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TECHNOLOGY

Xtreme Technology has come out with two new models in its XLink line, which features devices that integrate mobile and wireline phones. The XLink BT allows users to route up to three mobile lines through a home’s wireline system, while the BTTN incorporates up to three cell phones as well as a fixed line. Electronista (11/6)

Directed Electronics, the California company that began making car radios for satellite-radio service Sirius in 2004, has announced that it will drop that part of its business after the contract between the two companies expires in January. Directed, which plans to concentrate instead on car alarms and audio speakers, expects to save between $20 million and $25 million with the new direction. San Diego Union-Tribune (11/7)

Consumers can expect to see an all-out push for Blu-ray this holiday season, as several major studios and electronics companies are investing in a $25 million marketing campaign. Los Angeles Times (11/7)