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Electronics giant Samsung has been slapped with a lawsuit alleging that it "rigs" its printers to tell users falsely that they need to replace their ink cartridge even if there is plenty of toner left.

Plasma is dead. Front and rear projection? Fuggeddaboutit. LCD has a few good years left, and then it's sayonara, baby. TV technology's future lies in tiny phosphorescent molecules.

The possibility of a gadget world without wires took a big step forward Thursday when 14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet" wireless data system.

Amazon.com's Kindle has turned a long under performing category of tech gadget -- e-book readers -- into an overnight hit, and in the process has boosted interest in electronic paper display (EPD) technology. The Kindle and its rival, the Sony Reader 505, both boast e-paper displays that look unnervingly like printed pages and consume next to no power. However, today's EPDs -- and today's e-book readers -- are only the beginning.

If the new products we've seen in the last few weeks are anything to go by, we're in for a great year gadget-wise.

Electronic paper in Japan, Google Maps host videos, divorce via YouTube, NEC's Lui PC, Apple's iPhone comes down in price, Willcom creates the first device based on Intel's Atom, the Library of Congress goes digital experience and Sony recycles TVs.

A new chip from Epson enables a fast responding e-paper display

Every year over 18 million printer cartridges end up in Australian landfill: that represents 34 cartridges a minute, and a net weight of about 5,000 tonnes per year.

Microsoft has taken plenty of heat in the Vista "junk PC" lawsuit. If the company is smart, it will take those criticisms to heart, and make sure it doesn't make the same mistakes when it launches Windows 7. Here's what I think that suit means for Windows 7.

The Byteback electronic waste recycling program has reached a significant milestone by preventing over 1000 tonnes of Greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere.

Some of Microsoft's own top executives had trouble getting Windows Vista to work in the weeks after its release, according to company e-mails unsealed Wednesday.