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USATODAY.com - The growing popularity of digital video recorders is brightening the picture for network TV, which has been buffeted by steady erosion to cable.

USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - Wouldn’t it be cool if you could use your cellphone to monitor activities in your home, say, to zoom in for an audio/video check of the baby’s room while you were at work, or even adjust the heat?

AP - There was a moment near the end of “Kung Fu Panda” so satisfying, so achingly adorable, that I wished I’d been secretly taping so as to immediately put it up on YouTube for the world to see.

PC Magazine - If you think you’ve seen it all in terms of cutting edge HDTVs, think again.

AP - Comcast Corp. said Thursday that by early 2010 it plans to offer consumers in most of its markets Internet service so fast they will be able to download a high-definition movie in minutes.

AP - Coming to late-model Sony LCD flat panels: YouTube videos.

NewsFactor - Pure Digital Technologies has rolled out the latest member of its popular Flip Video family of camcorders. Available from online outlets such as Amazon.com for $179.99, the company’s new Flip Video Mino ships with Mac and PC software to edit and share videos, with links to post content at MySpace, YouTube and other social-networking sites.