Valve, developers of the hit franchise Half-Life, haven’t been saying much lately, but a rumor is going around that is sure to disappoint a lot of fans – apparently, the last installment in the Half-Life 2 Episodes trilogy will not be released this year. It’s not known whether we’ll at least see some media beforehand either, but knowing Valve, they’ll probably keep it all a secret until the last moment.

After the release of Half-Life 2, Valve decided to expand the series before releasing Half-Life 3, and

Some interesting tidbits came out of Motorola's DEXT launch in Singapore today -- CNET Asia had a chance to sit down with Moto's Asia Pacific VP Spiro Nikolakopoulos, who said that the company would launch between 20 to 30 Android phones globally in 2010. Spiro also said that not every phone would make it to every market, so we're guessing the true number will be more like 10 if you count regional variants like the CLIQ and the DEXT as one model. Just by our count, Moto's already pretty close: off the tops of our heads we've heard of the Shadow, the Devour, the

Motorola’s latest Android 2.0 handset, the Motoroi is headed to US shelves in March. So it’s not a Korean exclusive. Head of Motorola Korea, Rick Wolochatiuk, confirmed at the Korean launch that the new handset “will be launched in other markets around the world”. The US was specifically confirmed for a March release.

The Motoroi features a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen and can record 720p video with HDMI output. Onboard is also an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash.

So there ya go. The US is included and we

Panasonic expands its VIERA LCD HDTV line with its 2010 LCD HDTV lineup. Most of the new models are based on IPS LCD panel offering 178-degree viewing angle and higher moving picture resolution for clear, bright images. Some models will have LED-backlight and some will have integrated universal iPod/iPhone dock.

First of all, the Panasonic LED-LCD D2 series includes two 1080p Full HD models , the 37-inch TC-L37D2 and the 42-inch TC-L42D2, both feature white LED backlight,IPS LCD panel, 120Hz Motion Picture Pro, 24p Smooth film, VIERA Link,

Samsung announced its 2010 LED HDTV lineup at the CES 2010 including the new 7000, 8000 and 9000 series, all include Samsung’S 3D processor and new “mystic earth” Touch of Color (ToC) design scheme with chrome edging.

Samsung’s LED HDTVs are available in screen sizes ranging from 19-inch to 65-inch and all have LED edge-lighting with local dimming control technology. They have built-in Ethernet connection and are wireless-ready allowing them to access a Samsung’s upgrade Internet@TV platform. Select 9000 series

Samsung unveiled at the CES 2010 its 2010 LCD HDTV lineup, including the LCD 750 series and LCD 650 series, both come with DLNA networking capabilities and new Touch of Color design.

The LCD 750 series features built-in 3D technology and processor to comply with the major 3D formats. It offers 240Hz refresh rate. The 120Hz LCD 650 series gets ultra clear panel and U-line Touch of Color (ToC) design. These LCD HDTV supports the upgraded Internet@TV feature for Samsung Apps and media streaming from services like Netfix, Vudu,

Today, JVC was proud to announce that their DLA-HD750 projector was nominated as one of the top ten home theater gadgets of 2010 by Home Entertainment. The DLA-HD750 features 900 ANSI lumens, a 50000:1 contrast ratio, and full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution. The projector displays such a good image that it is THX certified. The connection panel includes dual HDMI ports, a component, composite, and an s-video connection. The projector is incredibly quiet with a 19 dB noise level. This allows the viewers to enjoy the sound of the

Hey Canadian Telecom Industry execs, employees, techies, dweebies, newbies, and fans, are you going to come out to the 2010 Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto this year? It’s running June 7th through the 9th, and registration is now open!

The Summit is going to be jam-packed full of the usual keynote speakers and breakout sessions. Confirmed keynote speakers include Rob Bruce (President of Communications at Rogers (NYSE: RCI)), Mark Henderson (President & CEO of Ericsson Canada), Konrad von

LEGO had a fairly decent-sized booth at this year’s CES showing off their slightly-delayed LEGO Universe game which will finally be released sometime this year. And sure, playing around in their bricktastic online MMOG was fun, but LEGO, you had me at “Build your own minifig!” And let me say thanks for not strictly enforcing that “One minifig per person” limit.

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These days buying music and putting it on your MP3 player of choice is a pretty simple task. Unfortunately for some of the older generation, even that can seem like a daunting task. Instead they’d perhaps just prefer to listen to the radio. Well if you’re looking to bring them into the age of MP3 players without scaring them too much, here is an interesting device that I saw while roaming the floor of CES.

Myine has created a rather curious radio called the Abbee, which is essentially used to record music. At its very basics, it