Next-generation Zune HD media player to go on sale Sept. 15; Microsoft taking pre-orders now

May 27th, 2009 No more rumours and fake news. Zune HD is finally coming to the market this fall.

September 3rd, 2009 AT&T says iPhone to get picture messaging Sept. 25NEW YORK — AT&T says the latest iPhone models will finally get the ability to send picture and video messages to other phones on Sept.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - The Walkman used to be the perfect companion for whole generation of music lovers, and now the clunky portable cassette player by Sony has been named the best musical invention of the last 50 years, by a leading magazine. Sony's music player has even beaten the Dolby sound, compact discs, and the ubiquitous iPod to top the list of 'ten most important musical innovations of the last 50 years', published by T3 magazine.

June 3rd, 2009 Toyota to start plug-in hybrid leasingTOKYO — Toyota said Wednesday it will start leasing plug-in hybrid cars, that are even greener than its hit Prius, by the end of this year in the U.S., Japan and Europe. Toyota Motor Corp., the world's top automaker, will start leasing 200 plug-ins in Japan, 150 in the U.S.

June 19th, 2009 Toyota gets 180,000 orders for new Prius hybridTOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. got 180,000 orders for the new Prius hybrid in Japan in just a month, far surpassing its target of 10,000 vehicles in monthly sales, the automaker said Friday.

September 16th, 2009 Review: New iPod Nano impresses, Zune improvesSAN FRANCISCO — Back in 2004, when I got my first MP3 player, I never cared that it lacked a camera, Web browser and crystal-clear video playback — features that are now common on digital media devices. Apple's latest iPod Nano and Microsoft's freshest Zune, both released within the past week, offer these kinds of perks and plenty more.

August 12th, 2009 Gadget lovers are always in the look for new and newer gadgets. Ask them about any gadget and they'll tell you which gadget is currently the most hyped, which is obsolete and which is to be released shortly.

May 30th, 2009 Toyota Prius sales boom in Japan despite slowdownTOKYO — Orders in Japan for Toyota's new Prius hybrid have topped a booming 110,000, a major dealership chain said Saturday, in what is turning out to be a rare bright spot in the gloomy auto market. The third-generation Prius officially rolled out in Japan just two weeks ago.

June 19th, 2009 New iPhone goes on sale with less dramaNEW YORK — The new iPhone went on sale Friday morning, greeted by much smaller lines and less hoopla than previous models. A few hundred people were in line just before the 7 a.m.

June 23rd, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc Monday announced that it has sold more than one million units of iPhone 3GS in the first three days after the new smartphone went on sale. The iPhone 3GS hit stores in the United States and seven other countries last Friday.

August 20th, 2009 TORONTO - The Canadian government, which is reviewing the sale of Nortel's wireless business to Swedish telecom major Ericsson after protests by opposition parties and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), is almost set to give the go-ahead to the deal. The 124-year-old Nortel, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection since January, is selling its business part by part to pay off its debtors.

August 19th, 2009 Sony cuts PS3 price around world, offers upgradeTOKYO — Sony Corp. slashed the price of the PlayStation 3 around the world in a move that analysts said is likely to boost sales of the game console while not adding much to its money-losing earnings.

June 4th, 2009 Toyota: hybrids best 'green' car for some timeTOYOTA, Japan — A Toyota executive overseeing research said Thursday a battery breakthrough is needed for electric vehicles to become mainstream, and hybrids will remain the best "green" car choice for some time. His comments came just hours after the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Toyota's Prius hybrid was the No.

August 20th, 2009 RIM urges Canadian government to reviewOTTAWA — BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says Canadians want and expect the Canadian government to prevent the $1.1 billion sale of Nortel Network's coveted wireless assets to Ericsson of Sweden. Canada-based RIM issued a statement Wednesday after the deadline passed for appeals to challenge a bankruptcy court ruling allowing the Nortel sale to the Swedish telecommunications firm.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - An XBox 360 videogame console signed by Sarah Palin has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay at massive 1.1 million dollars. David Morrill, who is selling the gadget, claims that the politician had signed it two days before she announced that she was stepping down as governor of Alaska.