Debuting at CES in Las Vegas will be Yamaha’s first entry into the home entertainment projector market and will feature Texas Instrument’s high-resolution Digital Light Processing technology.

ReplayTV, maker of the first personal digital TV recording device, has announced that it will be creating its own studio to generate content for current ReplayTV clients. Chief Executive Officer Kim LeMasters announced the formation of ReplayTV Studios, a new division that produces, broadcasts and delivers original programming exclusively for ReplayTV digital video recorders.

Dell, the largest direct seller of PC computers and Lucasfilm THX yesterday announced the availability of the first THX certified PCs under a newly created THX program. The THX PC certification covers the entire system, and it is the system as a whole that is certified. THX and Dell engineers collaborated over an 18-month period to ensure optimum picture and sound quality among the selected subsystems, and that process is a key element in the THX certification program. Every component that can affect sound and picture quality was assessed, including the display, sound card, video card and speakers before THX would certify the new system.

Teen idol sued by web developer DNA Visual Business Solutions Britney Spears, Signatures SNI Inc. and Britney Spears Inc. are being sued in Federal Court in Illinois by DNA Visual Business Solutions, the developer of BritneySpears.com.

Joe C. dies of intestinal disorder. 26 year old Joseph Calleja, better known as Kid Rock's three-foot-nine-inch rapping sidekick Joe C. passed away Thursday, November 16th at his home in Taylor, Michigan. Since his childhood, Joe C. had suffered from Celiac disease, an intestinal disorder. Despite being small in stature, Joe C. was an integral part of Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker Band, making his recording debut on the muilti-platinim Kid Rock album Devil Without a Cause in 1998. He then went on to record a track for the South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut soundtrack, starred in Kid Rock’s videos and even made appearances on Saturday Night Live and the animated Fox series The Simpsons.