American Airlines Adding Streaming Video Services to Flights This Summ
Passengers on American Airlines flights are about to get a new perk. Instead of craning their necks to catch reruns of "Monk" and excerpts from "The Tonight Show" on tiny aisle TV sets, they'll be able to wirelessly stream content to their personal devices from the comfort of their own seats.
How to Preserve Your 15 Minutes of Fame with Windows Vista Media Cente
With a TV tuner and a Vista PC, you can capture a clip and show off your big moment.
Microsoft: Leaks Hurt Xbox 360 Elite's Image
Microsoft's refrained from commenting on all the information leaks that lead to everyone figuring out the Xbox 360 Elite ahead of time, until now. And they're upset.

Can Motorola's Handset Business Stand Alone?
Motorola said Wednesday that it will split its troubled handset business off into a separate entity next year, as the company seeks to placate frustrated investors. But one analyst thinks that the handset business might need a partner to survive.

Softbank: No Plans To Sell Yahoo Japan Stake
Japanese telecoms and Internet group Softbank Corp said it has no plans to let go of its stake in subsidiary Yahoo Japan Corp, in the face of Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc.

ADV: New from Ziff Davis: DigitalLife TV - See it Live! Tuesdays 9 Ea
DigitalLife TV, hosted by Patrick Norton, streams live over the Web every Tuesday at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific), and brings you hands-on product reviews, news, tech help, special guests and lots more -- and you're invited to ! You'll need a fast Internet connection and the Windows Media Player loaded on your system to view that live stream. You'll also be able to download freshly encoded video of the live show, and shows we've done in the past. Check out our next live show -- Tuesday, August 30th -- or visit anytime to see earlier episodes. And we're looking for tech questions to answer on the show, so if you have one, email us at mailto:DigitalLifeTV@ziffdavis.com.
Ballmer Sees Google, Open Source as Strongest Competitors
Microsoft's CEO says the company faces many competitors across different parts of its business, citing open-source and advertising business models as two big phenomena.
Acer Definitely Won't Go Direct
Acer's acquisition of Gateway (and Packard Bell) won't be finalized until January, and while many questions remain, a clearer picture of what the new Acer/Gateway will look like is emerging. One thing is now crystal clear: Acer will not be going direct.

Save Screen Grabs the Right Way
A lot of people know that pressing the PrintScreen/PrtSc key puts an image of the entire desktop into the clipboard, and pressing Alt along with that key takes a screenshot of the active application.

Sony Bundling Chrome Browser with New PCs
Google is shipping its Chrome browser with Sony PCs, sealing the Internet company's first such deal since it introduced the Web browser last year to compete with Microsoft.
