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Faced with the persistent success of the iPod, Microsoft seeks a new strategy to sell stocks of its Zune. Indeed, while 3.5 million iPods are sold each month, Microsoft has elapsed than 2 million since the Zune product launch in November 2006.

Toshiba's U.S. subsidiary is recalling 142,000 AC adapters sold with the company's portable DVD players, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Tuesday. The adapters can fail, causing the portable DVD player to overheat and posing a burn hazard to consumers.

ELECTRONICS GIANT LG must expect to flog its patented MP3-playing washing machines by the truckload.

Shurely washerwomen everywhere will be salivating over the prospect of squashing their skiddy undies into the hatch while loading up the flash with hip-twisting tunes.

Toshiba's Gigabeat V to be available in 40GB and 80GB varieties.

Toshiba's revamped Gigabeat V won't win any awards for beauty or packaging efficiency, but it does offer some notable improvements over its predecessor. The first-generation Gigabeat V launched late last year with a 3.5" screen and 30GB/60GB capacity options.