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With a pair of three-inch speakers and an integrated 30-watt amp, Logitech’s Squeezebox Boom portable music player is not very big — but that’s the idea. Making use of its newly purchased Squeezebox network music system, Logitech’s new device lets users roam their homes with the player, a step forward that led one company executive to tout the Squeezebox as a pioneer in delivering “high-quality audio” in a portable, compact package. Digital Trends (8/28)

Philips took the wraps off its new compact home-entertainment system in Berlin on Thursday as the company continues to move away from the larger 5.1 surround-sound systems. The CinemaOne, set for European release as early as the end of 2008, contains four speaker drivers on the sides with an integrated 4-inch subwoofer in the base, an iPod dock and upscaling DVD player with HDMI connectors. Pocket-lint.co.uk (8/28)

LCD manufacturers continue to put their models on a diet, led by Sony, which said Thursday that it would ship globally in the fall four Bravia series of monitors sized at 40 to 55 inches, with the smallest of those, the ZX1, to become, what Sony claims, the world’s thinnest LCD. Sharp demoed two new large-screen LCDs, with its XS1 Aquos just 23 millimeters deep — slightly more than 13 millimeters deeper than the Sony model. ElectronicHouse.com (8/28)

Best Buy is offering a $30 service that removes excess software that has been pre-loaded onto new computers. Software companies invest heavily in the installation of their products on new PCs and are concerned that Best Buy’s offer will devalue their efforts. Seattle Post-Intelligencer/The New York Times (8/27)

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