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YouTube is attempting to build upon its popularity by offering full length features on a rental basis.  The company has been in talks with several movie studios about potential ways to make this possible.  Their biggest hurdle is attempting to get users to pay for premium content when free content… Continue Reading »

Witricity, a wireless electricity developer, predicts that televisions and computers may stop relying on their power cords for operation within the year.  Witricity is on the verge of releasing technology that powers light bulbs wirelessly from a wall socket placed several feet away.  Witricity works by converting electric power into… Continue Reading »

According to an exclusive retrieved by Shanzai.com from a “reliable” unnamed source, Acer and Lenovo plan to release a new operating system installed on a new form factor while running on a new platform.  The rumor is that the manufacturers plan to release Nvidia’s Tegra based devices running Google’s Chrome… Continue Reading »

*UPDATED BELOW When word broke that eBay was considering selling Skype, Google was the first company to come to mind for many.  Google Voice would be a great fit with the VoIP enabled Skype and hopes became high for a nifty solution and good home for the unit, but Google… Continue Reading »

Announced today, Samsung plans to make its new and “unique” app store available for all European users starting on September 14, 2009.  Samsung Omnia and the I8910 HD users living in Britain, France, and Italy will initially have access to the app store.  The 30 other European countries will receive… Continue Reading »

Starting next month, the New Jersey and New York branches of US Customs and Border Protection are planning to launch a program that involves donating seized counterfeit iPods, TVs, DVDs, and clothing items to the poor and homeless.  The program is starting in response to a surplus of seized items… Continue Reading »

Rumors have been flying that the troubled Pirate Bay may actually get sold to Global Gaming Factory X.  The CEO of the company, Hans Pandeyatold, told the Swedish press today that his company’s acquisition of The Pirate Bay will with certainty go through.  The company had announced plans back in… Continue Reading »

RIM has recently been honored by Fortune as the top fastest growing firm of 2009, which beat out 99 other firms around the world.  Calculated based upon profits, turnover, and investment returns over a three year basis, RIM placed the highest. RIM, most notably known for their BlackBerry lineup of… Continue Reading »

Download: iPod/iPhone version (mp4) | Audio version (mp3) Get caught up in a hurry with InterrupTech.  You won’t find endless chatter here.  We’ve got a timer to move things along.   This Week: Paypal charges new fees, forgets to tell anyone Facebook Lite leaked Microsoft’s Zune HD gets official Microsoft… Continue Reading »

Earlier this week Microsoft was ordered to stop selling Word within 60 days.  The decision came down from Texas, a state known for being very pro-patent owner.  While Microsoft isn’t saying much more than the fact that it will file for appeals, the Chairman of i4i, the company that filed… Continue Reading »