Ultra Products, Inc. is trying its hand at that most glorious of corporate traditions: suing the pants off one’s competition. The maker of computer components is taking 22 — yes, twenty two! — of their competitors to court, claiming to have a patent for modular power supplies since November of 2006. Ultra says they sent several warnings to the companies about the violations and is asking for the legal maximum of three times the damages. The suit actually doesn’t accuse the companies of violating the patent, but of being an accomplice to end users who are violating the patent. Oh, and unless we’re missing something here, Hewlett Packard filed a modular power supply patent in 2000 — we certainly recall Screen Savers covering the devices way back in ‘99.

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PS3(TM) Owners Will Soon Enjoy Downloadable Movie Content, Games And More
With Blu-ray Disc(TM) Profile 2.0; PS3’s Interoperability With PSP(R) Will
Also Be Enhanced

FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer
Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that the next system software
update for PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system, slated
for release in late March, will add Blu-ray Disc(TM) (BD) Profile 2.0 or
BD-LIVE, enabling PS3 owners to experience interactive features, such as
downloadable video content, ringtones, games, and more.
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This is the new camera !!

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Pentax’s new 8MP V20 includes a 5X optical zoom.Pentax has just announced a new addition to the company’s V-series of compact cameras. The Optio V20 includes an 8-megapixel CCD sensor and 3-inch LCD screen, much as last year’s V10 did. However, the V20 sports a 5X optical, 36-180mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens–a major step up in zoom from the V10’s 3X lens.

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