2600, Atari2600, Ben Heck, Benheck, Benjamin Heckendorn, Benjaminheckendorn, Handheld, Nes, Nestari

  Filed under: Gaming You just can't put this guy down. Just when you think he's had his full share of soldering injuries and heatsink frustration, Benjamin Heckendorn goes and builds the NEStari, a flavorful combination of NES and Atari 2600 in a convenient, portable package. The story is half the fun, but short of it is Ben had a NES-on-a-chip

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• Yellow and Red-Black PSP Lite colored bundles coming to Europe on September 5th, 2007

  Published: August 29, 2007, 6:09 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Psp, Psp Lite, Psp Slim, Spiderman, Simpsons, Game, Videogame, Movie, Bundles, Color, Handheld, Sony

  At its Press Conference at Games Convention last week, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) unveiled the new PSP Slim and Lite, available across the SCEE territories from 5th September 2007 at a price of 169. Introduced to the world at E3 in Santa Monica in July, the new PSP is 33% lighter and 19% thinner than its predecessor, and is

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• Metallic Silver DS Lite color coming to Europe in fall 2007

  Published: August 29, 2007, 5:46 am

  Tags: News, Ds Lite, Game, Videogame, Handheld, Color, Metallic Silver, Nintendo

  Dutch toy/game store Intertoys is showing an ad in their new catalogue that reveals a Metallic Silver DS Lite is coming to Europe in fall 2007. There are no further details yet, but Nintendo will probably reveal it themselves soon. The new color is officially called the Gloss Silver DS Lite, which the original launch DS was, and launched in Japan

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• Pacemaker DJing system gets demonstrated on video

  Published: August 30, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Handheld Dj, Handhelddj, Hands On, In The Wild, Inthewild, Mixer, Music, Pacemaker, Sneak Peek, Sneakpeek, Tonium, Video

  wind of the Pacemaker handheld DJ system, the (lucky) folks over at Digital-Lifestyles managed to get their hands on a prototype unit and spend a few quality moments perusing its features. Interestingly, their unit did indeed sport a color display, but still retained the 120GB hard drive that was previously expected. 'Course, you're

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• PSP Slim and Lite release date September 10th 2007. Features video shows all

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:20 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Psp, Psp 2000, Psp Lite, Psp Slim Lite, Psp Slim Lite, New Psp, Psp Slim, Game, Videogame, Handheld, Sony

  In North America and Europe, the PSP Slim and Lite versions Ice Silver PSP Daxter Pack at $199.99 and Piano Black Core Pack at $169.99 have a release date on September 10th, 2007. The Star Wars Ceramic White Pack at $199.99 will be arriving a little later on October 9th, 2007. A PSP Slim & Lite video comparison to the original PSP.

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• How PDAs Are Saving Lives In Africa

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:19 pm

  Tags: Handheld

  Mark Goldberg writes "UN Dispatch, the United Nations affairs blog I write, just posted an item that may interest this community. Joel Selanikio, a medical doctor and technologist, writes to us from Zambia to relay how PDA devices are quietly revolutionizing public health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Selanikio runs a non-profit called

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• Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T

  Published: September 10, 2007, 9:44 am

  Tags: Handheld

  Tech.Luver writes "Jay Levy says he has been stung by Apple's iPhone pact with AT&T after he took an iPhone on a Mediterranean cruise. They didn't use their phones, but when they got back they had a 54-page monthly bill of nearly $4,800 from AT&T Wireless. The problem was that their three iPhones were racking up a bill for data charges

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• PSP firmware update 3.70 enables Custom Themes and assigning buttons in Remote Play

  Published: September 11, 2007, 6:04 am

  Tags: News, Psp, Ps3, Playstation 3, Sony, Firmware, Update, Game, Handheld, Theme, Remote Play, Music, Video

  Another month another PSP firmware update, but this time it’s not just an anti-hacking security update, but some useful features. The list of added features in PSP firmware update 3.70 is: * You can now set custom themes in Theme Settings. * Support has been added for assigning buttons in Remote Play. * A scene search feature has been added

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• Advertisers Go For Video With ZVUE Networks

  Published: September 13, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: News, Ad Serving, Handheld Entertainment, Rich Media, Video, Zvue Networks

  HandHeld Entertainment, Inc, a global digital entertainment company announced the launch of its own premium online video advertising network named ZVUE Networks. ZVUE will help the company monetize its collection of user-generated and professional video content. Advertisers will be provided a wider reach to the online video market through

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